Mel Brooks’s Young Frankenstein (1974) can be broadly considered a spoof of classic Hollywood horror films. However, this statement belies the extreme specificity and fidelity with which director Brooks and star Gene Wilder employ everything from overall narrative structure to the minutest technical aspects to emulate and parody the first few Frankenstein films produced by Universal Pictures in the 1930s and ‘40s. I postulate that
Quite appropriate for the day!