Son of Frankenstein (1939)

Son of Frankenstein is a German horror movie directed and produced by Rowlad V. Lee, written by Wyllis Cooper, and starring Borris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, and Basil Rathbone. It was a sequel to Ghost of Frankenstein, and also the last time that Borris Karloff portrayed The Monster until Lon Chaney Jr. took over.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) Once again an excellent performance from Borris Karloff.  This was his last time playing the Monster.
 * 2) Great performance from Bela Lugosi as Ygor.  This is one of the few movies that he and Karloff did together where Lugosi was able to upstage Karloff.
 * 3) It implements very shrewd silliness, perpetrated by a good director in the best traditions of cinematic horror, so that even while you laugh at its nonsense you may be struck with the notion that perhaps that's as good a way of enjoying oneself at a movie as any.
 * 4) For a film of its kind, the production is good and of high technical quality.
 * 5) The writing was surprising with how good it was, considering that there's no more Marry Shelly source material left and that the director, James Whale, is gone, too.

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