Genre: Comedy / Sci-Fi Director(s): Mel Brooks Release Date: 14 December 1974 Movie rating: 8.0

Made by the best known spoof artist of all times Mel Brooks, “Young Frankenstein” is an affectionate parody of the popular Frankenstein horror movies from the 1930’s. Starring Gene Wilder, who also wrote the script, the film was shot completely in black and white as homage to the original films. It was a critical and commercial success, and today ranks high on the lists of the greatest comedies of all time. Wilder plays the role of Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, a lecturer at a medical school and the grandson of the famous mad scientist. Frederick is ashamed of his family’s past and does his best to disassociate himself from it. After he inherits his family estate in Transylvania, he goes there to inspect the property. There he is met by a number of illustrious characters, and he finds himself more and more interested in his grandfather’s work. As he inspects his grandfather’s lab and reads his journal entries, he decides to take up the family tradition of raising the dead back to life and creating living breathing monsters out of body parts of different people. His dark business puts him at odds with the locals who fear another monster just like the one Frederick’s grandfather once made. Can this ugly situation somehow be resolved with a happy ending?

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