Get ready for the ultimate collision of slapstick and scream royalty this Saturday, November 14, as Svengoolie presents the 1948 horror-comedy crown jewel, Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein!
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello star as baggage clerks Chick Young and Wilbur Grey, whose mundane delivery gig takes a terrifying turn when a pair of mysterious crates destined for McDougal’s House of Horrors unleash real-life horrors. What makes this legendary Universal crossover an absolute masterpiece is its star-studded monster royalty: Bela Lugosi reprising Count Dracula on screen for only the second time, Lon Chaney Jr. returning as the tortured Larry Talbot (the Wolf Man), and Glenn Strange hulking through castle corridors as the Frankenstein Monster (with a spine-tingling vocal cameo by Vincent Price as the Invisible Man!).
While Wilbur quakes in his boots and fends off Dracula’s hypnotic gaze, the Sven Squad will be fully deployed to bring you howlingly funny puns, fascinating behind-the-scenes Universal lore, and a relentless, monster-sized flurry of flying rubber chickens. Whatever you do, don’t let Dracula swap your brain—tune in to MeTV at 8P | 7C for one of the funniest, spookiest classics ever made!
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