The Flintstones Meet Rockula and Frankenstone

Directed by:	Ray Patterson
Written by:	Willie Gilbert
Release date:	October 30, 1979
Running time:	46 minutes
Rating:	TV-G
Available on:	VHS Laserdisc DVD

The Flintstones Meet Rockula and Frankenstone is an hour-length Halloween television special spun off from the Hanna-Barbera animated sitcom The Flintstones, originally aired on October 30, 1979, on NBC. The special has since aired on Cartoon Network and Boomerang during the Halloween season. MeTV (who acquired the rights to air reruns of the original show) began airing the special on October 30, 2020, and it now also airs on MeTV Toons.

Synopsis

When Fred wins the big prize on the "Make A Deal or Don't" game show, he and Wilma plan a vacation with Barney and Betty to Count Rockula's spooky castle in Rocksylvania which has now been turned into a tourist resort. Unfortunately, during the trip, Fred and Barney accidentally stumble across Rockula's old laboratory, where his unfinished Frankenstone monster sleeps, and forget to close the window when they leave the lab. Lightning subsequently strikes the machines in the lab, and provide Frankenstone with life. Frankenstone awakens Count Rockula (who has been asleep for the past five hundred years, thus explaining his disappearance) from his secret crypt, and the two scare everyone out of the hotel, except for the Flintstones and the Rubbles, who had gone to bed early due to jet lag.

Rockula and Frankenstone eventually discover the Flintstones and Rubbles, and Rockula mistakes Wilma for his long-lost bride and vows to make her his, even if it means killing Fred. On a comedic note, Wilma mistakes Rockula for the hotel manager, Mr. Silika, who had dressed up as Rockula, for quite some time until Rockula turns into a bat in front of her. A long cat-and-mouse chase ensues all over the castle, and eventually the Flintstones and Rubbles are cornered inside the Rubbles' room. Fred challenges Rockula to a fight, using a bat statuette as a weapon, but the statuette turns out to be the switch for the trapdoor to Rockula's laboratory, which Rockula and Frankenstone were unknowingly standing on. As Fred raises the statuette to strike, both Rockula and Frankenstone fall through the trapdoor, and the Flintstones and Rubbles escape and return to Bedrock.

However, Rockula follows them all the way and begs Wilma to return with him to Rocksylvania. Wilma agrees to marry him in Bedrock if Rockula builds another castle, on the condition that he stick to a quantity of daily chores to prove that he cares for her. Rockula changes his mind and decides to return alone to Rocksylvania. Fred, Barney and Betty congratulate Wilma for ridding them of Rockula, and they all say "Yabba-Dabba-Doo!" to close the film.

Availability

The Flintstones Meet Rockula and Frankenstone was released on VHS and Laserdisc in 1989 by Hanna-Barbera Home Video. On October 9, 2012, Warner Archive released the special on The Flintstones: Prime-Time Specials Collection, Volume 1 manufacture-on-demand DVD, which also featured The Flintstones Little Big League. It (and Little Big League) were released on the format again on The Flintstones: 2 Movies & 5 Specials DVD set, released by Warner Home Entertainment on August 4, 2020.

Voice cast

Voice actress/actor	Character(s)
Henry Corden	Fred Flintstone
Mel Blanc	Barney Rubble Dino
Jean Vander Pyl	Wilma Flintstone Frau G. (Gladys the housekeeper)
Gay Autterson	Betty Rubble
John Stephenson	Count Rockula
Ted Cassidy	Frankenstone
Casey Kasem	Monty Marble
Don Messick	Igor (Charlie the chauffeur) Wolf
Lennie Weinrib	Mr. Silica Bat

External links

• The Flintstones Meet Rockula and Frankenstone at the Internet Movie Database
• The Flintstones Wiki: The Flintstones Meet Rockula and Frankenstone
• The Flintstones Meet Rockula and Frankenstone at RetroJunk.com