History Film / AbbottandCostelloMeetFrankenstein

* AsideGlance: At one point while fleeing from the Monster, Wilbur briefly pauses to pull off a successful TableclothYank, which prompts him to grinn at the camera with a pleased "ta-daa!" expression before remembering himself and fleeing again.

* AsideGlance: At one point while fleeing from the Monster, Wilbur briefly pauses to pull off a successful TableclothYank, which leads to him grinning at the audience with a pleased "ta-daa!" expression before remembering himself and fleeing again.

* EvilIsNotAToy: Dr. Mornay dismisses Dracula's threats on the grounds that her willpower is strong enough to resist his MindControl powers. [[spoiler:She is proven wrong a minute later.]]

** The last time we see Talbot, he's falling off a cliff fighting Dracula. The movie doesn't bother to indicate what happens after they land. However, the 1998 novel ''Literature/ReturnOfTheWolfman'' eventually answered both questions. [[spoiler:[=McDougal=] became a murderous werewolf, and both Talbot and Dracula survived their fall. So did the Frankenstein's monster.]]

Detaching itself from the continuity of the previous Franchise/UniversalHorror films, this movie centers around the LovableCoward Wilbur (Costello) and his [[StraightMan no-nonsense]] pal Chick (Abbott), who work as railway baggage clerks. One day they receive an order to take two boxes, which have just come from London to the States, to [=McDougal's=] House of Horrors. The boxes contain the purported remains of [[{{Dracula}} Count Dracula]] (Creator/BelaLugosi) and FrankensteinsMonster (Glenn Strange), who turn out to be very much alive and soon escape the place... after scaring Wilbur out of his wits, of course.

* MadScientist: Sandra Mornay is both this and a scientist.

* MadScientist: Sandra Mornay is both this and a HotScientist.

Detaching itself from the continuity of the previous Franchise/UniversalHorror films, this movie centers around the cowardly Wilbur (Costello) and his [[StraightMan no-nonsense]] pal Chick (Abbott), who work as railway baggage clerks. One day they receive an order to take two boxes, which have just come from London to the States, to [=McDougal's=] House of Horrors. The boxes contain the purported remains of [[{{Dracula}} Count Dracula]] (Creator/BelaLugosi) and FrankensteinsMonster (Glenn Strange), who turn out to be very much alive and soon escape the place... after scaring Wilbur out of his wits, of course.

* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: Chick repeatedly expresses bafflement that a beautiful woman like Sandra would be interested in a schlub like Wilbur, and asks WhatsHeGotThatIAintGot? Sandra explains [[DoubleMeaning she likes him for his brains]].

* AsideGlance: At one point while fleeing from the Monster, Wilbur briefly stops to pull off a successful TableclothYank, which leads to him grinning at the audience with a pleased "ta-daa!" expression before remembering himself and fleeing again.

* {{Fainting}}: Both Wilbur and Chick faint when they see Dracula turning from a bat to man in front of their eyes.

* LightmareFuel: For all the monsters who show up, the movie is pretty lighthearted. Indeed, the Frankenstein Monster himself generates one of the film's funniest moments when Wilbur frightens him.

* AbsurdlyIneffectiveBarricade: At one point Chick and Wilbur slam a door in the face of Frankenstein's Monster and try barricading it. Alas, they forgot that it opened ''the other way'' and get a very nasty surprise.

* AsideGlance: At one point while fleeing from the Monster, Wilbur pulls off a successful TableclothYank, which leads to him briefly grinning at the audience with a pleased "ta-daa!" expression before remembering himself and fleeing again.

Detaching itself from the continuity of the previous Franchise/UniversalHorror films, this movie centers around the cowardly Wilbur (Costello) and his [[StraightMan no-nonsense]] buddy Chick (Abbott), who work as baggage clerks. One day they receive an order to take two boxes, which have just come from London to the States, to [=McDougal's=] House of Horrors. The boxes contain the purported remains of [[{{Dracula}} Count Dracula]] (Creator/BelaLugosi) and FrankensteinsMonster (Glenn Strange), who turn out to be very much alive and soon escape the place... after scaring Wilbur out of his wits, of course.

* SpecialEffectFailure: When Dracula bites Sandra, both of them can be seen in the mirror in the background. As a vampire, Dracula can't cast a reflection and can't be seen in any mirror.

* ForHalloweenIAmGoingAsMyself: When Dracula joins the costume party where our protagonists have gone, he is dressed as a ClassicalMovieVampire.

* ArtisticLicenseSpace: The moon cannot be full two nights in a row. But then again, when is the moon [[FrequentlyFullMoon never not full when it comes to werewolves?]]

* {{Corpsing}}: The scene where Costello is unknowingly sitting on the monster's lap had to be re-shot many times because Glenn Strange couldn't stop cracking up. Even in the finished version, you can see him starting to smile as he gets up to chase Costello. Outtakes showing Strange laughing have survived.
* CrossoverPunchline: The movie ends with [[spoiler: the Invisible Man appearing. Or not appearing as the case may be.]]

* {{Diary}}: Dr. Frankenstein's diary makes an appearance yet again.

** On one occasion, trapped with only Sandra and the Frankenstein monster around to rescue him, Wilbur alternates between screaming "SANDRAAA!" and whispering "Junior?"

-->"Allow me to introduce myself: I'm [[spoiler:[[Film/TheInvisibleManReturns The Invisible Man]]]]. [[EvilLaugh Hahahahaha!]]"

* MutualKill: As the Wolf Man overwhelms him, Dracula retreats to the castle balcony and transforms into a bat to escape, but the Wolf Man grabs him in mid-air, either not knowing or [[SuicideAttack not caring]] that they'll both plummet into the moat below. [[spoiler: ''Literature/ReturnOfTheWolfman'' claims that both of them survived (and so did Frankenstein's Monster), but the novel's canonicity is debatable, and in the film itself, there's no indication that the fall was anything but fatal.]]

''Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein''[[note]](the official title is actually ''Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein'', but we're using the current one because it is more known)[[/note]] is a 1948 horror comedy film directed by Charles Barton. It is a {{crossover}} between Creator/{{Universal}}'s MonsterMash horror films and its Creator/AbbottAndCostello series of comedies.

Detaching itself from the continuity of the previous Franchise/UniversalHorror films, this movie centers around the cowardly Wilbur (Costello) and his [[StraightMan no-nonsense]] buddy Chick (Abbott), who work as baggage clerks. One day they receive an order to take two boxes, which have just come from London to the States, to [=McDougal's=] House of Horrors. The boxes contain the purported remains of [[{{Dracula}} Count Dracula]] (Creator/BelaLugosi) and FrankensteinsMonster (Glenn Strange), who turn out to be very much alive and soon escape the place...after scaring Wilbur out of his wits, of course.