Bela Lugosi, Bud Abbott, Glenn Strange

It seems that Count Dracula, in league with a beautiful but diabolical lady scientist, need a "simple, pliable" brain with which to reactivate Frankenstein's creature. The "ideal" brain belongs to the...( read more  read more... ) hapless Lou Costello, whom the lady doctor woos to gain his confidence and lure him to the operating table. Lawrence Talbot, better known as the Wolf Man, arrives on the scene to warn Costello and his pal Bud Abbott of Dracula's nefarious schemes, but is he too late?

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Unrated, 1 hr. 32 min.

Directed by: Charles Barton

Release Date: December 31, 1948

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DVD Release Date: September 30, 2006

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  • June 24, 2007
    The best of their films!
  • November 24, 2006
    It's old, but I love it anyway. Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein takes all of the classic monsters, with Bela Lugosi as Dracula, Glenn Strange as the Frankenstein Monster and Lon Chaney Jr. as the Wolf Man, and pits them against one another in a hysterical star-studded comedy...( read more). Even Vincent Price makes an appearance (or lack thereof) as the Invisible Man.
  • February 25, 2008
    The best Abbott and Costello film! Hilarious with all the monsters. I can sit down and watch this anytime. CHET!
  • January 12, 2008
    Hilarious!
  • October 11, 2007
    Sunday afternoon kids films...Brilliant.
  • September 28, 2009
    these guys are funny but not as funny as laurel and hardy!!
  • September 28, 2009
    SEEN IT
    REVIEW COMING SOON
  • September 6, 2009
    If I had two cigarettes I'd give you one. If I had two pairs of shoes I'd loan you a pair. And if I had two girls...Why don't you take the cigarette and those shoes and take a walk with yourself?
  • September 4, 2009
    I'm not sure why this wasn't titled Abbott and Costello Meet Dracula because they have a lot more interaction with Dracula than they do with with Frankenstein('s monster). If you are familiar with this comedy duo, then you already know the type of humor and some of the routines t...( read more)hat are found in this old horror-comedy. Really nice to see Bela Lugosi and Lon Chaney Jr reprising their most well-known roles in this spoof.
  • August 7, 2009
    Baggage men Chick, (Bud Abbott) and Wilbur, (Lou Costello) are ordered to keep a series of crates from delivery to a House of Horrors, but they take them there anyway and unpack them. While delivering the crates, they find that they contain the bodies of Count Dracula, (Bela Lugo...( read more)si) and Frankenstein's Monster, (Glenn Strange) and they slip off in the night in front of a terrified Wilbur. Wilbur and Chick eventually run into Larry Talbot, (Lon Chaney Jr.) who reveals that Dracula has plans to revive Frankenstein's Monster. Tracking the two to a castle, they find that Larry was telling the truth about the experiments, and have to escape before they are used in them.
    I'm a fan of Abbott And Costello so I might be a little bias here for some but this is my favorite horror comedy. It's the best example of the genre, keeping one of the main characteristics that few who have followed it fail to accomplish: the threat that comes in the film is treated as a serious threat. The monsters are serious and can really injure the protagonists, and aren't played for laughs or gags against them, which many who follow never really utilize well and therefore fail. The gags that come are therefore funny as the situation is serious and the out-of-place gag has some merit. This one does it really well and is the better for it. When it all comes crashing down at the end provides some nice action that was common-place among the era, as there's some spectacle thrown in that is quite exciting. The different battles going on that all intermingle with each other provide some nice action, including the ending on the dock. The monsters themselves are integrated into the usual situation with the two men, and in keeping with the tradition of integration, the monster storyline is carried along nicely as well. The gags are nice and funny, and the wordplay and slapstick they are famous for are in nice abundance here. It's a very rare film that should satisfy all the different types of fans out there.

    Some of my favorite lines:
    Chick Young: I don't get it. Out of all the guys around here that classy dish has to pick out a guy like you.
    Wilbur Grey: What's wrong with that?
    Chick Young: Go look at yourself in the mirror sometime.
    Wilbur Grey: Why should I hurt my own feelings?


    Larry Talbot: You don't understand. Every night when the moon is full, I turn into a wolf.
    Wilbur: You and twenty million other guys.

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