"Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein" may well be the title but it could just as easily have been Dracula or The Wolf Man since they're all here. This was the movie that David Thomson chose as the opening film in his mighty tome "Have You Seen ..." on the grounds that he need something sufficiently off-the-wall to grab his reader's attention and he couldn't have picked a better opener since this is one of the great comedies. Abbott and Costello were never in the same class as Laurel and Hardy but with the right material they could be inspired and this is a lot less knowing but just as funny as anything in "Young Frankenstein". Lugosi reprised the role of Dracula and seemed to be having a great time and Lon Chaney Jr was once again The Wolf Man. The Monster was Glenn Strange and Charles T Barton was the director to whom we owe our undying thanks.
The films reviewed here represent those I have liked or loved over the years. It is not a list of my favourite films but all the films reviewed here are worth seeing and worth seeking out. I know many of you won't agree with me on a lot of these but hopefully you will grant me, and the films that appear here, our place in the sun. Thanks for reading.
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