Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein Soundtrack

July 12, 2024 by Jon Kitley in Reviews: Soundtrack and tagged Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, Bud Abbott, Intrada, Lou Costello, Universal Classics, Universal Monsters | Leave a comment

Are you a fan of the Universal Classic Monsters? Or maybe of comedic actors Bud Abbott and Lou Costello? When you combine these two, you have a film that is what I feel the best of both of those two worlds in Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948). While it is a comedy, there is plenty of monster fun within the running time, with not only Frankenstein’s creature, but we get Dracula, the Wolf Man, and even the Invisible Man is a very small “cameo” at the end. Now, the fine folks at Intrada have started a Kickstarter to help finance the creation of a CD soundtrack release of this score, and we only have a few more days to being to contribute!

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Discover the Horror – Episode 42: Universal Frankensteins

May 3, 2023 by Jon Kitley in Discover the Horror Podcast and tagged Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Bride of Frankenstein, Frankenstein, Ghost of Frankenstein, Lon Chaney Jr., Son of Frankenstein, Universal Classics, Universal Monsters | 1 Comment

Frankenstein (1931), The Bride of Frankenstein (1935), Son of Frankenstein (1939), and The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942).

Time to go back to the source! The films that started a mythology, created the stereotypes, and taught us everything we were going to need to know about the mad genius that created a “monster” and the innocent, child-like creature that would eventually be known by his creator’s own name. In this episode, we look back at the first four Universal Frankenstein films, before the monster-ramas, when the main point was the creature and his maker. While there is a lot of material to cover in only one episode, we cover as much as we can, trying to show you just how important, entertaining and well-made these films are after close to a century.

Films mentioned during this episode:

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