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Son of Frankenstein is a 1939 American horror film directed by Rowland V. Lee and starring Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi. The film is the third in Universal Pictures ' Frankenstein series and is the follow-up to the 1935 film Bride of Frankenstein.
Son of Frankenstein: Directed by Rowland V. Lee. With Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Lionel Atwill. Returning to the ancestral castle long after the death of the monster, the son of Dr. Frankenstein meets a mad shepherd who is hiding the comatose creature.
Dec 18, 2021 · Son of Frankenstein is a 1939 American horror film that was directed by Rowland V. Lee. The film is the third in Universal Pictures' Frankenstein series and is the follow-up to Bride of Frankenstein.
With their faithful servants Benson and Amelia in tow, Baron Wolf von Frankenstein, his wife Elsa and their young adolescent son Peter travel to the hometown of Wolf's father, Dr. Henry Frankenstein, who died years ago and thus who Wolf did not really know.
The memory of horror provoked by the man-made monster still endures when Baron von Frankenstein, accompanied by his wife Elsa and young son, arrives from America at his ancestral home in a small European mountain village to claim his late father's estate.
The son of Frankenstein is the son of the original Henry Frankenstein, or possibly an allusion to the monster himself, since he is the creation of the original scientist.
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Praised by critics as one of the best of the Frankenstein series, "Son of Frankenstein" stars Boris Karloff in the role that made him a screen legend. Returning to the ancestral castle 25...
Son of Frankenstein, American horror film, released in 1939, that featured Boris Karloff in his final role as the fabled monster. Following Frankenstein (1931) and Bride of Frankenstein (1935), it was the third film in Universal Pictures’ Frankenstein series, which was derived from Mary Shelley’s.
Son Of Frankenstein, directed by Rowland V. Lee and starring Basil Rathbone as Baron Frankenstein, Boris Karloff as The Monster (his last turn as the creature), Lionel Atwill as Inspector Krogh and Bela Lugosi as Ygor.
Rathbone's character, Wolf von Frankenstein, was separated from his father as a small child and doesn't remember him. Twenty-five years after the supposed death of the monster, Wolf von Frankenstein returns to the ancestral family castle. He brings with him a charming wife and a young son, Peter.
