The Ghost of Frankenstein (or "Three Brains and a Monster")

revives his Ygor character from SON OF FRANKENSTEIN, but he does not completely revive his performance from that film. He is still good but chews the scenery once too often. Still, his over-the-top performance in a film brimming with excess energy is not a drawback.

I won’t give away any more of the film except that The Monster does receive a new brain in the end – and when he opens his mouth to speak you will know exactly whose brain he wound up with.

THE GHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN never pretends to be anything but a B-movie with an A-movie heritage. It sets out to entertain us with monsters, mad doctors and mayhem, and it does so splendidly. Although it is a gratifying film for horror fans, it is also almost as much fun as watching the horror spoofs ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN or Mel Brook’s YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN.

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