After ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN was such a runaway success, Universal immediately altered the boys' next film into a serviceable copy by naming their new murder mystery ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET THE KILLER (aka ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET THE KILLER, BORIS KARLOFF). Karloff was actually one of many suspects in a high profile murder at a resort hotel at which Bud is the house dick and Lou the freshly-fired bellboy. Bud plans to draw out the killer (or killers) by making it known that Lou knows the identity of same. Soon, dead bodies are piling up and attempts on Lou's life come in forms as diverse as arrows, knives, and steam! A truly entertaining entry highlighted by Universal's crack effects staff. Well worth seeing.
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