Son of Frankenstein
The black shadows of the past bred this half-man/half-demon! Creating a new and terrible juggernaut of destruction!
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Budget
$420 000
Box office
$0
Director
Actors
Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Lionel Atwill, Josephine Hutchinson, Donnie Dunagan, Emma Dunn, Edgar Norton, Perry Ivins, Lawrence Grant
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Camera operator
George Robinson
Composer
Artist
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Editing
Ted J. Kent
Whole Team (19)
Whole Team (19)
Short description
One of the sons of late Dr. Henry Frankenstein finds his father's ghoulish creation in a coma and revives him, only to find out the monster is controlled by Ygor who is bent on revenge.
What's left behind the scenes
- Boris Karloff's makeup for the Frankenstein monster took 4 hours to apply.
- The film didn't have a script as such, and a significant part of the plot was invented on the fly just before filming began. This is how director Rowland V. Lee managed to keep Bela Lugosi in the cast and develop the role of Igor, which didn't exist in Willis Cooper's original screenplay at all. Lugosi remained forever grateful to Lee for creating one of his best roles in the film. Filming began, after numerous delays, on November 9, 1938, and ended on January 5, 1939, just days before the premiere, which was scheduled for January 13.
- The town where the action takes place is called "Goldstadt" in the first two films, "Frankenstein" (1931) and "Bride of Frankenstein" (1935). In this film, the town is called "Frankenstein", and in subsequent films it is referred to as "Vasaria".
- The film was supposed to be “Universal’s” first experience with “Technicolor,” but the idea soon had to be abandoned: Karloff’s makeup looked bad in color.
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