Ken Strickfaden, who created all the electrical gadgets and effects for the movie, also doubled for Boris Karloff during the sequences that showed the million volt sparks playing over his body. Ken Strickfaden also stood in for Karloff in The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932) for the same reason. All of this electric lab equipment has appeared in other movies over the years. La moglie di Frankenstein (1935), Undersea Kingdom (1936), Blake of Scotland Yard to name a few. When all of these lab gadgets were no longer used for movies, Ken Strickfaden put them into storage in his garage. When Mel Brooks found out that the lab equipment still existed, the same machines were used in the comedy Frankenstein Junior (1974), and director Mel Brooks gave Strickfaden the onscreen credit he had not received in this film and others. Rock Band KISS Used Ken Strickfaden's Lighting Machine Used In Frankenstein On Their Spirit Of 76 Tour, There Is One Known Photo Of The Machine The Lightning Machine Was Ultimately Dropped From Their Show As It Was Deemed Unpredictable And Dangerous...

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