The Ghost of Frankenstein Review

Review of The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942) by screenqueeen: 👎 2.5/5

the thirteenth night in the lonesome hooptober day 4 film 3 cats: 0

50/100

ah, there it is. the vastly underperforming FRANKENSTEIN sequel that pulls out every clichéd stop to wave in the reasons why anything is happening. Ygor's back! and he has his flute! there's another Frankenstein son and he brain doctor so the monster will finally be a credit to the family name except oops nope! the whole film is built around the monster getting a replacement brain but it doesn't actually start happening until well after the first half. everything besides that is just retreading the same beats from previous films. the opening is by far the most exciting bit as an unexplained alive Ygor pushes large stones off of a battlement to drive back angry townspeople before they use dynamite on the castle and then give up to run away. despite the disappointing and sleepy yawn of a plot Lon Chaney takes over for Karloff fairly well. just kinda wish we got to hear his voice near the end. i will still likely rewatch HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN to remind myself of how this got picked back up a couple years later. kinda for completionists but if you're curious the 60ish minute runtime is the kindest bit about this film.