Difference between revisions of "Son of Frankenstein"

From The Grindhouse Cinema Database

(Created page with "<div class="row"> <div class="large-6 columns"> '''Son of Frankenstein''' (1939, USA) is a Horror film di...")
 
 
(One intermediate revision by the same user not shown)
Line 2: Line 2:
   <div class="large-6 columns">
   <div class="large-6 columns">
'''Son of Frankenstein''' ([[:Category:1939|1939]], [[:Category:USA|USA]]) is a [[:Category:Horror/Thrillers|Horror]] film directed by Rowland V. Lee.
'''Son of Frankenstein''' ([[:Category:1939|1939]], [[:Category:USA|USA]]) is a [[:Category:Horror/Thrillers|Horror]] film directed by Rowland V. Lee.
*'''Featured in''': [[Frankenstein: Complete Legacy Collection]]
[[File:Sonoffrankenstein.jpg]]
[[File:Sonoffrankenstein.jpg]]
</div>
</div>
Line 29: Line 30:
__NOTOC__
__NOTOC__


[[Category:Films]][[Category:1939]][[Category:USA]][[Category:Horror/Thrillers]][[Category:Universal Pictures]][[Category:Boris Karloff]][[Category:Bela Lugosi]]
[[Category:Films]][[Category:1939]][[Category:USA]][[Category:Horror/Thrillers]][[Category:Universal Pictures]][[Category:Boris Karloff]][[Category:Bela Lugosi]][[Category:Frankenstein Films]]

Latest revision as of 00:07, 15 April 2024

Son of Frankenstein (1939, USA) is a Horror film directed by Rowland V. Lee.

Sonoffrankenstein.jpg

Main Details

  • Released on January 10, 1939 (Baltimore, Maryland)
  • B&W
  • Running Time: 99 minutes
  • Production and Distribution Co.: Universal Pictures
  • Directed by Rowland V. Lee
  • Written by Wyllis Cooper, suggested by the original Frankenstein novel by Mary Shelley
  • Starring: Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi

Plot Summary

  • Returning to the ancestral castle long after the death of the monster, the son of Dr. Frankenstein meets a mad shepherd who is hiding the comatose creature. To clear the family name, he revives the creature and tries to rehabilitate him.

Taglines

  • The black shadows of the past bred this half-man . . . half-demon ! . . . creating a new and terrible juggernaut of destruction !
  • New TERROR Loosed Upon a Startled World!
  • ALL NEW! NEW thrills! NEW chills! When grim shadows of the past stirred his dread heritage! (Print Ad-Greensburg Daily Tribune, ((Greensburg, Penna.)) 24 February 1939)
  • ALL NEW-1939's Weirdest Thrill Picture (Print Ad-San Jose News, ((San Jose, Calif.)) 4 March 1939)
  • AFTER 20 YEARS Driven by the same crazy ambition that made his father create the terrifying monster that stalks in the night! See his juggernaut of destruction loosed upon the world! (Print Ad-Ottawa Citizen, ((Ottawa, PO)) 28 February 1939)
  • Look Out! THEY'RE HEADING THIS WAY...NEW CHILLS...SHIVERS and WEIRD THRILLS (Print Ad- Victoria Daily Times, ((Victoria, BC)) 22 February 1939)
  • 1939's WEIRDEST HORROR PICTURE! The greatest fear figures in screen history...All in Universal's NEW HORRIFIC MASTERPIECE CAN YOU STAND IT? (Print Ad-Washington Times, ((Washington, DC)) 11 January 1939)
Newsletter
  • Grindhouse Database Newsletter
  • Exploitation books
  • Kung fu movies
  • Giallo BluRay