 Welcome to another episode of frightfully forgotten Halloween special today We're gonna bring to you a whole bunch of the universal sort of monster mash movies Where it's like, you know a bunch of the universal monsters in one movie original planners to rank them But here's the problem. They're all kind of the same damn movie It's the original for black-and-white monster mash movies one of them is good And the first one is Frankenstein meets Wolfman and the story is not bad the wolf man Wants to be cured. Yeah, which makes it which makes sense. Yeah, and it's like it's one of the first ones where you see that he's actually Suffering from this affliction. Yeah, and seeks help. Yeah for it, right? And the sets are still pretty good There's still pretty much the old-school universal Graveyard sense the movie starts off really cool Yeah, like in the crypt the biggest thing about this movie really is the casting of bella ghost Frankenstein is what really does the movie. I think a lot of harm Reminds me of Phil Hartman in like Saturday night live or something he's playing Frankenstein Blowsy and the previous movie ghost of Frankenstein ends with Frankenstein being blind because this brain Transplant didn't work and he actually they put the brain of Igor in Frankenstein So he has Bella goes his voice. It actually is Bella goes you So it kind of makes sense that Frankenstein would have Bella goes his voice But the fact that he's blind makes him totally useless in this movie Like how is that scary at some guys stumbling around and that shouldn't really be called Frankenstein meets Wolfman should be like Frankenstein and Wolfman become buddies for a little bit and then have a tiff at the end Yeah, that's what the movie isn't at the end. They fight for like two minutes blows up that damn And that's it. Yeah, yeah, and it's the end. Yeah Next we have house of Frankenstein Boris Karloff is in it and he plays like this crazy scientist who escapes jail with his hunchback You know a companion happens to stumble upon this carnival guy Who has like this kind of house of horrors thing where he's got the skeleton of Dracula takes a stake out of Dracula And he comes to life right which is the screen debut of John Carradine as Dracula the complete misuse of Dracula comes life for like 10 minutes The villagers are chasing him and his carriage gets tipped over and then I guess daylight and he tries to make it to his coffin He just dies like And throughout that whole part of the music so where's the other monsters at this point and then it becomes Frankenstein meets the wolf man again House of Frankenstein ends and basically the same way with a bunch of you know villagers coming to the castle Again and everything gets washed away again, and then just the end again Then we move into house of Dracula Which is basically house of Frankenstein again John Carradine's in it a little bit longer is Dracula It's kind of neat in terms of the fact that he wants to be cured too But the thing is it does he Because he kind of pulls that whole switcheroo around on that doctor guy Yeah, like he reputs his blood into so why the fuck do you do that? Yeah, I don't know the movie makes no sense. Yeah, it's like I thought he wanted to be cured and why I don't really explain it that well Then like the whole Dracula characters just gone out of the movie Yeah, just like in the house of Frankenstein. He dies all shitty, dude He runs down to his coffin like the guy just chipped it follows him It just opens it up and kills him like it's no fight at all cheap And then from there it turns into Frankenstein versus Wolfman again for the third yeah Yeah, because they fight in that laboratory and then that mad scientist guys all getting into the mix too Super ridiculous the only redeeming thing about this movie really is the fact that Lawrence Talbot Actually at the end finally gets cured of curse of the wolf finally has like more of a finite ending But then it still ends with the laboratory blowing up and everything and is suddenly the end again Exactly house of Frankenstein and house of Dracula both have Glenn strange playing Frankenstein for the first time And it's he's actually does a really good job. He's way better than way better than Bella Lagos see yeah He's better than Lon Cheney jr. As Frankenstein and goes to Frankenstein. He definitely looks the most like Boris Karloff Yeah, I was thinking that these movies are kind of ahead of their time Well as being the first ever Crappy cookie cutter sequel thing. It's like way before Friday 13th was really the first kind of cookie cutter the same movie over and over Yeah franchise sequel well this was way before that and it's the same thing Yeah, same thing over and over the only really good thing about all those three I think is the continuity is pretty good as far as the Wolfman and Frankenstein storyline They really stick to what happened in the previous movie So that brings us to probably the best of the original black-and-white monster mash movies Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein It's fun. It's just a fun movie. You don't have to think too much about it Bella Lagos see is finally back playing Dracula for only the second time in his career I thought he did a better job in this than he did in the original Dracula. Yeah, actually It's actually the only movie of all those four monster mash movies where all three monsters are in the same building And at the same time the sets are awesome Yeah for like you'd think for like an Abbott and Costello movie you think cheap No, it's like man. This is a top-notch fucking movie Yeah, like they put a lot of money into it and it's smart the writing is so dialogue is so smart and they did a great job of Taking the monsters and weaving them in the typical Abbott and Costello routine It just works so well together, you know your coffin going up and seeing that candle and Why what is it now after seeing three movies before with Lawrence Talbot being in 20 minutes The moon will be full Then I'll be a wolf again. It's funny because it's the fourth time it now. It works finally. Yeah, you and 20 other men Shoving him in that locker But at the end the invisible man shows yeah, that's right. Yeah, and I'm pretty sure the voice is Vincent Price it is yeah It's also the first movie we actually were Jack Pierce doesn't do any of the makeup for any of the monsters and it shows Yeah, because they all look cheaper still if the effects though in the movie are top-notch Yeah, like you know Dracula turning into the bat and back. It's like cartoonish or whatever cartoon Yeah, yeah, but it's still good like I wish they would do shit like that now and it works within the comedy. Yeah Yeah, exactly. Yeah, definitely one of the best horror comedies of all time. Yeah 2004 is Van Helsing is a monster mash movie. It's a universal movie that contains Dracula Frankenstein's monster dr. Jekyll and mr. Hyde. Yeah Werewolves not the wolf man, but werewolves starts black and white you the universal logo Okay, yeah, yeah right away. We already see a bunch of villagers It's black and white and these villagers are coming like okay Yeah, I kind of can I dig in this and then and then the CGI comes in I like how they pay homage to the original movie at the end with the windmill on fire at the end I'm like, that's kind of neat And Frankenstein's like holding dr. Frankenstein is that kind of you know poetic a little bit little yeah And then he starts talking he's almost like operatic singing. He's like, please Don't leave us alone Hell is this like how did he learn to talk so quick first of all and so poetically on my dad Singing From there on stupid I couldn't take the movie seriously. Yeah, and it just became a CGI Fest yeah, like even the fucking like London and all that it's all CGI like I Don't think that these guys ever stepped foot outside of the studio There's so much action where it's boring like they oversaturate you with action movies like two and a half hours long that of CGI Fighting I'll give me a break and even a Hugh Jackman's bad in it and he's good in most things like oh man Yeah, what a the guy who plays Dracula is like so lame It's like Lord of the Rings is big at the time So they're like let's make a big epic style Lord of the Rings movie, but make it the universal monsters Well, that's not what they are. Yeah. Yeah, and like nobody cared And you want to mention the mummy because it has mr. Hyde in it. Yeah. Yeah, so like the latest one with Tom Cruise I knew exactly what it was gonna be just a new piece of shit movie just like Van Helsing I knew it, but I was curious so I was figured well came on Netflix. I was like, okay fine I'll just watch it. It started. Okay, like it started decent And then it was just a steady decline downhill like again way too much CGI Storm happens in the desert all CGI and then fighting like you mentioned in Van Helsing There's just way too much fucking fighting. Yeah, there was this a Marvel movie Yeah, they're trying to do that's what they're trying to do and then Dr. Jekyll is in it to played by Russell Crowe and like him and Tom Cruise are all fighting some big epic fight like why There's just too much is just way too much. What's funny about all this is we've covered five Universal monster mash movies out of all those only the one that's a good one is a comedy. Yeah, Abedon Costello That's fun. The rest are pretty fucking bad But you know that being said I'd still prefer the old ones as opposed to these new ones Yeah, so now we're gonna talk about some non universal monster mash movies Which are actually better than most of these universal monster mash movies and one of our favorites is Transylvania 65,000 Which again is a comedy. Yeah, it's a monster mash movie But none of these people are actually monsters or anything. They're not the monsters. They're not the monsters But they're also actually not monsters. They're just normal people who are mistaken for the monsters Yeah, which is kind of interesting. Yeah, it's kind of it's a neat twist, right? Because like the whole movie throughout the whole movie you're led to believe that they're all the monster monsters It's an underrated horror comedy for sure It's the comedy is very deadpan and I guess I don't think it translated at the time But I think it still stands up Michael Richards is fucking great Yeah, everybody's good in that movie like up-and-coming stars Yeah, Jeff Goldblum Jeff Goldblum and Bagley Junior plays a great straight man Yeah, you know Gina Davis put your face to my breast Tell me you love me too Jeffrey Jones. Yeah, Jeffrey Jones as Marilyn Pesky. Yeah, put this in my car evidence Nothing wrong with making a buck Again another great monster mash TV series and movies is the Munsters Oh, yeah, which is a comedy again Yeah, the Munsters ran for two seasons and had two movies with the original cast and it's all class act like the writing is excellent You know the comedy is fantastic. This is funny about it. They're they're monsters, but they're living a normal life Great, you know and that'll lead us to the last one that we're gonna mention and that is monster squad Which is probably the best monster mash movie of all time Yeah, and it's a movie that when you watch it as a kid you kind of aspire to be like these kids, you know and sort of Okay, I'd like to fight monster. They make it look cool It's not a universal movie and it's kind of neat how they had to like alter the designs of all the monsters Just enough not to get sued to get their asses sued So, you know Frankenstein looks enough like Frankenstein to know it's Frankenstein, but it's not Boris Karloff Frankenstein. It's actually Tom Noonan is Frankenstein Who is in the manhunter which we covered the wolf man looks fucking terrifying all of them do really yeah the Gilman Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's crazy probably the best-looking Gilman and I think Dracula looks a little tacky He kind of looks like you just got his costume off of like a Halloween rack Yeah, yeah, cuz he's got like the typical broach. Yeah, but his portrayal was Terrifying, you know, he's scary and he grabs Phoebe and he picks her up by her face Give me the amulet you bitch Yeah, it's awesome. It's great It's funny because like I guess it's a kids movie, but it's like a lot of stuff in it is not Yeah, kids. Yeah, it's kind of like a lot of serious stuff It's definitely I think the most beloved of the monster mash movies by far heartfelt movie You know there's that scene where they're kind of walking and they're through the sunset with Frankenstein. Yeah Where do you get that kind of stuff nowadays an hour and 20 long minute long movie? Yeah manages to make a point like that. Yeah that quick. Yeah that quick. It's impossible now It's like movies are double that and they they're all garbage. No substance. Yeah, they can't do anything in it So I think that's it more of a discussion on the monster mash movies and how they're mostly shit All the comedies are the best ones exactly. Yeah till the next time you keep drinking