Son of Frankenstein

I now realize where a good deal of Mel Brooks "Young Frankenstein" was drawn from. Since it is primarily from the first film and "Bride," I now see how the idea of the return to the castle works. The one armed guy, the game of darts, and the railroad station bits are out of this movie. Also, the book with all the secrets, "How I Did It," is a hilarious response to the book found in this film. This is good. It has the atmosphere, the townsfolk, the village masters, the fears from previous years, and so on. Karloff is the monster again and he is manipulated by Lugosi's Ygor. Of course, it's more of the same. The Son can't help himself. He has to go back and recreate his father's experiments. He loses track of the incredible danger he is putting his family through. The door is also left open for further sequels.