Works as a healthy reminder of how superb horror can be, balancing tragedy and humour and making me yearn for a return to using strong actors and plot to give the genre the respect it really deserves.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 14, 2020

The Son of Frankenstein is, in short, a missed opportunity for all save the most unsophisticated.

| Oct 14, 2020

The job of welding fantasy and everyday into one whole falls mainly upon Basil Rathbone, as Frankenstein; and he does it magnificently. No lesser actor could have succeeded.

| Oct 14, 2020

Guaranteed to scare you.

| Oct 14, 2020

Universal has a worthy successor in this to the first "Frankenstein" picture, for, though less horrific, it is as exciting as the other.

| Oct 14, 2020

Producer-Director Rowland V. Lee decided that moviegoers... might like a new dish of horror. He has surpassed himself in filling the bill.

| Oct 14, 2020

The story of "Son of Frankenstein" isn't as absorbing as that of its father but is good enough to serve the purpose of this picture.

| Oct 14, 2020

Amusingly entertaining with some "chilly" moments.

| Oct 14, 2020

Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, and Basil Rathbone work together with such an awesome effect of terror it is almost unbearable.

| Oct 14, 2020

If the story has any value, it contains a rather unnecessary warning to medical men not to carry scientific curiosity too far. None of this detracts, however, from the quality of the acting.

| Oct 14, 2020

One of the finest acted thrillers ever produced.

| Oct 14, 2020

Admittedly, the Monster has his spine-chilling moments... but he still looks heavily wooden enough to be harmless to anyone with a good pair of running shoes.

| Oct 14, 2020

I question whether any good purpose is served by making this class of picture, but I cannot gainsay the masterly production of this Universal film.

| Oct 14, 2020

Altogether a workmanlike essay in synthetic horror, and Mr. Rathbone enters with relish into the spirit of it.

| Oct 14, 2020

[Bela Lugosi] pretty much steals the movie in his last really juicy role.

| Oct 20, 2016

The third instalment of Universal's classic series features Boris Karloff's last fling as the Monster and is a superior shocker all round.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 18, 2016

While the film sorely misses the guiding hand of director Whale, it has enough of the old Universal atmosphere to be of interest.

| Oct 18, 2016

Basil Rathbone plays the title role in this average horror flick about reviving the creature for a second time.

| Original Score: C+ | Oct 26, 2014

A surprisingly good effort to extend the narrative of the first two films in a manner both intelligent and likely.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Oct 26, 2009

Well mounted, nicely directed, and includes cast of capable artists.

| Sep 23, 2007