Frankenstein (1931 film) in "The Ghost of Frankenstein" (1942) after his apparent murder in the earlier film). This character — a deranged blacksmith whose neck was broken and twisted due to a botched hanging — befriends the monster and later helps Dr. Wolf Frankenstein, leading to the "hunchbacked assistant" called "Igor" commonly associated with "Frankenstein" in popular culture. Frye also appears in later films in the series, such as in "Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man" (1943). Guillermo del Toro had expressed interest in directing the reboot film for Universal. Del Toro said his "Frankenstein" would be a faithful "Miltonian tragedy", citing Frank Darabont's
I Was a Teenage Frankenstein from the studio if they could be ready by Thanksgiving. American International Pictures commissioned Herman Cohen to make "I Was a Teenage Frankenstein" and "Blood of Dracula". Cohen says the two films were written and put in front of the cameras in only four weeks, "so I had to really, really cut down" in terms of production values. "I Was a Teenage Frankenstein" was filmed in black-and-white, with the ending in color for a vivid effect. The film was shot at Ziv Studios. Cohen says that the alligator they hired for the movie had been used to dispose of bodies