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Young Frankenstein
(1974),
Director: Mel Brooksr, rated PG
The scariest
comedy of all time!
  Starring: Gene
Wilder, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman, Cloris Leachman, Teri Garr,
Kenneth Mars, Madeline Kahn
DML Rating:
★★★★★★★★★★
- perfect
"Are you saying that I put
an abnormal brain into a seven and a half foot long, fifty-four
inch wide GORILLA? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME?" - Dr.
Frederick Frankenstein
Why watch this?
It's perhaps now more of a classic than the films it spoofs!
Plot Summary:
Frederick Frankenstein, grandson of the infamous Victor
Frankenstein, is a respected neurosurgeon who tries to distance
himself from his family's eccentric legacy. He inherits his
ancestor's Transylvanian castle and, after discovering his
grandfather's scientific journals, becomes intrigued by the
potential of reanimating the dead. Aided by his hunchbacked
assistant Igor and a lab assistant named Inga, Frederick
attempts to bring a corpse to life, inadvertently creating a
monster.
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Dad's Preview:
This comedy, along with
Blazing Saddles
(1974), was made at the
height of director Mel Brooks' popularity. It goofs on the classic
Universal Studios Frankenstein movies. Presented aptly in black and
white, Brooks really captures the mood of those old classic horror
films. Much
of this film's success can be attributed to its leading cast. There
is a chemistry, and you can tell they were having a
good time, especially the impish, bug-eyed Marty Feldman - that
guy was a notorious on-set prankster, and he has always made me laugh. |
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Gruskoff/Venture
Films, Crossbow Prod. Inc., Louer
Limited;
20th Century Fox |
