Author Archives: MARY KATE VARNAU

Forget “Scream.” Forget “Scary Movie.” Morgan Morel Directed by Mel Brooks and featuring Gene Wilder as the progeny of Mary Shelley’s Dr. Frankenstein, “Young Frankenstein” is the scary movie spoof. Brooks and Wilder adapted the screenplay from Shelley’s horror masterpiece, blending elements of the original’s blood-chilling terror with the zany, “Blazing Saddles”-trademark Brooks-and-Wilder comedic sensibility. […]