Comedy Horror Movies of the 1950s

Comedy horror mixes scares and laughs, from splatter slapstick to dark satire. Atomic-age monsters and Hammer's first color gothics drove a new wave of horror. Standouts from the 1950s include Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man and Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

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   Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)

   Rated 5.9 on TMDB

   Bud and Lou, two stranded American archaeologists, run afoul of an Egyptian cult with big plans to resurrect the mummified corpse of Klaris, guardian of his Princess Ara's treasure-filled tomb.

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2. 

   Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)

   Rated 6.3 on TMDB

   As novice detectives, Bud and Lou come face to face with the Invisible Man.

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3. 

   Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953)

   Rated 6.2 on TMDB

   As American policemen in London, Bud and Lou meet up with Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

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4. 

   A Bucket of Blood (1959)

   Rated 6.6 on TMDB

   Nerdy Walter Paisley, a maladroit busboy at a beatnik café who doesn't fit in with the cool scene around him, attempts to woo his beautiful co-worker, Carla, by making a bust of her.

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5. 

   Mother Riley Meets the Vampire (1952)

   Rated 4.2 on TMDB

   The legendary Bela Lugosi as "the Vampire" teams up with Britain's much-loved "Mother Riley" in this hilarious comedy adventure.

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6. 

   Invasion of the Saucer Men (1957)

   Rated 4.9 on TMDB

   Aliens equipped with venomous claws invade a small town, but the town's teenage population is mobilized to fight the menace.

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   Scared Stiff (1953)

   Rated 6.5 on TMDB

   A nightclub singer and his partner escape mobsters by fleeing to Cuba with a beautiful heiress, who has inherited a haunted castle on an isolated island.

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8. 

   Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla (1952)

   Rated 3.5 on TMDB

   The entertainment duo Mitchell & Petrillo, en route to a USO show for troops in Guam, fall out of their plane and end up on the jungle island of Cola Cola, where the mad scientist Dr.

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9. 

   The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters (1954)

   Rated 5.4 on TMDB

   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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10. 

    The Headless Ghost (1959)

    Rated 3.4 on TMDB

    Three teenagers encounter a ghost who is in limbo until he retrieves his lost head. They do their parts to help him find it.

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11. 

    Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow (1959)

    Rated 4.5 on TMDB

    A group of drag-racing fanatics, members of a Los Angeles club, move into an old deserted mansion and set up shop, making it their headquarters.

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12. 

    Uncle Was a Vampire (1959)

    Rated 5.6 on TMDB

    Baron Osvaldo Lambertenghi is forced to sell his ancestral castle, staying on as a bellboy when it's converted into a hotel. However he becomes vampirized when his mysterious uncle comes to stay.

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13. 

    The Cuckoo Clock (1950)

    Rated 6.8 on TMDB

    A cat is driven up the wall by the inhabitant of the cuckoo clock, so he spends the film trying to catch him.

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