Cedric Hardwicke

Ralph Bellamy

Lionel Atwill

Bela Lugosi

Evelyn Ankers

Lon Chaney Jr.

Janet Ann Gallow

Barton Yarborough

Doris Lloyd

Leyland Hodgson

Olaf Hytten

Holmes Herbert

Richard Alexander

Lionel Belmore

Chet Brandenburg

Colin Clive

Harry Cording

George Eldredge

Dwight Frye

Lawrence Grant

Otto Hoffman

Brandon Hurst

Michael Mark

Jimmy Phillips

William Smith

Ernie Stanton

Julius Tannen

Harry Tenbrook

Glen Walters

Janet Warren

Teddy Infuhr

Erle C. Kenton

Scott Darling

George Waggner

Milton Krasner

Ted J. Kent

Russell A. Gausman

Vera West

Jack Pierce

Ellis Burman

Elwood Bredell

Harold H. MacArthur

Jack Otterson

Bernard B. Brown

Eric Taylor

Charles S. Gould

John P. Fulton

Eddie Parker

Charles Maxwell

Charles Previn

Hans J. Salter

Mary Shelley

Charles Carroll

Frankenstein (Universal) Collection

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The Ghost of Frankenstein

Universal Pictures

United States of America

English

Your father was Frankenstein. Your mother was lightning.

Of course the problem with the Frankenstein sequels, of the Universal Studios kind, was that they had to follow the genre firework that was "Frankenstein (1931)" and the monolithic titan that followed that one in 1935, "The Bride of Frankenstein". These are tough acts to follow - still are actually!

"Son of Frankenstein (1939)" managed very well, it had Basil Rathbone in it and Bela Lugosi giving great horror oomph as Ygor. Boris Karloff bowed out as the monster after that one, leaving an iconic legacy and an insistence that the monster didn't speak. The result of Karloff's (ahem) request has proved divisive amongst Frankenstein fans, does it need a voice for personality, or is it better off as a lumbering rage machine only?. Point being that in this one, he gets a voice, courtesy of Lon Chaney Junior's stint in the role, and it's not exactly a success.

Ghost of Frankenstein represents the start of the decline of the franchise, a noticeable drop in quality across the board. It's like Universal caught the cash cow disease and decided that quantity and not quality was what mattered. They would eventually team up the bolted necked one with "Abbott and Costello", with fun results, but the horror aspects began to wane here in 1942. Lugosi is on hand for some more Ygor mischief, Cedric Hardwicke and Lionel Atwill as scientists with opposite ideals are reassuring presences, while Evelyn Ankers is sexy and costumed with a great eye for detail.

At just 67 minutes in length the film thankfully doesn't have time to be boring, though action is in short supply, so hooray for castle destruction and fire unbound!. While Woody Bredell and Milton R. Krasner, via their photographic lenses ensure Gothic atmosphere is consistently ripe. Right, it's time for Universal Monster Tag Teams next... 5/10

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