31 Days of Horror Clips, Day 3

"In the blue corner, weighing in at 300lbs., hailing from Ingolstadt, Germany, the neck-bolted wonder, Frankenstein's Monster!"

"And in the red, weighing in at 225lbs., straight from Wales, the lycanthropic lunger, Larry "The Wolfman" Talbot!"

Each of Universal's respective classic horror franchises are wonderful, but when they merged in the handful of monster mash-ups in the '40s, things got really interesting. While not as technically or artistically vibrant as their progenitors, these combos--Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man (1943), House of Frankenstein (1944) and House of Dracula (1945)--are hella fun. Pure grade, Saturday morning, goofy spooky entertainment.

The above clip from Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man is absolutely terrific and the culmination of a warped plot that finds the resurrected Larry Talbot (this Wolf Man can't die, ya see) searching for a cure for his lycanthropy. He finds aid in a wack-job doctor with plans to thaw Frankenstein's frozen monster. Playing the monster is none other than the great Bela Lugosi, who manages to grunt his way through the film expertly.


- Phil Morehart