The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters (1954)

Slip, Sach and the rest of the Bowery Boys enter a haunted house, where they engage in slapstick with a gorilla, a robot and a vampire.

Director:

Edward Bernds

Writers:

Elwood Ullman, Edward Bernds

Stars:

Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bernard Gorcey

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Leo Gorcey	...	Slip Mahoney
Huntz Hall	...	Sach
Bernard Gorcey	...	Louie Dumbrowsky
Lloyd Corrigan	...	Anton Gravesend
Ellen Corby	...	Amelia Gravesend
John Dehner	...	Dr. Derek Gravesend
Laura Mason	...	Francine Gravesend
Paul Wexler	...	Grissom
David Gorcey	...	Chuck (as David Condon)
Benny Bartlett	...	Butch (as Bennie Bartlett)

Storyline

Slip, Sach and the rest of the Bowery Boys enter a haunted house, where they engage in slapstick with a gorilla, a robot and a vampire.

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Plot Keywords:

gorilla | bowery boys | robot | vampire | locked in a closet | 

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Taglines:

Even a GORILLA wants to get into these MONKEY-SHINES!

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Genres:

Horror | Comedy | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 June 1954 (USA)

Also Known As:

Os Anjos e os Monstros

Company Credits

Production Co:

Allied Artists Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

65 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The thirty-fourth of forty-eight Bowery Boys movies.

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Quotes

Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney: [Dr. Derek goes to the gorilla's cage] Peek-a-boo! Have a banana on me!
[throws it in Dr. Derek's eye]

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Connections

Follows Loose in London (1953)

User Reviews

Bowery Boys #34

Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters, The (1954)

*** (out of 4)

Fast-paced and fun entry in the series has Slip (Leo Gorcey) and Sach (Huntz Hall) traveling to a creepy mansion so that they can ask the owners if the Bowery kids can use their lot to play ball. Soon the duo are being held captive by the mad scientists who want to use their brains in some crazy experiments. After several so-so entries, it's good to see the series back with a winner as this one perfectly mixes the laughs with the various horror elements. This is clearly influenced by the Abbott and Costello flicks but that's not a bad thing especially when you get such a winning film. I really loved the fact that Bernds was back behind the camera as he kept the action coming very fast and helped keep everything moving. The laughs are plenty as we get countless good jokes including one that must have been seen by Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder as it would later be used in YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN. At one point the creepy butler tells Sach and Slip to "walk this way" which they do by mocking the way he's walking. Other funny jokes include the various horror elements including a sexy vampire, a living tree who eats humans, a killer gorilla and a robot who keeps losing its head. All of these elements are perfectly blended into the story and we also get a kind old lady who wants to feed the fat Slip to her tree. Both Gorcey and Hall are on the top of their game and deliver fine performances. The comedy here is pretty wide ranged as we get a lot of physical stuff but also a lot of one liners and both of them deliver just fine. Bernard Gorcey has a couple funny bits including a very good incident with the gorilla. Some might be disappointed that the "monsters" aren't Dracula, Frankenstein or the Mummy but it really doesn't matter because of how well everything works here. A lot of the jokes fall on their face but that's only because so many are flying around that your bound not to have them all work. Fans of the series will certainly find this to be a winner but I think even those who can't stand them will find this one entertaining.