Here's a redo from a few years back, in this Rankin Bass animation production, Baron Frankenstein decides to retire from the monster-making business, so, he invites all the classic monsters to a creepy convention to elect his successor. Everyone is there including Dracula, The Werewolf, The Creature, Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde and more. The doctor has also discovered the secret of total destruction and it must not fall into the wrong hands.
It stars the voices of Boris Karloff, Allen Swift, Phyllis Diller, Gale Garnett, Ethel Ennis and more. Gale Garnett was best known for her hit, "We'll Sing In The Sunshine" from the sixties, but also ended up with 42 acting credits. Alan Swift did the voices for Felix Flankin, Yetch, Dracula, Invisible Man, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Chef Machiavelli, Captain, First Mate, Mr. Kronkite, the Mail Man and The Monster!!
Of all things, little Felix Flankin gets an invite to Dr. Frankenstein's place on a remote island.
The monsters have arrived by steamer and are making their entrance at the Baron's palace...
There's plenty of wild and crazy monster tunes to keep the whole gang entertained.
And, it's nothing but mayhem at the dinner table, Mr. Hyde pops the head off Yetch (one of my favorite words) because he was getting on his nerves!
Felix is late to the party because he missed the ship with the monsters and rowed there in a small boat. The Baron and Francesca find him and they take the Baron's dragon motor boat back to the palace.
Then, the Baron shows Felix around the place. In the lab, he shows the little guy one of his pets, a glob of goo that likes its dog food!
The Baron plays a tune on his wild guitar and all the little creatures in the lab dance around Felix, freaking him out but good.
Of all things, Francesca really likes Felix, she's never seen anyone quite like him. And, Felix feels the same way about her, making for another tune to sing and dance to.
But, all the other monsters don't like it and try to kidnap Francesca, well, until something really big shows up and chases them away.
Now we have a big old damn dirty ape getting in on the action, and guess what? He has a crush on the Francesca! It's not long before the ape grabs his prize and takes off with her!
The Baron and the monsters pilot some of the Baron's old airplanes and go on the attack!
Felix has rescued Francesca from the island as the ape has the Baron and the monsters in his big meaty hands. The Baron has his secret vial of destruction with him for the occasion...
He drops the vial and when it hits the ground, we get this!
Felix and Francesca sail off into the sunset, they're a perfect match, she was made by Frankenstein and he's actually a robot!! We'll see you tomorrow when we'll have even another great post from the Dungeon Gang!!
1 comment:
The realization of the Invisible Man in this thing is nothing short of brilliant.
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