Son of Frankenstein is a 1939 horror film, the third film in
Universal's
Frankenstein series. It stars Basil Rathbone as the eponymous son,
Bela Lugosi as Ygor and
Boris Karloff as
Frankenstein's Monster for the final time in his career.
A couple decades after the events of
Bride of Frankenstein, Dr.
Wolf von Frankenstein and his wife and son arrive in the town of
Goldstadt Frankenstein to claim his inheritance from his late father, namely the Castle Frankenstein. Terror of the Monster still fresh on their minds, the townsfolk shun Wolf but he keeps his mind open. He meets Dr.
Henry Heinrich Frankenstein's previous assistant Ygor, who survived a hanging attempt following his conviction for
grave robbing. Ygor reveals that the Monster is still alive, but is in bad shape due to being struck by lightning, and begs Wolf to help it. Wolf decides to restore the Monster
in the name science, but Ygor has other plans in mind...
Son is considered to be Universal's last great
Frankenstein movie and Lugosi's portrayal of Ygor is often hailed as his career's high-point. Its basic concept and a number of ideas unique to it (eg Krogh's artificial arm) were specifically parodied by
Young Frankenstein.
The film was followed by
The Ghost of Frankenstein.
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