I now realize where a good deal of Mel Brooks "Young Frankenstein" was drawn from. Since it is primarily from the first film and "Bride," I now see how the idea of the return to the castle works. The one armed guy, the game of darts, and the railroad station bits are out of this movie. Also, the book with all the secrets, "How I Did It," is a hilarious response to the book found in this film. This is good. It has the atmosphere, the townsfolk, the village masters, the fears from previous years, and so on. Karloff is the monster again and he is manipulated by Lugosi's Ygor. Of course, it's more of the same. The Son can't help himself. He has to go back and recreate his father's experiments. He loses track of the incredible danger he is putting his family through. The door is also left open for further sequels.

In the third installment of Universal's Frankenstein series, viewers are introduced to a new scientist in the Frankenstein family, Baron Wolf von Frankenstein, played by Basil Rathbone. Rathbone is very good in his part, living up to expectations of Colin Clive who played Henry Frankenstein, the family and creator of the monster. Son of Frankenstein seemed to tell a story that was awfully similar to the original in quite a few ways, a knock on original material. However, I did find myself enjoying "Son" as a film a bit more than "Bride" with more interesting characters and a nice pace, while "Bride" rushed an ending. This would have been a good way to cap off the Frankenstein franchise for Universal but apparently the business at the box office was too good to stop here.

Excellent film - this third film did loose any of the story, chills and horror of the first two in the series.The son of Henry Frankenstein, Wolf von Frankenstein returns to his family's manor home from the United States. He is not received well for the town folks still feel anger towards Wolf's father for what they blame the Monster for (see the first two films). Wolf is handed a briefcase by the local Burgomaster which contains all of his father's notes. Trouble soon starts when Wolf finds the Monster in Ygor's care. The Monster is in a coma and will soon be revived.Wonderful film. The casting is terrific, story highly interesting, cinematography outstanding - everything just great as the previous two films. Worth watching! 9.5/10

This is a sequel to The bride of Frankenstein. It is a great movie. The son of Victor Frankenstein. Who is also a scientist reanimates the monster. This is a very scary movie. It as a great story line. It also has great acting. It also has great special effects. It is one of the scariest movies ever made. If this movie does not scary you then no movie will. It is true horror classic. It is very intense. This one of ever few movies that is scary then Frankenstein (1931). It is also one of very few movies that is scarier then The bride of Frankenstein. This movie is a must see. I need more lines and I am running out of things to say.