Directed by Erle C. Kenton Written by Scott Darling   Eric Taylor   Cast Lon Chaney Jr. ... The Monster (as Lon Chaney) Cedric Hardwicke ... Ludwig Frankenstein / Ghost of Henry Frankenstein (as Sir Cedric Hardwicke) Ralph Bellamy ... Erik Ernst Lionel Atwill ... Doctor Theodore Bohmer Bela Lugosi ... Ygor Evelyn Ankers ... Elsa Frankenstein Janet Ann Gallow ... Cloestine Hussman Barton Yarborough ... Dr. Kettering Doris Lloyd ... Martha Leyland Hodgson ... Chief Constable Olaf Hytten ... Hussman Holmes Herbert ... Magistrate Uncredited Cast Richard Alexander ... Villager Lionel Belmore ... Councillor Chet Brandenburg ... Villager Colin Clive ... Dr. Henry Frankenstein (archive footage) Harry Cording ... Frone George Eldredge ... Constable Dwight Frye ... Villager Lawrence Grant ... Mayor Otto Hoffman ... Villager Brandon Hurst ... Hans Michael Mark ... Councillor Jimmy Phillips ... Indian William Smith ... Village Boy in Courtroom Ernie Stanton ... Constable Julius Tannen ... Sektal Harry Tenbrook ... Villager at Hearing Glen Walters ... Village Mother of Hungry Children Janet Warren ... Goose Girl Produced by George Waggner   Original Music by Hans J. Salter

Additional Info Premiere: March 13, 1942 DVD Release: April 27, 2004 Blu-ray Release: September 13, 2016 Country: Distributor: Universal Studios Websites: Production Companies Universal Pictures Distributors Universal Pictures   (1942) (USA) (theatrical) Realart Pictures   (1948) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release) Screen Gems   (1958) (USA) (TV) (syndication) (as Son of Shock) MCA/Universal Home Video   (1990) (USA) (VHS) Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)   (USA) (DVD) Rating Stats Overall Rating 6.1 / 10 Our Rating 5.4 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 5.4 / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #5,142 / 20,736 Ratings Breakdown Almost Perfect 1 total rating Site Ranking #5,138 Breakin' (1984) #5,139 Just Before Dawn (1981) #5,140 The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things (2004) #5,141 Dark Floors (2008) #5,142 The Ghost Of Frankenstein (1942) #5,143 Amazing Stories: Season 1 (2020) #5,144 Satanic (2016) #5,145 House Party 2 (1991) #5,146 Tales Of The Black Freighter (2009)