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Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, and Basil Rathbone in Son of Frankenstein (1939)

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Son of Frankenstein

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Edited into

    • Lost City of the Jungle (1946)

      sulfur pit scenes edited into chapters 5 and 6
    • Tri plyus dva (1963)

      Footage from the movie is used to illustrate Sundukov's reading of a mystery novel.
    • The Son of Frankenstein (Short 1965)

      to create an affordable short subject product for home movie use, using material from a feature film.
    • "Histoire(s) du cinéma" Le contrôle de l'univers (TV Episode 1999)

Featured in

    • House of Frankenstein (1944)

      A clip of the Monster's howl is taken from the film.
    • "Monday Night Frights" Son of Frankenstein (TV Episode 1963)

      "Brigette Boo-O-O" presents and screens the 1939 horror / science fiction movie "Son of Frankenstein".
    • "Shrieks & Shudders" Son of Frankenstein (TV Episode 1970)

      The 1939 horror / science fiction movie "Son of Frankenstein".
    • "Creature Features" Son of Frankenstein (TV Episode 1970)

      This movie is featured in this episode.
    • "Creature Features" Son of Frankenstein (TV Episode 1973)

      This film was featured in this episode.

Followed by

    • The Invisible Man Returns (1940)

    • The Invisible Woman (1940)

    • The Wolf Man (1941)

    • The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)

    • Invisible Agent (1942)

Follows

    • Dracula (1931)

    • Frankenstein (1931)

    • The Invisible Man (1933)

    • Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

    • Dracula's Daughter (1936)

Referenced in

    • The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair (1939)

      Bud says that Frankenstein's Monster is only in the movies.
    • The Mummy's Tomb (1942)

      The music track for this film was lifted largely from Son of Frankenstein (1939), _The Mummy's Hand (1940), The Wolf Man (1941), and _Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)_.
    • Bride of the Monster (1955)

    • "To Tell the Truth" Betty White, Ralph Bellamy, Kitty Carlisle, Tom Poston, (Suzie Hochi, Lee Parsons - contestants) (TV Episode 1959)

      Listed as a movie that has been presented on Nightmare
    • "Mister Ed" Ed's New Neighbors (TV Episode 1962)

      Mister Ed refers to Mr. Douglas as the father of the son of Frankenstein.

References

    • Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)

      the name Igor originated from Mystery of the Wax Museum and was later used for the first time as Dr. Frankenstein's assistant in Son of Frankenstein.

Spoofed in

    • Young Frankenstein (1974)

      spoofed extensively
    • The Halloween That Almost Wasn't (TV Movie 1979)

    • The Flintstones Meet Rockula and Frankenstone (TV Movie 1979)

      Igor is a parody of Ygor, from this sequel. Dr. Frankenstein never had a hunchbacked assistant by that name. As with the "Young Frankenstein" parody, Frankenstein's assistant Fritz has been conflated with Ygor to produce the Igor character.
    • Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)

      The "Son Of the Invisible Man" segment parodies the title. The "Son Of" horror movie concept started with this movie.
    • Return of the Killer Tomatoes! (1988)

      Gangreen has an assistant named Igor.

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