Canadian Monster Kids Return To Castle FRIGHTENSTEIN
Following the trajectory of childhood fans who became adult historians of THE HILARIOUS HOUSE OF FRIGHTENSTEIN.
By Rufus Hickok · @Rufus Hickok · May 7, 2021, 10:10 AM CDT Count Frightenstein, courtesy Dave Cremasco.
As a young boy in rural Ontario, Stacey Case could hardly believe his eyes when
The
Hilarious House of Frightenstein first came glowing ghoulishly from his television screen: a rapid-fire monster sketch comedy show for kids, it’s a bit like
Laugh-In and
the Munsters were put through a telepod by someone on LSD.
Loosely held together by the ongoing attempts of the green-skinned Count Frightenstein and his 500 lb. assistant Igor to revive the lifeless Brucie J. Monster so they can return to Transylvania, the show’s monstrous menagerie includes a cooking witch named Griselda, an desiccated librarian telling “terrifying” stories that inevitably fail to chill anyone