The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)

13/03/1942 (US)•Horror, Science Fiction•1h 8m

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NEW THRILLS as the Monster stalks again!

Overview

Frankenstein's unscrupulous colleague, Dr. Bohmer, plans to transplant Ygor's brain so he can rule the world using the monster's body, but the plan goes sour when he turns malevolent and goes on a rampage.

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Cedric Hardwicke
Dr. Ludwig Frankenstein / Dr. Henry Frankenstein (ghostly image)
Ralph Bellamy
Erik Ernst
Lionel Atwill
Dr. Bohmer
Bela Lugosi
Ygor
Evelyn Ankers
Elsa Frankenstein
Lon Chaney Jr.
The Frankenstein Monster
Janet Ann Gallow
Cloestine Hussman
Barton Yarborough
Dr. Kettering
Doris Lloyd
Martha the Housekeeper

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A review by John Chard

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Written by John Chard on Oct 3, 2015

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 mo...