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Young Frankenstein

The scariest comedy of all time!

7.9(3,509)19741h 46m7

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

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Mel Brooks

Produced in

United States of America

Where to watch

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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

Frequently asked questions

Young Frankenstein was released on 15 December 1974.

Audience reviews

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  • J

    John Chard

    3/22/2020

    8/10

    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…

  • P

    Peter McGinn

    2/12/2021

    8/10

    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 …

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    5/27/2023

    7/10

    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…

  • F

    Filipe Manuel Neto

    4/5/2024

    9/10

    **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…

  • G

    GenerationofSwine

    9/5/2026

    10/10

    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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