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- The movie was the last serious role for each of the great actors, and the best of the Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters series. The vaudeville gags that launched Abbott and Costello into the limelight don't always weather well, but some of the routines adapted for Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein are still funny.
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Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein [a] is a 1948 American horror comedy film directed by Charles Barton.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.
Classic comedy-horror for older kids and teens. Read Common Sense Media's Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein review, age rating, and parents guide.
- Charles Barton
- Nancy Warren
- Bud Abbott, Lon Chaney Jr., Lou Costello
In the first of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello's horror vehicles for Universal Pictures, the inimitable comic duo star as railway baggage handlers in northern Florida.
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- Bud Abbott
- Charles Barton
- Comedy
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein: Directed by Charles Barton, Walter Lantz. With Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Lon Chaney Jr., Bela Lugosi. The Wolf Man tries to warn a dimwitted porter that Dracula wants his brain for Frankenstein monster's body.
- (20K)
- Comedy, Family, Fantasy
- Charles Barton, Walter Lantz
- 1948-06-15
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein is not a straight-up horror, per se, but it indeed boasts all of the necessary elements to be considered as such. Full Review | Jun 27, 2023
1 day ago · Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) was a calculated attempt by Universal Pictures to revive two of its flagging franchises: the ensemble monster movie crossed with the slapstick farces of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, all of which had seen better days. The result was a hoot and a hit, with Bud and Lou as Chick and Wilbur, lowly ...
Most importantly, Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein doesn’t pretend to mask itself as something more than a cheap thrill, but it’s that tongue-in-cheek self-awareness that not only made it a box office smash, spawning several sequels, but the birth mother of an entirely new genre altogether.
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