Grampa's Monster Movies (1988)

About this film

A public domain tape containing vintage movie trailers hosted by Al Lewis and Grandpa Munster, named "Grampa" to avoid legal troubles with Universal (who owns the copyright to The Munsters). All the trailers on the tape are of classic horror movies such as Frankenstein (1931) and The Wolf Man (1941). The trailers were included alongside new segments of "Grampa" introducing the trailers (and their respective films to an extent) from locations such as a mad scientist styled laboratory and a graveyard. This tape, alongside a companion tape named "Grampa's Sci-Fi Hits" (1988) and a few tapes containing public domain horror and Halloween themed cartoons named "Grampa's Silly Scaries" (1988) and "More Silly Scaries With Grampa" (1989), was a special release in Amvest Video's line of "Grampa" tapes, which typically contained Al Lewis as "Grampa" hosting public domain horror and science fiction films. This tape would later be rereleased onto DVD, with all the trailers from the original tape included. Film trailers featured (names of the films are listed below): House of Frankenstein (1944) Son of Dracula (1943) Dracula's Daughter (1936) The Invisible Woman (1940) Invisible Agent (1942) The…

Directors & creators

Amvest Video

Subjects

al lewis. grandpa munster, grampa, amvest video, amvest, frankenstein, dracula, wolf man, mummy, invisible man, bride of frankenstein, invisible woman, son of dracula, ghost of frankenstein, hosue of frankenstein, abbott and costello, count dracula, frankenstein monster, phantom of the opera, werewolf of london, dracula's daughter, invisible agent, invisible ray, the climax, mystery of marie roget, murders in rue morgue, the mummy's hand, the black cat, the cat creeps, black friday, horror island, horror films, vintage, movie trailers, vintage movie trailers, public domain

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