FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE WOLFMAN 1943 (UNIVERSAL)

The first battle between movie monsters took place in this Universal classic again starring Lon Chaney, Jr. as the wolfman who stumbles upon the castle ruins of Frankenstein after he has been brought back from the dead by two gravediggers. Bela Lugosi is the Frankenstein monster and Partick Knowles is the doctor who tries to help Chaney's Talbot character and also bring the monster back to life. Ilona Massey is Baroness Elsa Frankenstein and she looks as lovely as always, Dennis Hoey is a baffled policeman, Lionel Atwill is the mayor of the small town which is terrorized by the Frankenstein Monster, Maria Ouspenskaya is back as Maleva the gypsy woman and Dwight Frye has a small role as one of the townspeople. This is great fun to watch and a real landmark film when it comes to monsters fighting to the death in the final minutes. Recommended!!