The Legacy

By the 1950s, U.S. movie studios stopped making these types of monster movies. New horror movies began to take their place. The classic monsters were not forgotten, though.

In 1974, Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder made Young Frankenstein. They filmed it where the original Frankenstein series was filmed. Their movie is a comedy. It makes fun of the old Frankenstein films. It also honors them.

The movie Young Frankenstein is a comedy.
The actor Gene Wilder plays Dr. Frankenstein.
The director, Mel Brooks, is shown at the right.