After watching The Comedy of Terrors (1963), I think it is the perfect kind of "Halloween month setup" in September to get horror fans ready and prepared for the month ahead. I think think this would actually be a fun pairing with The Undertaker and His Pals (1966). You have the kind of actors synonymous with Halloween heading towards the twilight, getting the freedom to lampoon their horror personas. Rathbone even mimics Lugosi's creeping hand from a coffin scene, wields a chopping axe, quotes Shakespeare as he threatens Price and Lorre's lives, gives them chase, and keeps resurrecting when it appears he's kicked the bucket. He steals the film, really. Lorre and Joyce Jameson (playing Price's beleaguered wife for whom he verbally squabbles with constantly) romancing while Price boozes up. And Price getting not just a taste of his own medicine (ironically from Karloff!) but the whole bottle! Lorre and Price sword duelling even! There's a lot to be amused by with this. Would go well with Tales of Terror or The Raven or both, I think. Good Monday viewing for me personally.
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