...A&CMF basically saved the studio. If this is true, why didn't that jump start the Monsters back up again?
It did, but A&C Meet Frankenstein was a horror-comedy, so it meant we got more of the same: A&C Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff, followed by the Invisible Man, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, and the Mummy. (Which means careful what you ask for!)