Abbott And Costellow Meet Frankenstein movie review

In 1948 Bud Abbott and Lou Costello were two of the biggest comedians in the world, and Universal Studios cast them along side Glen Strange as Frankenstein's Monster, Lon Chaney Jr reprising his role as Lawrence Talbot/Wolf Man, and finally after 17 years Bela Lugosi returns to his iconic role as Count Dracula. Also not credited we hear the voice of Vincent Price as The Invisible Man, bringing yet another Universal Monster to the mix. Lou Costello plays the dimwitted Wilbur, and Bud Abbott plays the more serious Chick. This movie begins with Talbot making an emergency phone call from London to a package handling station in Florida, to warn them that two packages would be delivered to McDougal's House Of Horrors, and that they were not to deliver those packages. However then McDougal comes in and asks for his crates, and Chick and Wilbur deliver those crates, which we discover contains the bodies of Dracula and Frankenstein's Monster. Well hilarity ensues as Wilbur sees the monsters but can't convince Chick of it. When McDougal arrives to inspect the crates, the monsters had gotten up and walked out, so he discovers empty crates, and has Wilbur and Chick arrested for the missing items. They are bailed out of jail by a mysterious beautiful blonde woman, and then at that point they meet Lawrence Talbot, who asks that they lock him in his hotel room because he turns into a wolf during the full moon, our heroes are of course skeptical but comply nonetheless. The next day they get ready for a mascaraed ball, but then they meet the mysterious blonde who turns out to be working for the insurance company that insured the crates, of course Wilbur and Chick don't know this. She pretends to be really into Wilbur, so he takes her and Chick to pick up his beautiful girlfriend Sandra for the ball. Chick cannot for the life of him understand why these two beautiful women are into Wilbur. Though we as the audience know that Sandra is actually a mad dr who has discovered Frankenstein's journal and is working with Dracula, her intention is to put Wilbur's simple brain into the Frankenstein Monster, in order to create a simple minded monster that will follow Dracula's every order. From here on we build up to the exciting climax where the Wolf Man who is trying to stop Dracula, along side with his friends Wilbur and Chick face off against Dracula and the Frankenstein monster, in an amazing and hilarious ending to Universal's Frankenstein, Dracula, and Wolf Man characters. This movie is hailed by many film critics and historians as being one of the greatest horror comedies of all time, and honestly I agree with them 100%. This movie not only uses classic horror movie devices for thrills and scars, but also uses Abbott and Costello's brand of slap-stick comedy and word plays to create an amazing tone that is both silly and serious at the same time. I would consider this a real Universal Monster Movie, and not just a silly parody of those movies. This movie actually works as a better monster rally movie than its two predecessors the House of Frankenstein and House of Dracula. This movie was perfectly cast and the sets help to create a dark enchanting mood. This movie really shouldn't work, but it does so well, and this movie also launched a who series of the Abbott and Costello meet the monsters series, they would later be meeting The Mummy, The Invisible Man, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and Boris Karloff The Killer. This was definitely a different time, but this movie has aged well, and audiences today are still loving this horror comedy classic. Abbott and Costello have this great style of comedy that works for fans of all ages, the kids loving that Lou Costello is basically a big kid himself with his sill slapstick style of humour, and their is jokes in their written for the adults to appreciate as well. I am not a fan of comedy movies, but this one works so perfectly. I also loved learning in the special features in this movie, that behind the scenes the jokes did stop when the camera stopped, there were pie fights, and practical jokes constantly happening, there was even a comedian brought in just to keep the mood light hearted on the set of the film. Lugosi who takes his roles very serious, didn't always approve of the silliness, but as long as it didn't interfere with him doing his parts, he was okay with it, Glenn Strange on the other hand had a hard time keep a straight face while playing the monster, because Costello was always making him laugh, by just entering the room. Would I recommend this movie? Yes, with all of my heart I would recommend this horror-comedy classic. It works so well, and is such an amazing movie. This is the perfect Halloween party movie to be playing as your are having snacks and drinks with your friends! So much fun, this movie is among one of my favourite movies of all time. Everyone really should see this amazing classic.