Respected medical lecturer Dr. Frederick Frankenstein (Gene Wilder) learns that he has inherited his infamous grandfather’s estate in Transylvania. Arriving at the castle, Dr. Frankenstein soon begins to recreate his grandfather’s experiments with the help of servants Igor (Marty Feldman), Inga (Teri Garr) and the fearsome Frau Blücher (Cloris Leachman). After he creates his own monster (Peter Boyle), new complications ensue with the arrival of the doctor’s fiancée, Elizabeth (Madeline Kahn). Commissioned by Emmett C. (8/18/24).

Release date: December 15, 1974 (USA)
Director: Mel Brooks
Story by: Gene Wilder, Mel Brooks, Mary Shelley
Distributed by: 20th Century Studios
Adapted from: Frankenstein
Box office: $86.2 million