Frankenstein kehrt wieder (1942)

Frankenstein kehrt wieder: Directed by Erle C. Kenton. With Lon Chaney Jr., Cedric Hardwicke, Ralph Bellamy, Lionel Atwill. Dr. Frankenstein’s plans to replace the brain of his monster are hijacked by his scheming and malevolent assistant Ygor.

“u0026quot;Ghost of Frankensteinu0026quot; ended the 11-year run of Universalu0026#39;s classic horror films, which began with u0026quot;Draculau0026quot; and the original u0026quot;Frankensteinu0026quot;. Bela Lugosi repeats his role as the lugubrious u0026quot;handymanu0026quot; Ygor from u0026quot;Son of Frankensteinu0026quot;, giving the movie a sense of continuity. Boris Karloff had migrated to Broadway for a few years, and so was unavailable for the title role heu0026#39;d created. The chores, and the patented Jack Pierce makeup, go to Lon Chaney Jr. Heu0026#39;s not bad. A different monster than Karloff, heu0026#39;s more beefy, physically menacing, and, so, scarier in a way. It has hints of a true ghost story, with detective tale elements, although there is no mystery, of course, with a title like this. And what a cast! Interestingly, Atwill does NOT repeat his role as the maimed police official from u0026quot;Son…u0026quot; and heu0026#39;s at his malicious best in this one. For classic horror completists, a must. After this entry, the Universal monster series deteriorated to the u0026quot;monster reunionu0026quot; films in which theyu0026#39;d all show up to contribute mayhem – u0026quot;Hey, Dracula! How ya doinu0026#39;, Wolfman!u0026quot;”