Fifty Fearsome Frankenstein Memes for Frenzied Fans to Celebrate the Film’s 50th Anniversary

True classics, like some mythical creatures and monsters, are immortal. such is Mel Brooks' absolute beast of a movie - Young Frankenstein. As the film celebrates its 50th anniversary it is fitting to honor this unhinged masterpiece with a list of masterful memes.

Directed by Brooks and co-written with the legendary Gene Wilder, who also played Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, the movie took Mary Shelley's 1818 novel 'Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus' and its horror film adaptations and brought them back to life in the form of laugh-out-loud parody, one that has left a huge mark on popular culture.

With characters like Igor (or I-gor) and his shifting hump and of course Dr. Fronkensteen himself, Gene Wilder, one of the internet's favorite faces, although mainly as Willy Wonka from another insanely popular movie. The film has inspired countless gags, GIFs, and Memes, through a handful of them you can soitenly scroll.

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