Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
- Original title
- Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
- Directed by
- Charles Barton
- Genre
- comedy film, comedy horror, parody film, vampire film, crossover fiction, werewolf film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 23m
- Rated
- 12
- Rating
- 7.1 of 10 from 352 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A horror comedy where Count Dracula tries to swap a bumbling baggage clerk's brain into Frankenstein's monster. The monster wreaks havoc while the funny men try to escape a haunted castle.
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What happens
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein is a 1948 American horror comedy film directed by Charles Barton. Tangentially linked to the Universal Monsters film series, the film features Count Dracula (Bela Lugosi), who has partnered with Dr. Sandra Mornay (Lenore Aubert) in order to find a brain to reactivate Frankenstein's monster (Glenn Strange), and they find Wilbur Grey (Lou Costello), the ideal candidate. The film was developed and production started with misgivings by Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, who disliked the script. Barton faced difficulty during the production of the film, with Abbott and Costello often absent from the set. However, the film was successful at the box office and became one of Universal's top films of the year. Several follow-up films ensued involving Abbott and Costello meeting other horror film actors and monsters. The film was mostly well received by critics on its release and in 2001, the United States Library of Congress deemed the film "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry; it also placed at number 56 on the list of the American Film Institute's 100 Funniest American Movies. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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