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REVIEWS
- ABBOTT & COSTELLO MEET DR. JEKYLL & MR. HYDE (1953) ** - Bud Abbott, Lou Costello & Boris Karloff
- ABBOTT & COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN (1948) **** - Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Bela Lugosi, Lon Chaney Jr. & Glenn Strange
- ABBOTT & COSTELLO MEET THE KILLER, BORIS KARLOFF (1949) **&3/4 - Bud Abbott, Lou Costello & Boris Karloff
- BABES IN TOYLAND (aka MARCH OF THE WOODEN SOLDIERS) (1934) *** & 3/4 - Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Henry (Kleinbach) Brandon, Charlotte Henry
- BELA LUGOSI MEETS A BROOKLYN GORILLA (1952) *** - Duke Mitchell, Sammy Petrillo, Bela Lugosi & Muriel Landers
- BLACK CAT, THE (1941) **&3/4 - Hugh Herbert, Broderick Crawford & Basil Rathbone
- BOOGIE MAN WILL GET YOU, THE (1942) **&1/2 - Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre & "Slapsie" Maxie Rosenbloom
- CHILLS AND FEVER (1930) ** - Al Shean, Mary Clark
- COMEDY OF TERRORS, THE (1963) ***&3/4 - Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff & Basil Rathbone
- DO DETECTIVES THINK (1927) *** - Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson & Noah Young
- FRAIDY CAT (1951) *** & 1/4 - Joe Besser, Jim Hawthorne, Tom Kennedy, Eddie Baker, Joe Palma
- GET ALONG LITTLE ZOMBIE (1946) *** - Hugh Herbert, Dudley Dickerson, Christine McIntyre, Jack Roper
- GHOST & MR. CHICKEN, THE (1966) **** - Don Knotts, Dick Sargent, Liam Redmond & Skip Homeier
- GHOST BREAKERS, THE (1940) *** & 1/2 - Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, Willie Best, Anthony Quinn, Jack Norton
- GHOST BUSTER (1952) **&1/2 - Gil Lamb, Carol Hughes, Donald MacBride
- GHOST IN THE INVISIBLE BIKINI, THE (1966) *&1/2 - Harvey Lembeck, Boris Karloff & Patsy Kelly
- GHOSTS ON THE LOOSE (1943) ** - The East Side Kids (lLeo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, "Sunshine" Sammy Morrison, Bobby Jordan) & Bela Lugosi
- GOOFY GHOSTS (1928) ** & 1/4 - Jimmie Adams, Lorraine MacLean, Billy Engle, Eddie Baker
- GRAB THE GHOST (1920) 1/2 * - Snub Pollard & Marie Mosquini
- HABEAS CORPUS (1928) **& 3/4 - Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Richard Carle, Charley Rogers
- HAUNTED HOUSE, THE (1921) **&3/4 - Buster Keaton, Virginia Fox, Joe Roberts, Edward F. (Eddie) Kline
- HIDE AND SHRIEK (1938) **& 1/2 - Our Gang aka The Little Rascals (Carl "Alfalfa" Spitzer, Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, Eugene "Porky" Lee, Darla Hood), Billy Bletcher (voice)
- IDLE ROOMERS (1944) ** &3/4 - The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard), Vernon Dent, Christine McIntyre, Duke York.
- ITCHING HOUR, THE (1931) * & 3/4 - Louise Fazenda, Max Davidson, Irving Bacon, Spec O'Donnell
- LAUREL-HARDY MURDER CASE, THE (1930) *** - Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Fred Kelsey, Frank Austin, Dorothy Granger & Tiny Sanford
- LIVE GHOST, THE (1934) **** - Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Arthur Houseman & Walter Long
- MAD MONSTER PARTY (1967) ***&1/2 - Phyllis Diller, Boris Karloff & Gale Garnett
- MERCY, THE MUMMY MUMBLED (1918) ***&1/2 - Cast Unknown
- OLD DARK HOUSE, THE (1963) *&3/4 - Tom Poston, Peter Bull, Robert Morley & Fenella Fielding
- ONE QUIET NIGHT (1931) ** & 1/2 - Walter Catlett, Dorothy Granger
- ONE SHIVERY NIGHT (1950) *** - Hugh Herbert, Dudley Dickerson, Vernon Dent & Philip Van Zandt
- OUTER SPACE JITTERS (1957) ** & 1/4 - The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Joe Besser), Emil Sitka, Philip Van Zandt, Dan Blocker
- PARDON MY TERROR (1946) *** - Gus Schilling, Dick Lane, Vernon Dent, Christine McIntyre
- PEACE AND QUIET (1921) * - Eddie Lyons, Jack Duffy, Dorothea Wolbert
- RAVEN, THE (1963) **** - Vincent Price, Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre & Jack Nicholson
- SHIVERING SPOOKS (1926) *** - Our Gang aka The Little Rascals (Allen “Farina” Hoskins, Mary Kornman, Joe Cobb, Johnny Downs) & Tiny Sandford
- SHOOTIN' INJUNS (1925) *** - Our Gang (aka The Little Rascals): Mickey Daniels, Jackie Condon, Johnny Downs, Allen “Farina” Hoskins, Joe Cobb & Mary Kornman
- SKELETON, THE (1912) N/A - The Powers Kids (Matty Roubert, Baby Early)
- SO YOU WANT TO BE AN HEIR (1953) ***&1/2 - George O'Hanlon (as Joe McDoakes), Philip Van Zandt & Phyllis Coates
- SPOOK TO ME (1945) **&2/3 - Andy Clyde, Dudley Dickerson
- SPOOKS (1953) *** - The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard), Philip Van Zandt, Tom Kennedy & Frank Mitchell
- SPOOKS RUN WILD (1941) **&1/2 - The East Side Kids (lLeo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, "Sunshine" Sammy Morrison, Bobby Jordan) & Bela Lugosi
- SPOOKY HOOKY (1936) *** - Our Gang aka The Little Rascals (George "Spanky" McFarland, Carl "Alfalfa" Spitzer, Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, Eugene "Porky" Lee), Dudley Dickerson
- TALES OF TERROR (THE "BLACK CAT" SEQUENCE) (1962) *** &1/2 - Vincent Price, Peter Lorre & Joyce Jameson
- TALL, DARK AND GRUESOME (1948) *& 3/4 - Hugh Herbert, Dudley Dickerson, Christine McIntyre
- THAT'S THE SPIRIT (1933) ** - Mantan Moreland, F.E. Flourney Miller
- THIRD DIMENSIONAL MURDER (AKA MURDER IN 3D) (1941) ** - Pete Smith, Ed Payson
- THREE STOOGES IN ORBIT, THE (1962) ** &3/4 - Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Joe DeRita & Emil Sitka
- TO HEIR IS HUMAN (1944) ** &1/2 - Una Merkel, Harry Langdon, Christine McIntyre & Lew Kelly
- TWO ROAMING CHAMPS (1950) *** - Max Baer, Maxie Rosenbloom, Emil Sitka
- YOU'LL FIND OUT (1940) *** - Kay Kyser, Ish Kabibble, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi & Peter Lorre
ARE YOU READY TO BE SCARED SILLY?
This blog is a companion piece to Paul Castiglia's forthcoming book of the same name, all about horror-comedy films like the classic features "Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein," the Bowery Boys’ “Master Minds” and Bob Hope's "The Ghost Breakers;" plus short subject spook-spoofs by comedy legends including Laurel & Hardy, the Little Rascals and the 3 Stooges; and such low-budget gems as "Zombies on Broadway" and "Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla."
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- Paul Castiglia
- Paul Castiglia is a veteran comic book creator, having written and edited several comic books as well as compiling trade paperback collections. He has also written pop culture articles and essays for magazine and book publications, and done research for special projects related to vintage entertainment.
His past forays into horror-comedy include providing a chapter to the book MIDNIGHT MARQUEE ACTOR SERIES: VINCENT PRICE about the comedic horror films that Mr. Price co-starred in with Peter Lorre, and writing the comic book series ARCHIE'S WEIRD MYSTERIES for several years (based on the animated cartoon show of the same name and recently collected in paperback form).
Oh yeah, Paul's dad is the godfather of The Misfits' Jerry Only, further cementing his "horror business" credentials. :)
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