Young Frankenstein

Young Frankenstein
1974
Directed by: Mel Brooks
Starring: Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman, Cloris Leachman, Teri Garr, & Madeline Kahn

Frederick Frankenstein (Wilder) is a young neurosurgeon and grandson of the infamous Victor von Frankenstein. Frederick in herits his grandfather's castle and there finds a hunchback named Igor (Feldman), and beautiful lab assistant named Inga (Garr), and an old housekeeper named Frau Blucher (Leachman). At first Frederick beleive that his grandfather's work was rubish, but upon finding an old workbook begins to beleive that this could actually work. After a mix-up with the brains, he acciddentally creates a horrible monster (Boyle) who is completely out of control. The situation only gets worse when Frederick's fiance (Kahn) shows up at the castle.

Young Frankenstein was entirely shot in black & white giving it a classic monster film feeling. Gene Wilder goes wildly over the top in this Mel Brooks film - don't worry, he makes a cameo. Each character is different from the other and almost as over the top as Wilder. Boyle plays the monster extremely well - even when all he does is grunt and groan. It is as hilarious as most other Brooks films but this one is very different from any of the others. That along with the acting makes this movie just what the doctor ordered.