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Two teenagers named Scott and Mary are on their way to Halloween party. When their car breaks down, they find themselves at the castle (and party therein) of Dr. Frankenstein, who quickly begins plotting to put Scott's brain into his monster. Unfortunately for him, all his other guests have their own plans for the young duo. [[HilarityEnsues Hilarity (and many catchy musical numbers) Ensue.]]
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Two teenagers named Scott and Mary are on their way to Halloween party. When their car breaks down, they find themselves at the castle (and party therein) of Dr. Frankenstein, who quickly begins plotting to put Scott's brain into his monster. Unfortunately for him, all his other guests have their own plans for the young duo. [[HilarityEnsues Hilarity (and and many catchy musical numbers) Ensue.]]
numbers ensue.
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* CountryMatters: Count Dracula introducing his wife: "She's a count too, but she spells it differently."
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* AdaptationDistillation: The film only uses four songs from the original stage musical ("I'm Sorry the Bridge is Out, You'll Have to Spend the Night", "Play Your Hunch", "Eternity Blues" and "Things a Mother Goes Through") and uses the Monster Mash when the song was not present in the original showings of the stage version.
* AdaptationNameChange:
** Scott was called John in the original stage musical.
** The generic mummy from the stage musical is reinterpreted as a mummified Music/ElvisPresley, with his servant Dr. Abdul Nasser reinterpreted as his fictional manager Hathaway.
* AdaptedOut: Renfield and the grave robbers Montclair and Clairmont from the stage musical do not appear in the film version.
* AdaptationNameChange:
** Scott was called John in the original stage musical.
** The generic mummy from the stage musical is reinterpreted as a mummified Music/ElvisPresley, with his servant Dr. Abdul Nasser reinterpreted as his fictional manager Hathaway.
* AdaptedOut: Renfield and the grave robbers Montclair and Clairmont from the stage musical do not appear in the film version.
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Two teenagers named Scott and Mary have car trouble on their way home from a Halloween party. While seeking help, they find their way at the castle of Dr. Frankenstein, who schemes to put Scott's brain into the head of his monster.
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Two teenagers named Scott and Mary have car trouble are on their way home from a to Halloween party. While seeking help, When their car breaks down, they find their way themselves at the castle (and party therein) of Dr. Frankenstein, who schemes quickly begins plotting to put Scott's brain into his monster. Unfortunately for him, all his other guests have their own plans for the head of his monster.
young duo. [[HilarityEnsues Hilarity (and many catchy musical numbers) Ensue.]]
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* VoicesAreMental: When Igor tricks Dr. Frankenstein into switching brains with him, their voices switch with them.
* WorkingForABodyUpgrade: Igor pleads with Dr. Frankenstein to give him Scott's body after they put Scott's brain into the monster, as he is enamored with Mary and thinks having Scott's body will make her love him.
* WorkingForABodyUpgrade: Igor pleads with Dr. Frankenstein to give him Scott's body after they put Scott's brain into the monster, as he is enamored with Mary and thinks having Scott's body will make her love him.
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''Monster Mash: The Movie'' was a film adaptation of Bobby "Boris" Pickett's hit song The Monster Mash and Pickett's stage musical ''I'm Sorry the Bridge is Out, You'll Have to Spend the Night'', produced by The Greenhouse Film Group Ltd. and distributed by Turner Home Entertainment.
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''Monster Mash: The Movie'' was a film adaptation of Bobby "Boris" Pickett's hit song The Monster Mash and Pickett's stage musical ''I'm Sorry the Bridge is Out, You'll Have to Spend the Night'', ''Theatre/ImSorryTheBridgeIsOutYoullHaveToSpendTheNight'', produced by The Greenhouse Film Group Ltd. and distributed by Turner Home Entertainment.
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* SuddenlyVoiced: At the end of the film, Frankenstein's monster turns out to be able to speak when he remarks "I'm surrounded by idiots".
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* TheFilmOfTheSong: A live action film loosely based on the song The Monster Mash.
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* TheMusical: There are many songs in the film.
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''Monster Mash: The Movie'' was a film adaptation of Bobby "Boris" Pickett's hit song The Monster Mash and Pickett's stage musical ''I'm Sorry the Bridge is Out, You'll Have to Spend the Night'', produced by The Greenhouse Film Group Ltd. and distributed by Turner Home Entertainment.
Two teenagers named Scott and Mary have car trouble on their way home from a Halloween party. While seeking help, they find their way at the castle of Dr. Frankenstein, who schemes to put Scott's brain into the head of his monster.
For the animated film based on the song, see ''WesternAnimation/MonsterMash2000''.
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* BrainTransplant: Dr. Frankenstein plans to put Scott's brain into his monster's body.
* CurseCutShort: Igor interrupts Dracula when he makes a crass remark.
-->'''Dracula''': Blow it out your--
-->'''Igor''': Ask me what time it is!
* {{Dracula}}: Count Dracula is one of the guests at Frankenstein's castle.
* FrankensteinsMonster: The Frankenstein monster appears in the film, given that the film is partially based on the song The Monster Mash.
* GladIThoughtOfIt: Dr. Frankenstein takes credit for Igor's idea of giving the monster Scott's brain.
* TheIgor: As one might expect, Dr. Frankenstein has a hunchbacked assistant named Igor.
* MonsterMash: We have MadScientist Dr. Frankenstein, his monster, hunchback Igor, Count Dracula and his wife Natasha, a werewolf and a mummy Elvis Presley.
* {{Mummy}}: Music/ElvisPresley is established to have reincarnated as a mummy.
* SuddenlyVoiced: At the end of the film, Frankenstein's monster turns out to be able to speak when he remarks "I'm surrounded by idiots".
* VampiresHateGarlic: At one point, Dracula panics after being informed that he just consumed garlic.
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Two teenagers named Scott and Mary have car trouble on their way home from a Halloween party. While seeking help, they find their way at the castle of Dr. Frankenstein, who schemes to put Scott's brain into the head of his monster.
For the animated film based on the song, see ''WesternAnimation/MonsterMash2000''.
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!!Tropes:
* BrainTransplant: Dr. Frankenstein plans to put Scott's brain into his monster's body.
* CurseCutShort: Igor interrupts Dracula when he makes a crass remark.
-->'''Dracula''': Blow it out your--
-->'''Igor''': Ask me what time it is!
* {{Dracula}}: Count Dracula is one of the guests at Frankenstein's castle.
* FrankensteinsMonster: The Frankenstein monster appears in the film, given that the film is partially based on the song The Monster Mash.
* GladIThoughtOfIt: Dr. Frankenstein takes credit for Igor's idea of giving the monster Scott's brain.
* TheIgor: As one might expect, Dr. Frankenstein has a hunchbacked assistant named Igor.
* MonsterMash: We have MadScientist Dr. Frankenstein, his monster, hunchback Igor, Count Dracula and his wife Natasha, a werewolf and a mummy Elvis Presley.
* {{Mummy}}: Music/ElvisPresley is established to have reincarnated as a mummy.
* SuddenlyVoiced: At the end of the film, Frankenstein's monster turns out to be able to speak when he remarks "I'm surrounded by idiots".
* VampiresHateGarlic: At one point, Dracula panics after being informed that he just consumed garlic.
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