Abbott and Costello (comedy duo)

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200-Plus Memorable Movies With Notable Anniversaries in 2025

Here’s an extensive listing of many movies celebrating notable anniversaries in 2025, from Oscar-winning classics like “All About Eve” (75 years) to blockbusters like “Jaws” (50 years) and “Back to the Future” (40 years), and lots more.
ABBOTT & COSTELLO MEET DR. JEKYLL & MR. HYDE, Bud Abbott, Boris Karloff, Lou Costello, 1953

5 Facts About ‘Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde,’ Svengoolie’s Jan. 4 Movie of the Week

Boris Karloff plays a mad scientist who takes the idea of ‘new year, new you’ a little too far in Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, airing on the Jan. 4, 2025 edition of the MeTV series Svengoolie Classic Horror & Sci-Fi Movie. The fourth of the “Abbott and Costello Meet …” series of […]
ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN, (from left): Bud Abbott, Glenn Strange, Lou Costello, 1948

5 Facts About ‘Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein’ That Are So Fun, You’ll Scream

Film’s funniest duo hated the script — and each other.
Svengoolie on set

Svengoolie’s MeTV November Schedule Has Arrived & It’s Full of Classic Terrors

Get ready for classic monsters, creepy comedy and more Vincent Price than you can shake a skull at.
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Bela Lugosi Is TCM’s October 2024 Star of the Month

The first four Wednesdays of October 2024 feature evening lineups of Bela Lugosi classics, including the horror/mystery titles for which he is most known, like 1931’s “Dracula,” but also his roles in unexpected genres, like the beloved 1939 comedy “Ninotchka.”
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Where to Watch Classic Universal Monsters

Find out where you can watch and/or stream movies featuring Dracula, Frankenstein’s monster, the Wolf Man, the Mummy, the Gill-man and other classic Universal Monsters.
ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN, (from left): Bud Abbott, Glenn Strange, Lou Costello, 1948

Abbott and Costello Did Something Odd To Keep Up Morale During Filming of ‘Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein’

It is pretty on brand for the comedic duo.

a black and white publicity shot for the 1948 horror comedy

Abbott and Costello Met Frankenstein (About) 75 Years Ago

1948’s Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein reignited the comedy duo’s popularity, introduced a new generation to classic Universal monsters (including Bela Lugosi as Dracula for only his second, and final, time in a movie) and influenced similar spooky/funny films to come.