Best Frankenstein Films
by drjgardner | created - 23 Jan 2014 | updated - 14 Sep 2017 | PublicProbably the best horror character of all, with 2 of the best horror films of all time, and 2 of the funniest horror adaptations. That being said, most Frankenstein films are disappointing.
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1. Frankenstein (1931)
Passed | 70 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Dr Henry Frankenstein is obsessed with assembling a living being from parts of several exhumed corpses.
Director: James Whale | Stars: Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, Boris Karloff, John Boles
Votes: 79,735
The first is the best.
2. Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Not Rated | 75 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Mary Shelley reveals the main characters of her novel survived: Baron Henry Frankenstein, goaded by an even madder scientist, builds his monster a mate.
Director: James Whale | Stars: Boris Karloff, Elsa Lanchester, Colin Clive, Valerie Hobson
Votes: 53,271 | Gross: $4.36M
James Whale returns as the Director along with Boris Karloff as "the Monster" with fabulous performances from Elsa Lancaster ("The Bride"), Colin Clive ("Dr. Frankenstein"), and Ernst Thesiger ("Dr Pretorius").
3. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
Not Rated | 83 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
The Wolf Man tries to warn a dimwitted porter that Dracula wants his brain for Frankenstein monster's body.
Directors: Charles Barton, Walter Lantz | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Lon Chaney Jr., Bela Lugosi
Votes: 19,571 | Gross: $4.80M
Glenn Strange plays "The Monster" and Bela Lugosi plays "Dracula" in this comedy.
4. Victor Frankenstein (2015)
PG-13 | 110 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Told from Igor's perspective, we see the troubled young assistant's dark origins, his redemptive friendship with the young medical student Viktor Von Frankenstein, and become eyewitnesses to the emergence of how Frankenstein became the man - and the legend - we know today.
Director: Paul McGuigan | Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, James McAvoy, Jessica Brown Findlay, Andrew Scott
Votes: 60,283 | Gross: $5.78M
An imaginative prequel to the 1931 film with lots of clever twists.
5. The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
Approved | 82 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
While awaiting execution for murder, Baron Victor Frankenstein tells the story of a creature he built and brought to life - only for it to behave not as he intended.
Director: Terence Fisher | Stars: Peter Cushing, Hazel Court, Robert Urquhart, Christopher Lee
Votes: 12,647 | Gross: $17.44M
Hammer's first color horror with Christopher Lee as "The Monster" and Peter Cushing as "Baron von Frankenstein"
6. Young Frankenstein (1974)
PG | 106 min | Comedy
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.
Director: Mel Brooks | Stars: Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn, Marty Feldman, Peter Boyle
Votes: 168,930 | Gross: $86.30M
Mel Brooks at his best, with Peter Boyle as "The Monster" and Gene Wilder as "Dr. Fronkenstein". Great performances from Marty Feldman as "Igor" and Madeline Kahn as the love interest
7. Son of Frankenstein (1939)
Approved | 99 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Returning to the ancestral castle long after the death of the monster, the son of Dr. Frankenstein meets a mad shepherd who is hiding the comatose creature. To clear the family name, he revives the creature and tries to rehabilitate him.
Director: Rowland V. Lee | Stars: Boris Karloff, Basil Rathbone, Bela Lugosi, Lionel Atwill
Votes: 11,696
Not as good as the others, but how can you go wrong with Karloff as "The Monster", Bela Lugosi as "Ygor" and Basil Rathbone as "the Baron". Look for Lionel Atwill as "the Inspector", a role parodied many times.
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