Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein

Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein combines humor and horror as the famed comic duo takes on the roles of Chick Young (Bud Abbott) and Wilbur Grey (Lou Costello). The two are working as railroad baggage clerks when they discover the remains of Frankenstein's monster (Frank Ferguson) and Dracula (B''la Lugosi). Larry Talbot (Lon Chaney Jr.) calls from London warning of the danger contained in the shipment for the McDougal House of Horrors. The clerks mishandle the shipment and awaken Dracula. He re-animates Frankenstein's monster, who needs a new brain to return to full strength. Dr. Sandra Mornay (L''nore Aubert) thinks she can successfully transplant a new brain, and Dracula decides Wilbur's would work nicely, ensuring the monster could be easily controlled. Talbot arrives from London and asks Chick and Wilbur to help him destroy Dracula and the monster. The 1948 film is the first of several to pit Abbott and Costello against classic horror film characters from the Universal film vault, with subsequent films bringing back Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, the Invisible Man and the Mummy.