This is the story of a lecturing Dr. Frankenstein, named Frederick who is grandson to the infamous lunatic Dr. Frankenstein. (Part of the reason for making this film in black in white is to capture another epoch more realistically for 1970s audiences). Frederick, changes his name’s pronunciation in order to distance himself from his infamous relative. At the death of his great-grandfather…(how old would he be?)…he inherits a Transylvanian (wait ? that’s Dracula!) manor and goes to check it out. There he discovers the laboratory and notebooks of his troublesome forefather and for the first time in his life sees the man’s work as genius instead of an embarrassment. He decides to continue his research and hi-jinks ensue.

Gene Wilder is joined by other well known comedians of his era including Gene Hackman (Lex Luther of Superman), Terri Garr (Tootsie, Mr.Mom), Cloris Leechman (Phyllis of Mary Tyler Moore show), and Madeline Khan, who starred in 4 different Mel Brooks films. Peter Boyle, better known today for Everybody loves Raymond, played the monster.

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