The Ghost of Frankenstein

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The Ghost of Frankenstein

Erle C. Kenton directed this entry, that sees the monster(now played by Lon Chaney Jr.) being dug out of the dried-out sulfur pit by Ygor(played again by Bela Lugosi) who somehow survived his gunshot wounds(!) and takes the monster to Henry Frankenstein's older son Ludwig(played by Cedric Hardwicke) to be cured of his chronic sickness. Ludwig at first wants nothing to do with his father's legacy, but gets an inspiration to replace the monster's sick brain with an educated one, though Ygor wants his brain put in the monster's body, since his body is dying, and he wants to be immortal. He is helped in this by the treachery of his associate Dr. Bohmer(played by Lionel Atwill) leading to a horrifying climax... Evelyn Ankers plays Ludwig's daughter Elsa, and Ralph Bellamy plays her fiancée Erik. Good sequel falls short of the first three, being a cheaper and less ambitious production, yet it is well acted and has a good story, and remains an enjoyable addition to the growing mythology.

Even though this may be considered the weakest link in the legacy series of Frankenstein films,, 31-44. i rather enjoyed this one,, Lon Chaney Jr. plays the monster this time,, it was said that Boris Karloff didn't wanna be the monster no more,, because he felt that the series was getting to campy so to speak,, Bela Lugosi is also back as Ygor again,, boy you just can't seem to kill Ygor either,, hang em,, shoot him,, he just seems to come back for more. Frankenstein and Ygor in this one seek out the good dr's second son, to see if they can switch brains in this one,, and have the monster wind up with Ygor 's brain,, now folks that's a scary thought,, again the monster speaks in this one,, which i think is very very good,, this one should have a higher rating overall,, it's n ot a bad film at all,, and Lugosi,, and Chaney Jr. did a great job in it.