We had a comedy-horror double feature Friday night.
First up was Cast a Deadly Spell (1991), with David Warner, Julianne Moore, and nobody else I've ever heard of. It's noir-ish, and the comedy mostly comes from the hero's wisecracks. A Lovecraftian tale of betrayals, triple-crosses, and weird monsters. Quite enjoyed it.
Second was Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948), which was better than I expected, largely because of Bela Lugosi and Lon Chaney as Dracula and Larry "Werewolf" Talbot (respectively). Also Glenn Strange as Frankenstein's monster and Vincent Price, who doesn't make an appearance till the end, if that. What makes it work is that the monsters are taken reasonably seriously and not played for cheap laughs - that's left to Bud and Lou. (Who do not play their ordinary self-named characters but a couple of guys who have to hand-deliver certain packages to a House of Horrors.
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