Scary Music
I'm much more a fan of the music from The Wolfman.
Scariest Moment
It's Alvin and the Chipmunks! There are no "scary" moments! The Wolfman might be a teeny bit scarier than Frankenstein, though.
Scariest Character
Theodore actually becomes pretty scary in The Wolfman.
Scare Rating
It's just scary that I used to think these movies were good when I was younger.
If you couldn't tell from the Quick Points, Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman is a better movie than Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein. It makes sense. Frankenstein came out in 1999, a year before The Wolfman. Logic would say Universal Studios would continue to improve their singing chipmunks stories with experience. But man, can you tell these movies are only designed for children.
Both introduce kid's favorite talking woodland critters to Hollywood's favorite monsters, both have one of the Chipmunks turning into monsters themselves, and both have at least one catchy song. Neither one of them goes very deep or offers anything for adults, though. Yes, there's the classic theme of just because you look bad doesn't mean you are bad or you mean to be bad--a great lesson for kids--but Frankenstien's antagonist has no backstory or reasoning behind his madness. The Wolfman's antagonist is a bit more believable, but cheap jokes throughout the movie makes it hard for older viewers to watch the story unfold without groaning.
These are children's movies, though, and for children they're fine. There's jut enough "boo!" to get kids into the spirit, and it's also a cute way to introduce little ones to the classics. While I recommend waiting until you have your own little monsters before taking a trip down memory lane and re-watching these movies, I would go ahead and say they won't rot your kids' brains too much.
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