The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters

Leo Gorcey was 37 and Huntz Hall was 34 when this movie, in which they play teenagers, was made, but they actually look like they're in their 50s. They look like absolute dogshit.

Will Sloan

I put this on my Halloween watchlist because I saw it being compared to Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, which was a staple at my house as a kid. It's another screwball comedy from the early days of cinema, in the same vein as Bud and Lou, The Marx Bros, Laurel and…

Xeremy Hall 🟠🟢🔵

This is definitely the best Saturday morning Bowery Boys movie I've seen on TCM so far. That doesn't mean it's good, of course, but there's enough charmingly goofy stuff going on to appeal to fans of the series. The reason is moot as to how Leo Gorcey and Huntz Hall find…

theironcupcake

Edward Bernds’s comedy horror in which the Bowery Boys arrive at a haunted house, where they take part in slapstick with a family. Starring Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall and David Gorcey. The story concerns The Bowery Boys who unintentionally land in a haunted home, where they…

Luke Thorne

Viewed on TCM Hoop-Tober X #69 Criteria: - Country: USA - Decade: 1950's This is the first "Bowery Boys" film I've seen. According to IMDB: This movie was inspired by Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948), which originally was entitled "Abbott and…

Nuno Costa

Great little bit here where the mad scientists say they’re going to use a device to measure Huntz Hall’s brain potential and Leo Gorcey just takes a moment to savor the opening he’s been given like Leonardo DiCaprio in Wolf of Wall Street.

Hatercles

Some trivia sure to wow the gang at parties: THE BOWERY BOYS MEET THE MONSTERS is the only Bowery Boys movie with the phrase “Bowery Boys” in the title. It’s a funny little cheapie that’s great fun to pull out around Halloween and one of the series’ highlights. Director…

Marty McKee

Slip and Sach try to save their heads from mad doctors backed up by a killer gorilla and giant robot in this chaotic but surprisingly funny Bowery Boys outing. Leo Gorcey, as usual, is the highlight. October of Horror 2025

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The Bowery Boys have become Bowery Men

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