

Young Frankenstein
The scariest comedy of all time!
A young neurosurgeon inherits the castle of his grandfather, the famous Dr. Victor von Frankenstein. In the castle he finds a funny hunchback, a pretty lab assistant and the elderly housekeeper. Young Frankenstein believes that the work of his grandfather was delusional, but when he discovers the book where the mad doctor described his reanimation experiment, he suddenly changes his mind.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $2.8M
- Box office
- $86.3M
- Language
- English
- monster
- experiment
- assistant
- halloween
- castle
- bride
- parody
- mad scientist
- laboratory
- spoof
- horror spoof
- black and white
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalPG15 Dec 1974
- PhysicalPGVHS1 Jan 1981
- PhysicalPGVHS1 Jan 1984
- PhysicalPGVHS1 Jan 1988
- PhysicalPGVHS10 Sept 1996
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1 Jun 1975
- Physical15VHS22 Apr 1987
- PhysicalPGDVD29 Sept 2000
- Theatrical12Are-release18 Sept 2017
- Theatrical12Are-release19 Jul 2024
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalPG28 Aug 1975
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical2 Jan 1975
BrazilBR
- Theatrical31 Jan 1975
- Physical10VHS / DVD19 Sept 2008
CzechiaCZ
- Physical1 Apr 1994
FinlandFI
- Theatrical24 Apr 1975
FranceFR
- TheatricalU16 Apr 1975
GermanyDE
- Theatrical165 Sept 1975
- Physical12DVD14 Oct 2003
GreeceGR
- TheatricalΚ-1224 Apr 1975
IrelandIE
- TheatricalPG5 Mar 1976
ItalyIT
- TheatricalT18 Jul 1975
- Theatrical22 Aug 1975
- Theatrical (limited)50th Anniversary29 Oct 2024
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Young Frankenstein was released on 15 December 1974.
Audience reviews
5- J8/10
John Chard
3/22/2020
For what we are about to see next, we must enter quietly into the realm of genius. Young Frankenstein is directed by Mel Brooks who also co-writes the screenplay with Gene Wilder. It stars Wilder, Marty Feldman, Peter Boyle, Teri Garr and Madeline Kahn. Music is by John Morris and cinematography by Gerald Hirschfeld. Filmed in black and white, Brook's movie is an affectionate spoof of the Frankenstein movies t…
- P8/10
Peter McGinn
2/12/2021
When I had the opportunity Ro watch this film again after decades, due to a Cloris Leachman tribute, I couldn’t resist, despite feeling there was a risk of a familiar problem: that of me not liking a program or movie as a mature adult as much as I had as a young man. I needn’t have worried. This is not Mensa material here, but it is a good example of what Mel Brooks did best, spoof movie genres or other cinematic …
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
5/27/2023
I'd probably best start by saying that I love the writing of Mel Brooks, but I detest the acting style of Gene Wilder - so my views on this are somewhat mixed. It is a spoof - and James Whale ought to be writ large in the credits, as should Glenn Miller and a host of others who have inadvertently contributed to the wonderfully paced script that rarely draws breath. Wilder - the grandson of the eponymous, famously mad…
- F9/10
Filipe Manuel Neto
4/5/2024
**One of the great comic films of the 70s.** Mel Brooks is one of those names in comic cinema that I haven't explored much yet, and that I know more from his fame than from having seen his work. I decided to change that a little by watching this satirical film, which he directed, and in which a grandson of the infamous German doctor and nobleman Dr. Frankenstein, after years denying his name and any association wi…
- G10/10
GenerationofSwine
9/5/2026
This movie is the reason I have issues with *Schindler's List*. Take a few hours and watch them both, *Young Frankenstein* has the lighting, the contrast, and the exposure down, it's perfect... it's also a comedy with a lower budget. *Schindler's List* is a AAA film, it's Speilberg, it has a budget through the roof, and it doesn't seem to know how to light a B&W film. And I don't really want to trash *Schindle…
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