Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein was the first “horror” movie I ever saw and it scared me witless when I was 5 years old. I’ve seen it many time since, but each time I’m struck by how great the animated opening credit sequence is. Husband and I also enjoy the very high-waisted men’s pants – I think their belts are nearly under their arms.

My favorite part of the movie, now that I’m old enough to notice such things, is that there’s a huge spooky Medieval castle where the evil scientists and Dracula collude to restore Frankenstein’s monster and no one thinks the castle is the slightest bit strange. The castle is in the United States, a place not known for forbidding castles. This time when we watched the movie I noticed that they’re supposed to be in Florida. No one really thought much about the architecture of Florida in the 1940s, or looked for realism from Abbott and Costello.

The Frankensteinia blog has a number of interesting posts related to the film. I tried to find the opening sequence online, and I’m sure someone has it posted somewhere, but my head hurts too much for much surfing.