Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Son of Frankenstein (1939)


Basil Rathbone gives a horribly over-the-top performance as Wolf Von Frankenstein, the son and heir to the Frankenstein from the first two films. Why he decided to play this part so enthusiastically baffles me. He became very grating. Boris Karloff gives a quiet but altogether unnoteworthy performance as the monster. His movements were a little shorter, a little jerkier than in the first two films. The piece de resistance, though, is Bela Lugosi's wonderful performance as Ygor. If anything, Lugosi's performance as Ygor is the only reason needed to watch this.

6/10

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