George Taylor This, the last time Karloff would play the monster, is the best of the post Bride sequels. Featuring Bela Lugosi in his best role since Dracula, as the embittered Ygor, it has the best, most well thought out story and the best ending.

ultramatt2000-1 So here's the story. I was watching "The Pink Panther" on KBHK TV-44 (please read my "Sprinkle Me Pink" review) and I saw a commercial for "The Son of Svengoolie". I saw a skull with a mustache and he was talking about a movie called "The Son of Frankenstein." I was amused by not only the monster that was shown in the clip, but the skull, because it reminded me of the "Sesame Street" skit with the Count called "Bones Inside of You". Bear in mind I was four when I saw this commercial and I grew up in the 1980's which is a time where things were politically correct for juvenile thrill-seekers. Fast forward to some time in the middle of 2015 where I finally saw the movie on "Svengoolie" and let's just say, I loved it and it is not bad. The music is great and the cinematography is wonderful. My favorite part was when he sees himself on the mirror and starts growling because we found out why people were scared of him. Also the inspector is a character that got spoofed in Mel Brooks parody, "Young Frankenstein". All in all it is a pretty good film and that is all what I got to say about it. Not rated, but it contains some scary scenes and peril.

Rainey Dawn 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

Nigel P Due to unexpected popularity (which caused round-the-block queues) of the original 'Dracula' and 'Frankenstein' re-screenings, Universal at last lifted their curfew on horror pictures with this hugely budgeted, star-studded sequel to the mighty 'Bride of Frankenstein.' Alongside Basil Rathbone's ambitious Baron Wolf Von Frankenstein, the viewer is literally transported from the real world into a vast, rain-lashed and unforgiving removed reality of horror via a train journey that really does traverse from one to the other very effectively. The town (now also called 'Frankenstein') is populated by those who want nothing to do with the new Baron, his wife, or his mop-headed, curiously Texan-sounding son Peter (played by future voice artist for Bambi, Donnie Dunagan). Understandably, they remember well the chaos brought about by Henry Frankenstein's creation, or more accurately, their own townsfolk's brutal treatment of him.Rathbone is brilliant in this, transforming from impetuous family man to hysterical 'mad doctor' with great skill. Bela Lugosi plays Ygor in one of his greatest performances, a part that was strengthened in order to give Lugosi a greater share of the action. Lionel Atwill, enjoyable in any part, gets probably his best role – that of Inspector Krogh, the wooden armed Police Inspector determined to protect both Wolf's family and the townsfolk.The sets are huge and expressionist, casting great shadows and rising imperiously above the tremendous cast, and the music used here would crop up again and again in future, less well-funded Universal horrors and mysteries.So why does this film seem slightly disappointing to me? Even after all this time, I still cannot answer that. Could it be that Peter, such an integral part, is entrusted to a four year old? Dunagan is a terrific performer for his age, but perhaps if the role was given to someone slightly older, they could invest it with just a hint of gravitas. Could it be that a thicker, jowlier Boris Karloff is given a strange sheepskin vest (presumably by friend Ygor, who upstages him regularly) and given no scenes of sympathy as he was so effectively in earlier films? Could it be that the film is just slightly overlong, and suffered from an unfinished script at the time of filming, which as a result, means that it plods – rather like the monster – in places? I don't know why I'm less than satisfied by this. Maybe it is because it follows what I consider the greatest film of all time? There's no doubt that so many elements are excellent here, and this clearly is one of the last Universal horrors to benefit from a generous budget (indeed it was their final 'A' production for a Frankenstein film).