RETRO RECOMMENDATIONS: “ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN” (1948)

Universal’s mastery of the macabre was waning to a ridiculous degree in the mid-to-late 1940s. The sentiment seemed that the age of vampires, wolf men and phantoms was slipping away and being discarded to a bygone era. In 1948, Universal drastically shifted gears toward a more comedic approach when it came to create their once dark horror films.