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

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.

comediclightheartedcampyfast-pacedspookywhimsicalplayfulparodicsilly

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)

Trailer

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