The Ghost of Frankenstein Page #2

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No.

All right.

Then you'll make the police

to hand him over to you.

Yes.

I could do that.

And you will do it, Frankenstein.

Very well.

Now get out!

Father, who was that strange man I saw

leaving the house?

Nobody of any consequence, darling.

A patient.

He smiled at me.

A cruel smile.

It was dreadful.

Well, you know what my patients are.

Don't let it worry you.

Now come along, my dear.

I must be getting down to the village.

Order! Order, please!

I've read the report

on the nameless prisoner.

I don't understand the urgency

that requires an immediate hearing.

This is an unusual case, sir.

The prisoner's dangerous.

It'd be wise to remand him

to the higher court...

and transfer him to the city soon.

I understand the man is insane.

There's no doubt of it.

But that's for the higher court to determine.

We should make a report

on the prisoner's mental condition.

Dr. Frankenstein will be here shortly

to examine him.

Very well.

The prosecutor may proceed.

What is your name?

Where are you from?

Who brought you to Vasaria?

You see, Your Honour?

This mad beast cannot even talk.

I recommend that you order him remanded

to the higher court without further delay.

I understand the little Hussman girl

has a certain influence over the prisoner.

Perhaps if she talked to him,

we might learn his identity.

Your Honour, I protest.

We've had one harrowing experience

with this...

He did her no harm.

And some attempt must be made

to establish his identity.

I can't allow my child to take this chance.

We don't know what he might do.

He was promised he'd not be harmed,

and he's been beaten half to death.

What's your name?

Where do you live?

Won't you tell us?

All this can serve no purpose, Your Honour.

Dr. Frankenstein is here.

Let him examine the prisoner now.

He seems to recognise you,

Dr. Frankenstein.

I never saw this man before in my life.

I know nothing about him.

Come.

Quickly.

Get in here.

Father!

- The monster, it's here. I've seen it.

- Nonsense.

He was standing outside the window,

staring at...

Your nerves are on edge. It's the storm.

No, it's here, I tell you.

That other creature was with him. That Ygor.

Frankenstein!

No!

No. Come away.

Come away with me.

Nobody will know who did it.

Come. Come with me.

- Father, who is it?

- Dr. Kettering.

Elsa, go back!

Come away.

Come with me. Come.

Bohmer? Dr. Bohmer!

- What is it, Doctor?

- Give me a hand.

Father.

The monster?

Don't be afraid, darling.

You're quite safe now.

He's powerless for the time being.

Forgive me, Elsa, but I had to expose you

to the soporific gas...

in order to subdue the others.

You do understand,

don't you, dear?

Yes, but I'm afraid.

Send for Erik and the police.

The police can do nothing.

They put him in jail yesterday,

but he escaped.

And Dr. Kettering?

I tried to save him, but it was impossible.

He's dead.

- Murdered?

- Yes.

Ever since I can remember,

I have dreaded this moment.

For years I felt secure, certain that

the monster had been destroyed.

I tried to keep all knowledge of it from you.

And until last night, I succeeded.

I had to know.

Yesterday, when I saw Ygor...

I felt that something had come out

of the past to threaten our happiness.

Please don't let it spoil our lives.

- Father, promise me.

- I promise you, Elsa.

I'll find a way.

I must find a way.

Dr. Bohmer, I need your aid.

This monster must be destroyed.

Destroyed? But how?

He's not subject to the ordinary laws of life.

There is a way.

He was made limb by limb, organ by organ.

He must be unmade in the same way.

Dissection?

Bit by bit, piece by piece...

just as my father created it.

But this thing lives. It would be murder.

How can you call the removal of a thing

that is not human murder?

I regret, Doctor...

I cannot be part of your plan.

Then I must do it alone.

While it lives, no one is safe.

My son.

What are you about to do?

Would you destroy...

that which I, your father,

dedicated his life to creating?

I must.

The monster you created

is in itself destruction.

Nevertheless, I was near

to solving a problem...

that has baffled man

since the beginning of time...

the secret of life, artificially created.

But it has brought death

to everything that it's touched.

That is because, unknowingly...

I gave it a criminal brain.

With your knowledge of science,

you can cure that.

It's beyond my cure.

It's a malignant brain.

What if it had another brain?

Another brain!

Bohmer! Dr. Bohmer!

What is it, Doctor?

You've changed your mind?

Yes. Attach the high-frequency

leads to the terminal electrodes.

- Yes, sir.

- Frankenstein!

Come in, Ygor. I may need your assistance.

You have agreed.

You are going to help him, Doctor?

You are giving him life.

Yes, but not for the purpose

that you think, Ygor.

I'm giving him strength

so that an operation may be successful.

An operation?

Yes, I'm giving him another brain.

You must explain to him

when he becomes conscious.

You must make him understand.

Whose brain?

- Kettering?

- Yes, Kettering.

A man of character and learning.

The monster will cease to be

an evil influence...

and become everything that is good.

No!

You cannot take my friend away from me.

He's all that I have, nothing else.

You're going to make him your friend,

and I will be alone.

It will be as I say, or he must be destroyed.

He cannot be destroyed.

There is one way.

- By dissection.

- No.

Not that. Doctor.

Ygor's body's no good.

His neck is broken, crippled and distorted...

lame and sick from the bullets

your brother fired into me.

You can put my brain in his body.

Your brain?

You can make us one.

We'll be together always...

my brain and his body...

together.

You're a cunning fellow, Ygor.

Do you think that I'd put your sly

and sinister brain into the body of a giant?

That would be a monster indeed.

You'll do as I tell you, or I'll not be

responsible for the consequences.

Ironic, isn't it, Doctor?

Yes, the monster's victim

shall inherit his body.

And everlasting life.

Build up the voltage potential

to its maximum.

It all seems so weird and ghastly.

- I can't stand it any longer, I tell you...

- Elsa.

And you, Father,

something's happened to you.

It seems as if a great cloud

has come over you.

You don't seem like my father at all.

You must trust me, my dear.

You must realise my problem.

One thing I can assure you.

The monster

will never trouble anyone again.

Good morning.

I was wondering, Doctor,

when you plan to operate.

At once.

Tonight, if possible.

- I should like to see the patient immediately.

- Yes, Doctor.

A new brain. You understand?

A new brain. New brain!

- Does he understand?

- Yes.

- Is he willing?

- Can't you see?

He is the first time happy in his life.

Good. Take good care of him today.

I shall operate tonight.

All right.

No. Not now. Tonight.

So you're going to let Frankenstein

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