Kenan & Kel Will Meet Frankenstein in New Horror Comedy

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Get ready, ’90s fans! Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell are teaming up again for a new movie.

According to Deadline, a new horror-comedy called Kenan & Kel Meet Frankenstein is about two delivery drivers whose ordinary delivery takes a terrifying turn when they accidentally bring Frankenstein’s monster to life at a haunted castle.

Thompson shared that she and Kel have always enjoyed collaborating, and this film seemed like a great opportunity to combine familiar elements with humor and surprise. She expressed excitement about offering a new spin on a traditional monster tale while having fun with the project.

Mitchell said it’s always easy to reconnect, and this time they’re building on what fans already enjoy while also exploring fresh ideas. He described the experience as funny, a little nerve-wracking, and ultimately, very exciting.

The film was revealed on Tuesday, January 20th, while Mitchell was a guest on Thompson’s Amazon Prime show, Good Sports. Production is scheduled to start this summer, but a distributor hasn’t been confirmed yet.

Thompson and Mitchell will produce the film with Brian Kavanaugh-Jones (known for Insidious), Carter Swan (Until Dawn), and John Ryan Jr. (Good Burger 2). They’ve described the movie as a blend of the zombie comedy Shaun of the Dead and the mystery-solving fun of Scooby-Doo.

The new movie will take inspiration from the classic monster comedies starring Abbott and Costello that Universal Pictures made in the 1950s, such as Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy, and Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein.

The comedic duo first became famous on Nickelodeon’s sketch comedy show, All That, in the mid-1990s. Because they worked so well together, they were given their own show, Kenan & Kel, which premiered in 1996 and was known for its silly and energetic humor.

Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell recently reunited on screen as Dexter and Ed in Good Burger 2, the 2023 sequel to their popular 1997 Nickelodeon comedy, Good Burger. The new movie went straight to streaming.

The Worst ’90s Movies

25. The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)

Despite impressive cinematography, Brian De Palma’s The Bonfire of the Vanities suffers from seriously miscast leads. Tom Hanks doesn’t fit the role of a wealthy socialite, Melanie Griffith fails to make an impact as the mistress, and Bruce Willis doesn’t convey the desperation needed for his character, an alcoholic journalist. While a film can sometimes overcome one weak performance, this movie’s three miscasts add up to a complete failure.

24. The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)

This movie starts as a slow and dull story about an Irishman (played by a calm Val Kilmer) struggling to build a bridge in Africa. His construction workers keep getting killed – supposedly by man-eating lions, but the effects are pretty bad and the editing is strange. After 45 minutes, Michael Douglas arrives with a strong Southern accent and a large mullet, which makes things a bit more entertaining, but not enough to make the movie truly enjoyable. If you’re looking for a more exciting adventure from the same director, check out Predator 2 instead.

23. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1993)

I’ve always believed the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie is a surprisingly good comic book adaptation. However, the third film, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III, is unfortunately just as bad as it’s generally considered. While the original is a dark, atmospheric martial arts film with impressive special effects, the third installment is a silly time travel adventure. The turtle costumes look cheap and unconvincing—you can even see the lights reflecting off their plastic shells in some scenes! It takes half an hour for the Turtles to even reach feudal Japan, and even then, the action isn’t very exciting.

22. Wild Wild West (1999)

To understand what’s gone wrong with Hollywood over the past quarter-century, look no further than Wild Wild West. It took a largely forgotten story and transformed it into an overblown, effects-heavy blockbuster. The film was such a failure that even its star, Will Smith, openly dislikes it, now calling it his worst movie and a constant source of regret.

21. Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)

It’s hard to imagine anyone replacing John Belushi as Jake Blues, and the decision to pair Elwood with a overly sweet child sidekick in Blues Brothers 2000 didn’t help. (The director, John Landis, apparently wanted Macaulay Culkin for the part, but when that didn’t work out, they should have dropped the storyline altogether.) While the music in Blues Brothers 2000 is as good as the original film’s, almost everything else – the humor, the characters – falls flat. The movie’s climax, a Battle of the Bands where the Blues Brothers become dancing zombies, is a truly awful scene, but it actually captures how lifeless and misguided the whole film is.

20. Blank Check (1994)

Even ignoring the uncomfortable relationship between the young main character and an adult woman in Blank Check (and it really shouldn’t be ignored), you’re still left with a film about an unlikeable character who’s surrounded by even worse people. The movie tries to make this greedy, unpleasant protagonist – who steals a million dollars and then squanders it on useless things – seem sympathetic. Blank Check essentially argues that money is all that matters, and it’s so offensively obvious that it feels like it was made by the same cynical minds behind They Live.

19. Ringmaster (1998)

When The Jerry Springer Show was at its most popular, Jerry Springer starred in a movie called Ringmaster. He played a confused host of a trashy talk show – also named Jerry – that was clearly based on his own. While Springer always seemed comfortable with the eccentric guests on his real show, he appears genuinely embarrassed in Ringmaster by the fictionalized version of it, even with professional actors. Though some of the supporting cast handle the scandalous material well, the movie ultimately feels like it’s about a man who doesn’t want to be involved.

18. Dying Young (1991)

Following the huge success of Pretty Woman, Julia Roberts struggled for years to find another hit. One of her least successful attempts was Dying Young, a film where she plays an ordinary woman who falls for a rich, emotionally unavailable man. Campbell Scott plays the man as a rather unpleasant character who seems to use his illness to his advantage. While that could work in a more thoughtful film, Dying Young portrays him as a sympathetic figure and tries to present their doomed relationship as a tragic romance – it just doesn’t quite work.

17. Nothing But Trouble (1991)

It’s not shocking to learn this movie originated from Dan Aykroyd’s nightmares. It truly feels like a dream – a disturbing one. From the over-the-top violence and creepy makeup to the bizarre musical interludes and impossible gadgets, everything contributes to a uniquely unsettling atmosphere. I don’t remember ever sitting through the whole thing as a child, but even quick glimpses – like Chevy Chase tumbling into bones or Aykroyd as a baby in a diaper – were enough to give me nightmares. It remains one of the most disturbing films ever made by a major studio.

16. Steel (1997)

Looking for a truly bad 90s movie? You can’t go wrong with anything starring Shaquille O’Neal. In Steel, he plays an armored superhero based on a DC Comics character who briefly took over for Superman. (The movie changes Steel’s backstory significantly because Superman is mysteriously absent.) O’Neal is physically imposing enough for the role and seems to be enjoying himself, but the movie is full of awkward, self-aware jokes – like Shaq missing basketball shots and Richard Roundtree referencing the “shaft” of Steel’s hammer – and the superhero costume is just awful. The result feels less like a real movie and more like a painfully unfunny, extended Saturday Night Live sketch.

15. Double Dragon (1994)

The movie adaptation of this classic arcade game took a simple story – two brothers rescuing a girl from gangsters – and needlessly added a lot of science fiction elements. Now, Billy and Jimmy are fighting an unscrupulous businessman (played by Robert Patrick, who looks like a villainous version of Vanilla Ice’s father) for a magical necklace. The story is set in a destroyed Los Angeles of the future, plagued by acid rain and other disasters. While these futuristic additions feel strange and don’t quite fit, they do result in some stunning visual effects, including particularly impressive painted backgrounds. Interestingly, the Double Dragon video game itself exists within the movie’s world and even appears on screen, adding another layer of confusion.

14. Mr. Nanny (1993)

Look, I’m a big Hulk Hogan fan, but even I have to admit he seemed really awkward in Mr. Nanny. Without his usual wrestling character, he felt stiff playing an out-of-work wrestler who ends up guarding some seriously mischievous kids. They basically put him through the wringer with all sorts of Home Alonestyle pranks, and then, suddenly, they just… stop and become well-behaved! There’s a lot of slapstick, but honestly, there were only two moments that actually made me laugh. One was when Hulk refused to throw a wrestling match and the promoter… well, let’s just say he dealt with it in a pretty extreme way – apparently, pro wrestling is a serious* business in this movie! And then there was this totally random, shocking moment where a guy in the background just… threw his dog into the ocean. Seriously, woof. It was… a choice.

13. Spawn (1997)

Okay, let me be blunt: Spawn is a really rough watch. The script is just…bad, filled with awkward dialogue and over-the-top attempts at machismo from Michael Jai White and Martin Sheen. And honestly, the sheer number of fart jokes is baffling. But the worst part? The special effects are shockingly, historically bad for a big studio release. It’s so over-the-top and unintentionally silly that it almost circles back to being amusing, but only if you’re prepared to watch it with a heavy dose of irony. Don’t go in expecting a masterpiece.

12. North (1994)

The movie North is widely considered one of the worst films of the 1990s, famously earning a scathing review from Roger Ebert. He famously wrote he ‘hated’ the movie, repeatedly and emphatically. The film truly lives up to that criticism, becoming increasingly bizarre. About 20 minutes in, Dan Aykroyd and Reba McEntire appear as exaggerated Texan characters, singing a song about their deceased son. This is followed by a scene involving jokes about a child’s private parts, and then an appearance by Kathy Bates as an Inuit woman who sends her father (played by Abe Vigoda) to his death on an ice floe. Ebert’s strong reaction was clearly justified.

11. The Scarlet Letter (1995)

1995’s The Scarlet Letter is often seen as the end of the adult erotic thriller trend that was popular in the 1980s and early 90s. After films like Fatal Attraction, Hollywood made a lot of steamy dramas for adults, but as the 90s continued, studios began focusing on family-friendly movies that would appeal to a wider audience and make more money. The Scarlet Letter failed spectacularly – earning far less than its $45 million budget – and was critically panned, effectively ending the genre. While claiming to be based on Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel, the film feels more like a teenager’s sensationalized interpretation. The story’s deeper themes of guilt and sin are largely absent, replaced by explicit scenes and a surprisingly poor performance from Robert Duvall. It feels less like a classic adaptation and more like a Puritan-era version of The Red Shoe Diaries – which might explain the red shoes.

10. Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992)

Sylvester Stallone starred in some truly awful movies during the 1990s – films like Daylight, Judge Dredd, and The Specialist immediately come to mind. But even among those flops, Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot stands out as possibly his worst, even worse than the adult film he made before Rocky launched his career. The movie isn’t funny in any way, not even as a guilty pleasure. The idea of an overbearing mother could be funny, and a good movie could definitely be made from that concept. Unfortunately, this isn’t it. A big problem is Estelle Getty’s character – she’s wildly inconsistent, switching between being clueless and strangely competent. She can escape handcuffs, but doesn’t seem to realize buying a machine gun from a van is illegal. It’s just bizarre.

9. Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993)

Let’s forget the Jason Voorhees we know – the masked killer who targets teenagers. In Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday, Jason is surprisingly reimagined as a parasitic creature that takes over people’s bodies, turning them into killers. The Friday the 13th story was already a bit confusing, but this movie adds a lot of new, complicated backstory involving magical daggers and Jason’s previously unknown family. (It seems the reason Jason was so hard to kill was simply because the writers hadn’t introduced the right weapon yet!) And, honestly, a movie called Jason Goes to Hell should probably show Jason actually going to hell, right? Instead, he mostly just hangs out in a house, a diner, a jail, and a coroner’s office. The title really only works as a four-word summary of how bad the movie is.

8. Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie (1997)

Even though the original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers wasn’t great, it at least had a slightly bigger budget than most Power Rangers episodes. The movie Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie, however, looks just as cheap and poorly made as the TV show—maybe even worse. I don’t recall any Power Rangers episode with such a badly executed action sequence. It seems like every line of dialogue was re-recorded after filming, as if it were originally in a different language, or the sound wasn’t captured properly during the shoot. It’s surprising that a movie made so carelessly was actually shown in theaters nationwide.

7. The Jerky Boys: The Movie (1995)

I grew up listening to the Jerky Boys tapes and, honestly, I found them pretty funny—I was 13, so what can you expect? But even as a fan, I really disliked The Jerky Boys: The Movie. It featured Johnny Brennan and Kamal Ahmed playing themselves and getting involved in a crime after prank calling a mobster. The movie just didn’t work because the Jerky Boys’ humor comes from the spontaneity of their calls. Seeing them interact with fictional characters whose lines are already written ruins the fun. It’s similar to trying to turn Whose Line Is It Anyway? into a scripted movie.

6. Inspector Gadget (1999)

The beloved animated series Inspector Gadget from the 80s didn’t translate well into the 90s blockbuster film. A major issue is the casting: Matthew Broderick, while generally funny and likable, doesn’t have the energetic, clumsy personality needed for Inspector Gadget. Rupert Everett feels equally miscast as Dr. Claw. The movie’s special effects are more silly than the original cartoon, and it’s clear the final cut was heavily edited – it barely reaches 70 minutes, yet still feels far too long.

5. Chairman of the Board (1997)

Going into Chairman of the Board, a movie starring prop comedian Carrot Top, expectations weren’t high – and the film doesn’t even meet those low standards. The movie centers on a clumsy inventor who inherits a company from a rich friend (Jack Warden), leading to what’s supposed to be a comedy. However, the film is mostly forgettable, except for a hilarious moment on late-night TV. Norm Macdonald famously kept interrupting an interview with co-star Courtney Thorne-Smith on Conan O’Brien’s show, offering his brutally honest opinion about a potential Carrot Top movie. He jokingly suggested the title Box Office Poison.

4. The Avengers (1998)

Just to clarify, this 1998 film called The Avengers is based on a British spy show from the 1960s – it came out before the Marvel comics with the same name. Don’t expect the heroes, played by Ralph Fiennes and Uma Thurman, to be doing much avenging! In fact, very little about this movie makes sense, so the title is strangely fitting. The film is short – barely 90 minutes – and feels very incomplete. Scenes jump around with no explanation, leaving you wondering how the characters got from one place to another. It has all the expected action and special effects, but it’s missing the things that make a movie work – character development, clear motivations, and any real emotional connection. It feels like a summarized version of what the movie should have been.

3. It’s Pat: The Movie (1994)

The 1990s saw several unsuccessful movies based on Saturday Night Live sketches, and It’s Pat is arguably the worst. The film centers on Julia Sweeney’s awkward character, Pat, whose gender is a constant source of curiosity, particularly for their neighbor Kyle (Charles Rocket). While the movie acknowledges the uncomfortable nature of Kyle’s obsession with Pat’s identity, it bizarrely builds the entire comedy around it. Regardless of gender, Pat is a terrible protagonist – they’re self-absorbed, irritating, and simply not funny. A particularly unpleasant subplot involves Pat stealing a friend’s radio show hosting job, bragging about it, and then insulting the callers. The movie is a thoroughly miserable experience from start to finish.

2. Mad Dog Time (1996)

While there are definitely bad movies out there, Mad Dog Time is something else entirely – it might be the weirdest bad movie ever made. It boasts an incredible cast – Jeff Goldblum, Gabriel Byrne, Ellen Barkin, and many more – wasted in a gangster film set in a bizarre, alternate reality. The movie establishes this world, called ‘Vic’s World,’ as a place ‘on the other side of the cosmos’ where everyone is a gangster stereotype. The plot? Tough guys have shootouts while relaxing behind old desks in a rundown basement. It doesn’t make much sense, even when you’re watching it, and feels like it could only come from a universe where people enjoy truly terrible films.

1. Frozen Assets (1992)

Let me tell you, I’ve seen some truly awful comedies, but Frozen Assets is in a league of its own. It honestly feels like it was made on a dare – a dare to create the least funny movie possible. The plot? Corbin Bernsen plays a bank executive sent to fix a failing branch in Oregon. But this isn’t just any bank… it’s a sperm bank! (And that’s pretty much the only joke, believe me.) Bernsen’s character is obsessed with profits and clashes with Shelley Long, who plays the bank’s scientist. He treats her terribly, and naturally, she falls for him. Then there’s Larry Miller as an escaped mental patient who ends up working there. I’m trying to describe how bad it is, but I promise, it’s so much worse than anything I can say. Seriously, do yourself a favor and avoid Frozen Assets at all costs. I’d actually pay money to not watch it again.

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