OK I am aware that this does not really qualify as a B-Movie, but since it's a parody of the genre I felt it shouldn't be left out. Gene Wilder and Mel Brooks brought this classic to the screen in 1974 and it is still every bit as funny today. Shot in black & white and using some of the original Frankenstein props this movie has the most authentic feel of any parody I've seen.

Dr. Fredrick Frankenstein (it's pronounced Fronkensteen) is a medical school professor and a talented brain surgeon. Freddy hates his family name and will verbally attack anyone who even mentions that he is related to the infamous Vicor Frankenstein. Freddy is visited by a man named Falkstein who brings him the will of his great grandfather. Freddy has inherited his great grandfathers castle in Trasnylvania and must go travel there to close the family buissiness.

Once in Transylvania, Freddy is greeted by Igor (pronounced eyegor) and Inga. The three arrive to find Frau Blucher has prepared their rooms so they can turn in from the long journey. Freddy is awakened by Inga and some very strange music "coming from behind ze bookcase". After some fun attempting to get the bookcase open, Freddy and Inga follow a passageway to a series of rooms. In the first room Freddy runs into Igor and they eventually discover the famous lab. The only clue left for them is a light coming from behind a door. Inside the final room are a fresly put out cigar, the violin used to play the music and the book of notes that Victor wrote while creating the first monster.

After reading the book Freddy decides that his great grandfather wasn't a complete nut and that the experement could work. They begin the task by digging up a very large body and prepare it for the last component, a brain. Freddy decides to use the brain of the scientist Hans Delbruck, but the brain is destroyed when Igor drops it. Igor simply takes the next brian on the self and fails to notice that it's abnormal. Freddy fails to bring the creature to life and throws a tempter tantrum. After a very funny dinner scene we find out that the monster is in fact alive. The monster panics when a match is lit and attacks Freddy. Inga sedates the monster after a game of charades and Freddy learns the brain is not Hans Delbruck. I don't nomally quote a script like this but it's my favorite part of the movie.

Freddy: Now that brain that you gave me was it Hans Delbrucks?
Igor: No
F:    Ah Good. Ah... Would you mind telling me whose brain I did put in?
I:    And you won't be angry?
F:    I will NOT be angry.
I:    Abby Someone.
F:   Abby Someone. Abby Who?
I:    Abby Normal.
F:   ABBY NORMAL!
I:    I'm almost sure that was the name.
F:     Are you saying that I put an ABNORMAL brain into a 7 and 1/2-foot-long, 54-inch wide. (wraps his hands around Igor's         Neck) GORILLA! IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME. (Chokes Igor)

Freddy's attack on Igor is interrupted by Inspector Kemp. Freddy shares a game of darts as he attempts to convince Kemp that there is no monster and that he has no intention of following his grandfathers work. Upon returning to the lab Freddy, Inga and Igor find Frau Blucher releasing the monster and playing the violin. Blucher explains that the music will calm the monster and that she was Victor's mistress. The monster bumps into some equipment, panics and escapes.

The monster runs into a little girl playing and we see that he actually does have a kind heart, but his body prevents him from keeping his new friend long. After sending the little girl flying through the air with a see saw the monster pays a visit to an old blind man. The lonely blind man welcomes the monster with open arms and attempts to make a nice evening. After having his cup of wine smashed, hot soup poured in his lap and his thumb set on fire the monster rushes out. Freddy manages to capture the monster using the violin music.

Freddy decides to set aside the value of his life and convince the monster that he is loved. After some training Freddy puts on a public demonstration of the monster and what he has learned. During a song and dance number the monster is frightened by a blown footlight and freezes. The crowd begins to jeer and thow vegetables at the monster causing him to lash out. The monster is captured and jailed by the police. Inga has sex with Freddy to try and make him feel better, but we find out that freddy's fiance Elizabeth is on her way to the castle.

The guard in charge of the monster toys with his fear of fire and the monster breaks out. After abducting Elizabeth and giving her a night of sex the monster hears music and wanders off. Freddy uses the music to call the monster back to the castle and proceeds to use his own brain to calm the monster down. The townspeople storm the castle just as the operation is finishing and the monster speaks normally for the first time. The monster explains that he was violent because he unable to articulate his feelings of love.

The wedding night comes around but Freddy marries Inga instead, and Elizabeth has married the monster. Inga mentions that the monster got part of Freddy's brain, and wanted to know what he had gotten from the monster. The movie ends with Inga finding out exactly what Freddy got, very vocally I might add.

The DVD edition of this movie is loaded with interveiws, deleted scenes and other fun special features. A definite MUST HAVE.