Compare And Contrast Frankenstein And Monster House

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The three movies Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, Young Frankenstein, and Monster House were very popular when they were released and received lots of good reviews. They were all considered “state of the art” in the animation that each of the movies contained. Although they were all created and produce at different times they have many similarities and differences. These are shown through the animation, storyline and the audiences each was produced for. The animation in each of the movies was very interesting in the different ways it was made. In the movie Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein it had stop motion animation when the man transforms into the werewolf. This is different from the animation in Young Frankenstein. In Young …show more content…

Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein the story follows two men who have to deliver two boxes that supposedly contain mannequin of the Frankenstein monster and Dracula. They are actually alive and Dracula is trying to take control of the monster to use him to do Dracula’s will. Young Frankenstein is about Frankenstein’s grandson who at first isn’t interested in creating a monster but he ends up doing this and he is successful in doing so but soon realizes that the wrong brain is in the monster and he has transfers so of his knowledge to the monster to make it smart and is successful and ends happily. Monster House is the story of a house that has the spirit of a deceased woman that takes control of the house. Three kids try to destroy the house with the help of the owner of the house and successfully do so in the end. They are all Halloween themed and consist of monsters. The first two are similar in that both are about Frankenstein. The movies are different in that they each use the monsters in a different way. In Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein the monster is a bad guy but in Young Frankenstein the monster ends up being a good guy. In Monster House no one believes the kids but in Young Frankenstein the whole town believes that there is a monster. It’s the same in Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein until they actually see that

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