Doctor Frankenstein is a slave master that enslaves his own children; Frankenstein Jr regains his humanity through the struggle against his own exploitation and oppression, and in that process rehumanizes Dr Frankenstein by dethroning him from godhood and bringing him back down to Earth.

"Blah! I vant to extract your surplus labor value!"

"Over my cold, dead, body."

Vampires are bourgeoisie, frankensteins are petite bourgeoisie, skeletons are proletarian

Dracula posting

Obligatory "that's not Frankenstein, that's Frankenstein's monster!"

The team-ups and combinations were the final nail in the coffin for Universal movie monsters.