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Abbott and Costello also meet the Wolfman and Dracula in this amusing horror comedy.
Chick (Bud Abbott) and Wilbur (Lou Costello) are freight handlers at a delivery company. McDougal (Frank Ferguson) drops by to get his new crates for his house of horrors. They contain the bodies of Frankenstein's monster (Glenn Strange) and Dracula (Bela Lugosi). A Lawrence Talbot (Lon Chaney, Jr.) calls from London to try to stop the delivery, but Chick and Wilbur agree to take the crates to McDougal's. Wilbur also has a beautiful girlfriend, the exotic Sandra (Lenore Aubert). Chick and Wilbur take the crates in, and the monsters come alive and escape.
Despite the goofy nature of the film, it is funnier than a ton of junk out there today. Lou Costello is a riot, and Bud Abbott proves he was the best straight man who ever lived. Lugosi is not given that much to do, but the makeup effects on all three monsters is wonderful. The late 1940's special effects are silly fun. The direction is a little standard, but the likable comedy team makes up for the film's shortcomings. A "cameo appearance" in the last scene is truly classic.
Abbott and Costello made a lot of these types of films, but "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein" might be the best. I highly recommend it. Also known as "Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein."
Stats:
(1948) 83 min. (* * * *) out of five stars
-Directed by Charles Barton
-Original Screenplay by Robert Lees & Frederic I. Rinaldo & John Grant
-Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Glenn Strange, Bela Lugosi, Lon Chaney Jr., Lenore Aubert, Frank Ferguson, Jane Randolph, Charles Bradstreet, Howard Negley, Vincent Price
(Not Rated)
Is This Necessary?, Written by Charles T. Tatum, Jr.
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