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Where Knowledge Junkies Get Their Fix
As a prelude to the scariest night of the year, my husband suggested that we watch Freddy Vs. Jason this weekend — perhaps forgetting that, having been allowed by an idiotic babysitter to watch the original Nightmare on Elm Street at age 11, I am terrified of teen slasher flicks. As a result, I did not sleep at all this weekend, which meant I spent lots of time drinking coffee and surfing Wikipedia at 3 a.m., where I encountered a wonderful list of other movies that pit famous stars against each other. These include:
- Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
- Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)
- Alien vs. Predator (2004)
- Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein (1999)
- Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)
- The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones (1987)
- King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
- Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (1970)
- and my personal favorite, Bambi Meets Godzilla (1969), the entirety of which you can watch below.
If you know of other great mash-up matchups, alert us in the comments!
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How about “The New Scooby-Doo Movies” Scooby and the gang encountered such pop icons as; the Harlem Globetrotters, Batman and Robin, the Three Stooges, the Addams Family and Laurel and Hardy?
posted by Cameron on 10-30-2006 at 1:38 pm
How can we omit “Santa Claus Conquers the Martians” with Pia Zadora.
posted by emtoh on 10-30-2006 at 3:07 pm
Although it wasn’t a horror/monster film, or really an “X vs. Y” film, I enjoyed “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?” since you got to see cartoon characters from across several studios in the same movie. It was neat, for instance, to see Disney’s Donald Duck and WB’s Daffy Duck together on-screen.
posted by Sandy on 10-30-2006 at 4:35 pm