Young Frankenstein (1974)

Gene Wilder and Peter Boyle in Young Frankenstein (1974)

Young Frankenstein (1974) | Transcript

16/10/2025

An American grandson of the infamous scientist, struggling to prove that his grandfather was not as insane as people believe, is invited to Transylvania, where he discovers the process that reanimates a dead body.

Marty Feldman, Cloris Leachman, Gene Wilder, and Teri Garr in Young Frankenstein (1974)

Young Frankenstein (1974) | Review by Pauline Kael

12/12/2017

The movie works because it has the Mary Shelley story to lean on: we know that the monster will be created and will get loose. And Brooks makes a leap up as a director because, although the comedy doesn’t build, he carries the story through.

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