Monster of the Day #1845

Updated on November 19, 2018 By Ken Begg 7 Comments

As some of you may have noticed, the site went down last week due to hosting issues. Mucho thanks, as always, to FoJ Carina Magyar to riding the rescue AGAIN. Endlessly, really.

Before we were so rudely interrupted, we were looking at the spooky comedies of Abbott & Costello. This was their biggest film, I think, so I could have held it to last. Chronologically, however, it kicked off all their subsequent monster films, so I guess we’ll look at it today. A genuine classic, in any case.

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  • KeithB

    There was a recent synopsis on “The Agony Booth”.

  • Fun trivia: This was the only other time Bela Lugosi played “Dracula” in a movie.

  • BGBear_rnh w/oofferinganyproof

    When Glen Strange was first cast on “Gunsmoke” as Sam the bartender, did he and James Arness laugh at each other for their monster playing days? ;-)

  • zombiewhacker

    Where to begin?

    Well, for starters, how about kudos to Frank Skinner for his classic score? Tremendous motifs for all three monsters.

    How I wish Universal would release this soundtrack on CD!

  • Eric Hinkle

    This was probably the best film Bud & Lou ever did, and a glorious send-off to the classic Universal monsters. When Dracula, the Wolf Man, and Frankenstein’s Monster ended their days at Universal, they did it in style.

  • A great movie.

  • zombiewhacker

    Wow, I’m surprised that this entry — of all movies — has generated so few comments on this site!

    Here’s another take: A&CmF boasts the best transformation sequences of all the Universal movies… even though this film, unlike the others, was played strictly for laughs.

    Unfortunately, Jack Pierce wasn’t on hand to handle the makeup FX (Bud Westmore took that honor), yet the results were pretty much on par with the earlier films.

    One thing I couldn’t tell is whether any of the sets or props were recycled from the previous monster movies. (To be honest, I’ve probably seen this movie more times than all the previous entries in the series combined.)