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The Ghost of Frankenstein

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The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)

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Reviews Counted:9

Fresh:8

Rotten:1

Average Rating:6.7/10

Runtime: 68 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Synopsis: Bela Lugosi shines as Ygor, in this fourth of the Universal Studios Frankenstein flicks. This time, Dr. Ludwig Frankenstein (Cedric Hardwicke) thinks the monster (Boris Karloff) could be cured, if... Bela Lugosi shines as Ygor, in this fourth of the Universal Studios Frankenstein flicks. This time, Dr. Ludwig Frankenstein (Cedric Hardwicke) thinks the monster (Boris Karloff) could be cured, if only he had a normal brain. With Ygor's help, they try it again from the top, but this time Ygor has his own plans. [More]

Starring: Cedric Hardwicke, Lon Chaney, Ralph Bellamy, Lionel Atwill

Starring: Cedric Hardwicke, Lon Chaney, Ralph Bellamy, Lionel Atwill, Bela Lugosi, Evelyn Ankers

Director: Erle C. Kenton

Director: Erle C. Kenton
Story: Eric Taylor
Producer: George Waggner
Composer: Hans J. Salter

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It gets the job done with admirable efficiency, no excess of imagination, and all in a compact 67-minute frame, and you really wouldn't want it to be any longer than that.

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Tim Brayton
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there are some inspired twists at the end

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There are various nice touches that keep this film from straying too far over the line between campy and ridiculous.

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02/20/05
Michael W. Phillips, Jr.
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All those Universal monsters in one flick; horrors!

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Frank Swietek
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The last genuinely good entry in the Universal Frankenstein saga.

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