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Summary: A DVD you simply cannot pass up!
Review: Regardless of whether you have ever seen Abbott & Costello or not, this is a DVD you simply cannot pass up. I highly recommend this film because not only is it excellent, Abbott and Costello are always winners! As usual, Abbott is sarcastic and Costello is loveable and charming. Bud Abbott and Lou Costello star in this hilarious horror/comedy that has not only one but three of Universal's classic monsters: Frankenstein, Count Dracula and the Wolfman. Abbott plays Chic Young and Costello is Wilbur Grey. Both men work as baggage handlers in Florida. After a brief meeting with Wilbur's beautiful girlfriend Sandra(Lenore Aubert), Wilbur takes a mysterious phone call from Lawrence Talbot (the wonderful Lon Chaney Jr.) about two crates to be delivered to the McDougal House of Horrors. Thinking nothing of it, the eternally scared Wilbur goes about his business. When Chic and Wilbur get the crates for Mr. McDougal (Frank Ferguson) in a rather unusual manner, McDougal insists the men deliver them personally so the insurance company can inspect the deliveries. After a hilarious delivery scene, Count Dracula (the immortal Bela Lugosi) and the Frankenstein monster (Glenn Strange) escape the House of Horrors and go to the home of Dr. Sandra Mornay! Dr. Mornay and Count Dracula want Wilbur's brain so they can revive the Frankenstein monster. Added to the mix is a lovely insurance inspector, Joan Raymond (Jane Randolph) who is 'interested' in Wilbur for the purpose of her investigation. Chic simply cannot understand why so many beautiful women are in love with Wilbur! I was very pleased to see the classic stars Lon Chaney Jr., Bela Lugosi and Glenn Strange in this film. All three men were just as splendid at comedy as they were in their horror roles. I also found this movie to have some very good special effects for its time. The scene where Dracula changes from a bat to a man is excellent. Vincent Price, a true master of horror himself, appears as the voice of the Invisible Man at the end of the film. This film also has some great trivia. Lon Chaney Jr. worked as both the Wolfman and the Frankenstein monster on some scenes after Glenn Strange broke his ankle during filming. Boris Karloff also did some promotional work for the film. Check out the Internet Movie Database for more trivia! Will Dracula and Sandra get Wilbur's brain? Will Wilbur get the girl? Will Chic ever give Wilbur the respect he deserves? Get the DVD and find out!
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Summary: A DVD you simply cannot pass up!
Review: Regardless of whether you have ever seen Abbott & Costello or not, this is a DVD you simply cannot pass up. I highly recommend this film because not only is it excellent, Abbott and Costello are always winners! As usual, Abbott is sarcastic and Costello is loveable and charming. Bud Abbott and Lou Costello star in this hilarious horror/comedy that has not only one but three of Universal's classic monsters: Frankenstein, Count Dracula and the Wolfman. Abbott plays Chic Young and Costello is Wilbur Grey. Both men work as baggage handlers in Florida. After a brief meeting with Wilbur's beautiful girlfriend Sandra(Lenore Aubert), Wilbur takes a mysterious phone call from Lawrence Talbot (the wonderful Lon Chaney Jr.) about two crates to be delivered to the McDougal House of Horrors. Thinking nothing of it, the eternally scared Wilbur goes about his business. When Chic and Wilbur get the crates for Mr. McDougal (Frank Ferguson) in a rather unusual manner, McDougal insists the men deliver them personally so the insurance company can inspect the deliveries. After a hilarious delivery scene, Count Dracula (the immortal Bela Lugosi) and the Frankenstein monster (Glenn Strange) escape the House of Horrors and go to the home of Dr. Sandra Mornay! Dr. Mornay and Count Dracula want Wilbur's brain so they can revive the Frankenstein monster. Added to the mix is a lovely insurance inspector, Joan Raymond (Jane Randolph) who is 'interested' in Wilbur for the purpose of her investigation. Chic simply cannot understand why so many beautiful women are in love with Wilbur! I was very pleased to see the classic stars Lon Chaney Jr., Bela Lugosi and Glenn Strange in this film. All three men were just as splendid at comedy as they were in their horror roles. I also found this movie to have some very good special effects for its time. The scene where Dracula changes from a bat to a man is excellent. Vincent Price, a true master of horror himself, appears as the voice of the Invisible Man at the end of the film. This film also has some great trivia. Lon Chaney Jr. worked as both the Wolfman and the Frankenstein monster on some scenes after Glenn Strange broke his ankle during filming. Boris Karloff also did some promotional work for the film. Check out the Internet Movie Database for more trivia! Will Dracula and Sandra get Wilbur's brain? Will Wilbur get the girl? Will Chic ever give Wilbur the respect he deserves? Get the DVD and find out!
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Summary: Excellent blend of slapstick and horror
Review: A & C are at their best here. The story involves Dracula planning to put Wilbur's (Lou's) brain into the Frankenstein monster. The Wolfman (Lon Chaney, Jr.)is also in this one in a good role, since he tries to stop Dracula's plan. Suspenseful, hilarious jokes, and good special effects. Top notch Abbott & Costello.
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Summary: Simply the best horror comedy of all time.
Review: A great horror comedy in that A&C do their act and the horror is straight, which results in a great "brew". Lugosi and Chaney perform their Dracula and Wolfman roles with veteran expertise. Costello plays off them with expert timing. A joy over many views and on many levels.
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Summary: A Monster Classic
Review: Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein is a great Abbott and Costello movie and a great monster movie. You could read all the other reviews to get an idea about the movie, but I'll deal just with the DVD. First of all the transfer is decent but not all that great, I was expecting more but it does look kind of grainy throughout. The sound is as good as it can be from the time period and I have no complaints. This DVD features a pretty cool opening menu and is easily navigable. The special features include a interesting "making of" which features a lot of interviews and even some outtakes from the movie. There is the standard trailer and cast filmography but Univeral has improved their photo gallery option and instead of having to go thru 100s of photos with the controler, the photos change automaticaly and are set to the soundtrack of the movie. All in all a good buy for fans of the movie.
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Summary: Charles T. Barton's Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
Review: 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. Chubby Wilbur also has a beautiful girlfriend, the exotic Sandra (Lenore Aubert). Chick and Wilbur take the crates in, but the monsters come alive and escape. McDougal calls in insurance investigator Joan (Jane Randolph), who also takes a shine to Wilbur. Talbot arrives from Europe, during the full moon, and promptly turns into a werewolf. Sandra works for Dr. Stevens (Charles Bradstreet), whose presence in this film is the weakest part of the story. As Dracula begins putting different cast members under his control, we find out Sandra is working with the undead in order to get Wilbur's brain for the Monster. A funny climax ensues, as the three monsters finally meet in Dracula's castle, as Chick and Wilbur try to 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 short comings. A final "cameo appearance" is the last scene is truly classic. Abbott and Costello made a lot of these types of films, but this one might be the best. I highly recommend it.
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Summary: Abbott and Costello's Best
Review: ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN gave a real boost to the comedy team's film career; it's an excellent film and one of the boys' few true classics. A well crafted script provides plenty of laughs while allowing the monsters to play straight, which heightens the comedy. Bela Lugosi (Dracula), Lon Chaney, Jr. (The Wolfman), and Glenn Strange (The Monster) work well opposite Bud and Lou and approprately monstrous. Lenore Aubert is also quite good as Dracula's glamourous partner in crime.
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Summary: Lugosi, Chaney Jr. and A & C at their best.
Review: Abbott and Costello's best known and perhaps best film has them meeting Lon Chaney Jr. as the Wolfman, then Bela Lugosi as Dracula, then Glenn Strange as Frankenstein and then. . . . The plot revolves around the idea that the perfect new brain for the Monster should be a simple one -on that's easy to control. Lou Costello's is simple enough. The slapstick begins when Bud and Lou refuse to believe Larry Talbot (Lon) is the wolfman. The best non-monster bits are variations on what Bud and Lou did in the still funny, Hold That Ghost. You will note that Dracula can be seen in mirrors and that he would not have really died from a long fall (that's not being left out in the sun or getting a stake in the heart). But who cares, this is a silly, enjoyable slapstick that gives us both Lon Chaney Jr. and Bela Lugosi doing a wonderful job acting straight against the boy's antics. Glenn Strange is the Monster. Vincent Price does a cameo. (1948 - Directed by Charles Barton).
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Summary: Forget the title, this is the one with Dracula
Review: Actually, this one has everybody from Dracula to the Frankenstein Monster, to the Wolfman to the Mad Scientist who wants to take Lou's brain and put it, well, someplace more interesting. But Dracula, played by Bela Lugosi no less (you wonder if he was really in on the joke), is in this film so that is why I am reviewing it. Of all the "Abbott & Costello Meet" somebody movies, this is far and away the best one. Abbott is a rather talentless straightman, but Costello more than makes up for it. You cannot find too many physical comedians who rely primarily upon their own bodies as their props. Still a laugh riot, especially if you are a kid.
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Summary: The greatest comedy team's greatest movie!
Review: Bud Abbott and Lou Costello were the greatest comedy team ever, and this is their best film. Bud and Lou play a couple of movers who unwittingly get hired to transport two exhibits to a wax museum -- Dracula and the Frankenstein monster. Unfortunately, their charges aren't statues at all -- they've got the real thing! They wind up encountering a werewolf who has chased the monsters all the way from the old country in the hopes of exterminating them before they wreak more havoc. The boys are in real danger, however, because Dracula needs a new brain for the monster... and the brain he wants is Lou's! This movie is really special for two reasons. First -- it's just really, really funny. Second, it was the first big movie to ever really blend elements of horror into a comedy, and it's still done it better than practically anyone. Without this movie there would never have been a "Beetlejuice" or a "Ghostbusters" or a "Scary Movie." Okay... so we can hold the last one against them. The other thing that makes this movie great is the chance to see all the classic Universal Studios monsters together, and played by the men who made them great -- Dracula is portrayed by Bela Lugosi and the wolfman is the incredible Lon Chaney Jr. The only person absent is Boris Karloff as the Frankenstein monster, but Glenn Strange does a great job. Karloff must have felt left out, because the very next year he teamed up with the boys in "Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff." Also recommended are "Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man" (1951), "Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" (1953) and "Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy" (1955) -- all of which are great, but none of which are quite on-par with the first. This DVD also has a commentary by a film historian (which I admit, I haven't watched yet) and a short documentary about the movie and the affect it had on Bud and Lou's career, as well as the entire comedy/horror genre. If you love these guys as much as I do, this is a must-see.
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