Interestingly enough, the dialogue made the monster speak in 3rd person, speaking as both the Monster and as Ygor. By House of Frankenstein, the monster has fully reverted back to his original mind and mannerisms (as played by Karloff and Chaney).
I love the music! I’m disappointed that so many of the soundtracks have never been released with the original recordings. But, the reorchestrated versions are still pretty.
Is one of my favorite and also I used to watch it when I was little from this fair day I still watch it. The music is fantastic and the actors they just don’t make movies like this anymore.
"GOF" is a great classic monster movie. When I was a "monster kid" growing up in the 60s, GOF was never shown on our local TV stations. My awareness of the film came exclusively from that great magazine "Famous Monster of Filmland" where I found pictures showing the monster white as a "ghost" (having emerged from a sulfur pit and covered with white powder from early in the film). Not knowing the story, I assumed for many years that this movie was literally about the ghost of the monster! LOL. To this day, when I see the sulpher-covered monster I think, "There's the ghost of the Frankenstein monster!".
Pretty cool development in the series, the Monster gets Ygor's brain! The sequel (Frankenstein Meets The Wolfman) was written (and shot) with a blind Monster still using Ygor's voice, but last minute cutting by the studio removed Ygor/Monster's lines and removed any reference to his blindness. That's why Lugosi's Monster waves his arms around like that -- it looks like bad overacting, but actually Lugosi's Monster can't see.
This scene scared the life out of me as a kid! Ygor's brain in the Monster's body was a terrifying thought ! I was scared to death of Ygor as a kid, the way he was peeking thru windows and smiling really frightened me. I always considered Ygor to be Bela's best performace as a villain, even better then Dracula. The music building up to the climax was excellent, and a well deserved bad fate for Ygor.
Originally, the Monster spoke - in Ygor's voice - in FMTWM and he told Talbot about his blindness (this is why Lugosi stumbles and gropes about). When the Monster is re-energized at the end, his fluttering eyes and devious smile were intended to show that his sight (and strength) had returned. However, it was thought that Lugosi's voice sounded comical so all the Monster's dialogue, including any reference to his blindness, was deleted.
Lugosi got screwed. His Monster was written to be blind and still spoke with Ygor's voice, and the film was shot that way, but the studio butchered it, removing Lugosi's lines (you can see his lips moving silently in some scenes) and removing any reference to his blindness.
I never really thought about it but this pretty much means that the memories of the monster from the first three films and that brain has officially been retired in Ghost
I have a theory that has been well-received in other forums on this topic. The Brain, like any other organ is still just an organ. It is not the storehouse of the soul. It just helps people to think. Transplanting a heart doesn't give the recipient the personality of the donor. So while a healthy brain will help a man to think more clearly he won't have the personality of the donor. So when Igor's brain was transplanted to the Monster, Igor died and his soul departed. The monster momentarily thought he was Igor due to residual memories but soon reverted to his old personality. His dialogue showed this; "After all, your father gave me life and you gave me a brain." Had this been Igor talking, he would have said: "Your father created this body and you put my brain in it." The difference was now the monster had a cannier brain in it and was not confused in its thoughts.
How interesting that he flips out when he discovers he can't see, but when his face is being visibly burnt off by fire, he doesn't even say "Gee, that smarts!"
Great film, great ending. So glad Universal kept Frankenstein's Monster going after Karloff stepped down. They knew they had a good thing in their hands - that their Monster was iconic. Lugosi's voice is downright powerful & intimidating too. Wow!
First saw ghost around 1963 on Jeepers creepers at 10 pm Saturday night on channel 13. Right after channel 11's Chiller at 8 both channels would run monster movies . Anyway when at the end when Frankenstein talked, i was completely surprised. Never forgot this. What fun memories.
@submariner1982 That rumor would explain why, beginning in the next film, the monster walks with his arms stretched out in front of him. He is still blind and is feeling his way around. But his dialogue and all reference to his blindness were cut out for some reason.
Ghost onwards, are the films I return to most often. They're B movie gold. Not meant to be taken seriously, but a lot of fun. Comfort movies for me. I can watch and enjoy, but also realise how ridiculous the plots are. Love them.
I love them too. If you think about it ALL of the Universal Studio monsters are not very powerful. Frankenstein's monster is just a big oaf. The Mummy limps along with a bad leg and arm. The Wolf Man is only dangerous once a month. Dracula can be killed by light or wooden stake.
Ygor might’ve been blind but he’s permanently with his friend and did live forever like he wanted but besides Dracula Ygor is my most favorite role Bela Lugosi ever did in his career
For the longest time, I’ve always been so enthralled with the films, that I never really took the opportunity to critique them from a creative viewpoint. I’m sure this has been discussed before, but this fiery finale would later be tacked on to the house of Dracula. It’s the same mob extras, and the same action of the shelf falling over and the house being set ablaze with cuts of Glen Strange instead of Chaney.
Pretty much. After Larry Talbot tips the shelf over, anything in House of Dracula's ending that isn't Lon Chaney with the nurse is lifted straight from Ghost. The explosions, the monster staggering around the lab, the villagers outside the house, the house collapsing, all reused. Apparently House of Dracula's budget was THAT low.
Ghost of Frankenstein is not considered one of the best Universal films, but this scene is the closest their Monster ever came to the one in Mary Shelley's book.
@Tertullian1971 It was explained in Bela Lugosi's official biography that he did indeed play the monster as Ygor, and carried on the idea that he was blind. There was also copious amounts of dialogue that was all removed; it was called 'laughable' by those that edited the movie. Certainly Bela's bizarre gestures in F v WM would've made more sense.
Frankenstein's monster goes blind because the blood that was in Ygor’s brain is incompatible with the Monster’s blood and won’t feed his senses. Yet this is overlooked in "Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman" where there is no reference to Ygor's brain or the blindness it brought to the monster's body.
I read in a book and saw in the movie that they used stock footage of this for the ending of House of Dracula too. Well cna't blame them. This was an epic sequence as with all the rest of the movies. My favorite ending conflicts were Bride of Frankenstein and Son of Frankenstein but this is fantastic too. But I never quite understood something: Is this REALLY the Monster speaking or is it Ygor? He's got the voice and says he is, but he's got dialouge I'd expect from the Monster so I'm confused.
@Rtkat3 how ironic ygor then later frankenstei meets the wolfman monster played by lugosi himself actually there is rumour about monster possesed by ygor's brain and blindless writen in the orginal script
@MrWesdotcom Yeah I guess that makes the most sense. Thanks. Although by Abott and Costello Meet Frankenstien I think the Monster's brain was basically just fried and he was just did whatever Dracula told him to. I think it was still Ygor's but the thoughts seemed spent. Or more they just completely ignored continuity. They brought the Wolfman and Dracula back in House of Dracula without explanations and Abott and Costello I think work more as movies just featuring them than part of the series
a big question is where the ice came from in which encased the monster in the next 2 sequels ? maybe the fire/ explosion at the end of this one caused a natural phenomen
YES BECAUSE THE ASSHOLES WHO RAN UNIVERSAL AT THAT TIME FUCKED BELA THEY CUT OUT HIS VOICE YOU CAN SEE THE MONSTER TALKING AND THE DICKS TOOK OUT HIS VOICE POOR BELA WAS THE MOST FUCK STAR IN HOLLYWOOD
I loved that line, "WHAT GOOD IS A BRAIN WITHOUT EYES TO SEE!?!?".
Interestingly enough, the dialogue made the monster speak in 3rd person, speaking as both the Monster and as Ygor. By House of Frankenstein, the monster has fully reverted back to his original mind and mannerisms (as played by Karloff and Chaney).
One of the best endings for Universal films 1939-1946 the music was the best, it was that music of actors WHO KNEW how to act that made those films.
I love the music! I’m disappointed that so many of the soundtracks have never been released with the original recordings. But, the reorchestrated versions are still pretty.
Is one of my favorite and also I used to watch it when I was little from this fair day I still watch it. The music is fantastic and the actors they just don’t make movies like this anymore.
"GOF" is a great classic monster movie. When I was a "monster kid" growing up in the 60s, GOF was never shown on our local TV stations. My awareness of the film came exclusively from that great magazine "Famous Monster of Filmland" where I found pictures showing the monster white as a "ghost" (having emerged from a sulfur pit and covered with white powder from early in the film). Not knowing the story, I assumed for many years that this movie was literally about the ghost of the monster! LOL. To this day, when I see the sulpher-covered monster I think, "There's the ghost of the Frankenstein monster!".
Pretty cool development in the series, the Monster gets Ygor's brain! The sequel (Frankenstein Meets The Wolfman) was written (and shot) with a blind Monster still using Ygor's voice, but last minute cutting by the studio removed Ygor/Monster's lines and removed any reference to his blindness. That's why Lugosi's Monster waves his arms around like that -- it looks like bad overacting, but actually Lugosi's Monster can't see.
Great cast, Sir Cedric Hardwick, Ralph Bellamy Lionel Atwill
There's something truly chilling in watching an intelligent Monster using his brain to destroy his enemies as with the gas and giving Atwill orders.
This scene scared the life out of me as a kid!
Ygor's brain in the Monster's body was a terrifying thought !
I was scared to death of Ygor as a kid, the way he was peeking thru windows and smiling really frightened me.
I always considered Ygor to be Bela's best performace as a villain, even better then Dracula.
The music building up to the climax was excellent, and a well deserved bad fate for Ygor.
Lugosi's Igor is awesome.
these movies are great and one of my faves is ghost of frankenstien. I also love F vs THE W and the mummy films
Originally, the Monster spoke - in Ygor's voice - in FMTWM and he told Talbot about his blindness (this is why Lugosi stumbles and gropes about). When the Monster is re-energized at the end, his fluttering eyes and devious smile were intended to show that his sight (and strength) had returned. However, it was thought that Lugosi's voice sounded comical so all the Monster's dialogue, including any reference to his blindness, was deleted.
Frankenstein, "I can't see! I can't see!" Bohmer, "Why not!?" Frankenstein, "I had my eyes closed!"
( Bohmer pokes Frankie in the eyes..DOINK! )
Nyuk Nyuk nyuk
Lugosi got screwed. His Monster was written to be blind and still spoke with Ygor's voice, and the film was shot that way, but the studio butchered it, removing Lugosi's lines (you can see his lips moving silently in some scenes) and removing any reference to his blindness.
I never really thought about it but this pretty much means that the memories of the monster from the first three films and that brain has officially been retired in Ghost
I have a theory that has been well-received in other forums on this topic. The Brain, like any other organ is still just an organ. It is not the storehouse of the soul. It just helps people to think. Transplanting a heart doesn't give the recipient the personality of the donor. So while a healthy brain will help a man to think more clearly he won't have the personality of the donor.
So when Igor's brain was transplanted to the Monster, Igor died and his soul departed. The monster momentarily thought he was Igor due to residual memories but soon reverted to his old personality.
His dialogue showed this; "After all, your father gave me life and you gave me a brain." Had this been Igor talking, he would have said: "Your father created this body and you put my brain in it."
The difference was now the monster had a cannier brain in it and was not confused in its thoughts.
Evelyn Ankers and her actor husband Richard Jenning (CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON) became Christian missionaries in Hawaii later in life.
How interesting that he flips out when he discovers he can't see, but when his face is being visibly burnt off by fire, he doesn't even say "Gee, that smarts!"
Most, if not all of the stunts were done by Lon Chaney Jr. Even the fire scene, which uses trick photography (but is still unnoticeable to this day).
Great film, great ending. So glad Universal kept Frankenstein's Monster going after Karloff stepped down. They knew they had a good thing in their hands - that their Monster was iconic. Lugosi's voice is downright powerful & intimidating too. Wow!
I just wish they still had the original footage with Lugosi's dialogue.
For Frankenstein meets the Wolfman?
First saw ghost around 1963 on Jeepers creepers at 10 pm Saturday night on channel 13. Right after channel 11's Chiller at 8 both channels would run monster movies . Anyway when at the end when Frankenstein talked, i was completely surprised. Never forgot this. What fun memories.
I think Chaney did good in this role, it was very different from Karloff's though
@submariner1982 That rumor would explain why, beginning in the next film, the monster walks with his arms stretched out in front of him. He is still blind and is feeling his way around. But his dialogue and all reference to his blindness were cut out for some reason.
0:56 it’s almost like the monster himself is talking for a moment now that he has another brain, like him and Ygor are two personalities in one body.
Ghost onwards, are the films I return to most often. They're B movie gold. Not meant to be taken seriously, but a lot of fun. Comfort movies for me. I can watch and enjoy, but also realise how ridiculous the plots are. Love them.
I love them too. If you think about it ALL of the Universal Studio monsters are not very powerful. Frankenstein's monster is just a big oaf. The Mummy limps along with a bad leg and arm. The Wolf Man is only dangerous once a month. Dracula can be killed by light or wooden stake.
Ygor might’ve been blind but he’s permanently with his friend and did live forever like he wanted but besides Dracula Ygor is my most favorite role Bela Lugosi ever did in his career
What’s crazy is this movie’s Frankenstein monster was Lon Chaney!😮
For the longest time, I’ve always been so enthralled with the films, that I never really took the opportunity to critique them from a creative viewpoint.
I’m sure this has been discussed before, but this fiery finale would later be tacked on to the house of Dracula. It’s the same mob extras, and the same action of the shelf falling over and the house being set ablaze with cuts of Glen Strange instead of Chaney.
Pretty much. After Larry Talbot tips the shelf over, anything in House of Dracula's ending that isn't Lon Chaney with the nurse is lifted straight from Ghost. The explosions, the monster staggering around the lab, the villagers outside the house, the house collapsing, all reused. Apparently House of Dracula's budget was THAT low.
woah cool movie
Atwill's smiling face is priceless. 😅
the best film of 1942 and my favorite ralph bellamy film
Ghost of Frankenstein is not considered one of the best Universal films, but this scene is the closest their Monster ever came to the one in Mary Shelley's book.
@Tertullian1971 It was explained in Bela Lugosi's official biography that he did indeed play the monster as Ygor, and carried on the idea that he was blind. There was also copious amounts of dialogue that was all removed; it was called 'laughable' by those that edited the movie. Certainly Bela's bizarre gestures in F v WM would've made more sense.
"Jumping the shark" of saga.
Frankenstein's monster goes blind because the blood that was in Ygor’s brain is incompatible with the Monster’s blood and won’t feed his senses. Yet this is overlooked in "Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman" where there is no reference to Ygor's brain or the blindness it brought to the monster's body.
I read in a book and saw in the movie that they used stock footage of this for the ending of House of Dracula too. Well cna't blame them. This was an epic sequence as with all the rest of the movies. My favorite ending conflicts were Bride of Frankenstein and Son of Frankenstein but this is fantastic too. But I never quite understood something: Is this REALLY the Monster speaking or is it Ygor? He's got the voice and says he is, but he's got dialouge I'd expect from the Monster so I'm confused.
he gave a his brain to new vital body
Man, I (like other people in the comments section) really wish they would have left Lugosi's speaking lines in the Frankenstein Meets The Wolfman.
The reason he can't see is because he closing his eyes
0:30 Makes you think if Frankenstein monster had a normal brain 🧠 maybe it would be worse because the body can be use as a weapon!🥺🤔
@Rtkat3 how ironic ygor then later frankenstei meets the wolfman monster played by lugosi himself actually there is rumour about monster possesed by ygor's brain and blindless writen in the orginal script
The Monster was not blind in house of franenstein.
@MrWesdotcom
Yeah I guess that makes the most sense. Thanks. Although by Abott and Costello Meet Frankenstien I think the Monster's brain was basically just fried and he was just did whatever Dracula told him to. I think it was still Ygor's but the thoughts seemed spent. Or more they just completely ignored continuity. They brought the Wolfman and Dracula back in House of Dracula without explanations and Abott and Costello I think work more as movies just featuring them than part of the series
a big question is where the ice came from in which encased the monster in the next 2 sequels ? maybe the fire/ explosion at the end of this one caused a natural phenomen
@submariner1982 Yet I don't think any full synopsis of "Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman" mentioned anything like that.
@MrWesdotcom
Don't worry. You're not the only one.
well actually next movie monster appeared frankenstein meets wolfman
I am not Dr. Ketering i am ygor ,, haaaaaaa heeeeeeee '
So Frankenstein's monsters real name igor
Wondering how Ygor didn't immediately know he was blind I think that is the first thing you would notice
He noticed he was blind as soon as he was not able to see. He was not blind during most of the movie, his eyesight faded out.
@@jeromeosills6522 Lon Chaneys eyes were closed for most of the film if not all of the film
don't try to analyze these movies! how does the Wolf Man come back in House of Dracula, etc. They are great fun, stylish and creepy.
I am not Dr. Ketering iam ygor Il
In Frankenstein meets the Wolfman, Lugosi DID play the monster as a blindman with outstretched arms and over played gestures.
YES BECAUSE THE ASSHOLES WHO RAN UNIVERSAL AT THAT TIME FUCKED BELA THEY CUT OUT HIS VOICE YOU CAN SEE THE MONSTER TALKING AND THE DICKS TOOK OUT HIS VOICE POOR BELA WAS THE MOST FUCK STAR IN HOLLYWOOD
From what I've read he was pompous and very difficult to deal with.
It's winter?
this flick was average compared to other s like this