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Three movies with unusual story concepts.

An aircraft carrier goes through a temporal rift and ends up in 1941. Two wacky guys run afoul a group of Universal Studio's most popular monsters. A meglomaniacal count collects shipwrecked people and turns them into game for his hideous hunts.

The beauty of the third one is that it was filmed on the Skull Island sets, and the colorized version offers scenes like this!


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The Final Countdown (1980)

Opening Statement: IMDB has several interesting trivia items for this production.

~ The movie was used as a recruiting drive for the US Navy with the maritime force sponsoring the picture's premiere whilst the film's movie poster was displayed in branch recruitment offices.

Note from me: "Join the Navy, see the world! Not mention being in a movie and traveling back in time!"

Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)

Opening Statement:

Pow wrote:

While the ''monster'' clearly burned up on the dock (guess he forgot his fear of fire from the earlier Frankenstein films), there are some folks who question the demise of the Wolf-Man & Count Dracula. Would such a plunge into the ocean have really finished off both of those supernatural characters?

Good thinking!

However, consider this. The monster was badly burned in the windmill fire at the end of Frankenstein, but we find out in the sequel that the floor collapsed and he plunged into an underground pool, saving him from the fire

The Most Dangerous Game (1932)

Opening Statement: I'd forgotten most of those differences between the story and the film — except for the climax, where the hero throws the Count to his dogs and sleeps peacefully in the villains bed.

I agree that the movie made some good changes, such as the fact that the Count had ruthlessly rigged the channel marker lights to cause shipwrecks and provide him with survivors he could turn into prey.
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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)