Young Frankenstein / Dracula Dead and Loving It

YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, 1974, 20th Century Fox, 105 min. Director Mel Brooks’ hilarious homage to 1930s monster movies. Gene Wilder (who co-wrote the script) stars as Dr. Frankenstein struggling to breathe life into tap-dancing monster Peter Boyle, with help from hunchback assistant Marty Feldman, lusty Teri Garr, neurotic Madeline Kahn and Frau Blucher herself, Cloris Leachman.

DRACULA DEAD AND LOVING IT, 1995, Warner Bros., 88 min. Mel Brooks teams with THE NAKED GUN's Leslie Nielsen for a comic match made in heaven. Nielsen brings his usual flair for parody to the title role, and Brooks is at his most infectiously silly as the vampire's nemesis Van Helsing.