Charles Barton

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Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein 1948

The Time of Their Lives 1946

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The Nice Guys (2016)

Directed by Shane Black

influenced by Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)

Characters

Fans of the comedy horror classic “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” will instantly pick up that Gosling is channelling Lou Costello as he soundlessly tries to attract his partner’s attention while simultaneously conveying the horror of his bloody discovery.

Daniel M. Kimmel →, Daniel M. Kimmel • WordPress • May 19, 2016

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Hotel Transylvania (2012)

Directed by Genndy Tartakovsky

influenced by Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)

Not since Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein have the great Universal monsters been subjected to such dismal treatment.

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Young Frankenstein (1974)

Directed by Mel Brooks

influenced by Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)

Themes

But the real table-setter, in terms of the horror comedy’s style and appeal, was the 1948 smash Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein.

Jason Bailey • Flavorwire • Sep 9, 2014

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A Ghost Story (2017)

Directed by David Lowery

influenced by The Time of Their Lives (1946)

Plot

Unlike such genre diverse films as the 1946 Abbott and Costello comedy, “The Time of Their Lives,” the 1947 supernatural romance, “The Ghost and Mrs. Muir” and more recent features as the two versions of “Ghostbusters” and the Patrick Swayze-Demi Moore weeper “Ghost,” spirits and humans do not interact in this story.

Bob Bloom • ReelBob • Jul 26, 2017

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Scream (1996)

Directed by Wes Craven

influenced by Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)

The cycle culminated in 1948's Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, the true sequel to Dracula with Bela Lugosi returning to his famous role for the first time.

Combustible Celluloid

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What We Do in the Shadows (2014)

Directed by Jemaine Clement

influenced by Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)

The scary kind—from Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) to An American Werewolf in London (1981) to Drag Me to Hell (2009)—keep the laughs and the chills strictly segregated, building tension and then releasing it in a laugh (and, sometimes, cutting short that laugh with an even bigger scare).

Bindu Poroori, Poetry Foundation • Chicago Reader • May 30, 2024

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Ghost (1990)

Directed by Jerry Zucker

influenced by The Time of Their Lives (1946)

Themes

When people ask me what the best movies on ghosts are, at the top of my list are "Topper" and "Ghost" (though my fave is "The Time of Their Lives").

John J. Puccio • DVD Town

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Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)

Directed by Adam Wingard

influenced by Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)

Themes

If only it had the wit of Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein .

David Rooney • The Hollywood Reporter • Mar 29, 2021

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Evil Dead (2013)

Directed by Fede Álvarez

influenced by Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)

Themes

Creature features as far back as Bride of Frankenstein and as modern as Poltergeist had employed humor to break up the drama, while others like Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein and The Fearless Vampire Killers or: Pardon Me, But Your Teeth Are in My Neck had placed the humor as front-and-center as the monsters.

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Shaun of the Dead (2004)

Directed by Edgar Wright

influenced by Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)

Themes

In fact, I would go so far as to put it up there with "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein", "Re-Animator", "Evil Dead 2" and Peter Jackson?s early splat-taculars as one of the best horror-comedies ever made.

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The Invisible Man (2020)

Directed by Leigh Whannell

influenced by Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)

Amusingly, those films were often part of a shared universe, with the monsters crossing over in such efforts as Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man , House of Dracula and Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein .

Matt Brunson • The Film Frenzy • Feb 28, 2020

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