Movie
Young Frankenstein
1974 · 106 min
A loving, joke-packed send-up of old horror movies that feels like a cozy black-and-white romp with witty wordplay and goofy scares.
- Directed by
- Mel Brooks
- Genres
- Comedy
- Starring
- Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman
- Tagline
- The scariest comedy of all time!
- Overview
- A young neurosurgeon inherits the castle of his grandfather, the famous Dr. Victor von Frankenstein. In the castle he finds a funny hunchback, a pretty lab assistant and the elderly housekeeper. Young Frankenstein believes that the work of his grandfather was delusional, but when he discovers the book where the mad doctor described his reanimation experiment, he suddenly changes his mind.
- How it feels
- Absurd, satirical, campy and warm. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Science, identity, family, ambition
- Content
- Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Mel Brooks
- Genres
- Comedy
- Starring
- Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman
