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<blockquote data-quote="Crimson" data-source="post: 445801" data-attributes="member: 5079"><p>Over the past couple Halloween seasons, I've had little inclination to watch 'real' horror films and have leaned instead to spooky fun; particularly the haunted house comedies of the 40s.</p><p></p><p>The genre kicked off with a Bob Hope film in '39 and ended with a Martin-Lewis remake in '53. Minus the Lewis-Martin film (I can't stand Jerry) and some Poverty Row entries with the likes of the Ritz Brothers, I watched all of them this year. A pair with Bob Hope-Paulette Goddard, a trio with Abbott & Costello, the third TOPPER film, ARSENIC & OLD LACE (not quite the same genre but close enough), a couple Three Stooges shorts and a handful of Looney Tunes cartoons.</p><p></p><p>This year, I also added the aforementioned THE GHOST AND MR. CHICKEN (1966). The film being in color didn't bother me as much as I recalled, even if I maintain these movies work better in B&W. I did still have a minor grievance though, the same as I had with THE UNINVITED: not enough time spent in the actual haunted house. Those 40s films understood the assignment: strand the comic in the spooky house and run with it. TG&MC spends no more than 15 minutes in the actual house, the rest being a prolonged episode of TAGS. As such, it's entirely enjoyable and I loved the parade of mid-60s sitcom character actors. But Don Knotts was better at comedic frightful dithering than anyone since Lou Costello and the movie gave him surprisingly little time to do it. On the plus side, the film is an indication of what TAGS could have been like if it was Andy, not Don, who left: better! I didn't miss Andy's smugness at all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Crimson, post: 445801, member: 5079"] Over the past couple Halloween seasons, I've had little inclination to watch 'real' horror films and have leaned instead to spooky fun; particularly the haunted house comedies of the 40s. The genre kicked off with a Bob Hope film in '39 and ended with a Martin-Lewis remake in '53. Minus the Lewis-Martin film (I can't stand Jerry) and some Poverty Row entries with the likes of the Ritz Brothers, I watched all of them this year. A pair with Bob Hope-Paulette Goddard, a trio with Abbott & Costello, the third TOPPER film, ARSENIC & OLD LACE (not quite the same genre but close enough), a couple Three Stooges shorts and a handful of Looney Tunes cartoons. This year, I also added the aforementioned THE GHOST AND MR. CHICKEN (1966). The film being in color didn't bother me as much as I recalled, even if I maintain these movies work better in B&W. I did still have a minor grievance though, the same as I had with THE UNINVITED: not enough time spent in the actual haunted house. Those 40s films understood the assignment: strand the comic in the spooky house and run with it. TG&MC spends no more than 15 minutes in the actual house, the rest being a prolonged episode of TAGS. As such, it's entirely enjoyable and I loved the parade of mid-60s sitcom character actors. But Don Knotts was better at comedic frightful dithering than anyone since Lou Costello and the movie gave him surprisingly little time to do it. On the plus side, the film is an indication of what TAGS could have been like if it was Andy, not Don, who left: better! I didn't miss Andy's smugness at all. [/QUOTE]
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