Next on our horror list was this movie starring Bob Hope. Once we saw his name pop up, we had the feeling it wasn't going to be a serious movie. And it wasn't.
Mary has inherited a haunted castle in Cuba. She's getting ready to leave when Larry barges into her room hiding from the police. He thinks he's murdered a gang member, and he needs to get out of the hotel before he's caught. He hides in Mary's trunk, and he ends up getting transported onto the ship headed for Havana.
Once they finally get there, the mystery continues. The murdered man was trying to warn Mary not to sell the castle, a government official is suspicious, and so are about five other people. Plus, there's a zombie. And a ghost. Larry has a valet, Alex, who is basically a servant and the butt of many jokes. A lot of them are racist, so there's that.
The humor in this was weird. The one liners with dead bodies around were a bit disturbing. They added in a billion suspicious people, but I never did figure out what the deal was with the clumsy guy. He acted super suspicious, but he just disappeared after a while. Alex was the real hero of the movie. He saved Larry a few times, and he was responsible for saving everyone at the end.
This is one of those movies I probably would've skipped if I'd known it was a comedy ahead of time. It's like the Abbot and Costello ones on the Universal Monster list. We didn't watch those, either. Alex 100% made this worth watching. Everyone else seemed pretty stupid. Mary ran into the house to escape the zombie, but did she close the door? Nope. Alex spots the zombie, and what's the first thing he does? Tries to leave. Smart! If only more of the characters were as smart as Alex.
And why does the ghost on the poster have a nose?!
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