Not to get too OT here, but leaving aside comedy for a bit, couldn't the all-star 1956 The Black Sleep, a near exploitation quickie in terms of budget, loaded with nostalgia and charm, with a Victorian ambiance odd for a U.S. horror from the 50's, be a kind of missing link between the old horror and the new? One could read it as a follow up to the late Uni "house" films, an indie attempt to recapture their spirit, pick up where they left off. Whatever. An enjoyable film, it feels in some ways like a bridge between those mid-40's monsters mashes and what William Castle was about to embark on. I wonder if it in any way influenced Castle, whose early work comes across like he'd never seen a Hammer flick, had seen a few Unis. It doesn't feel particularly like a Castle and yet it channels some of the old-time religion classic horror, and being in black and white, modestly budgeted, featuring some well known players, it does seem to anticipate the Castle-Price collaborations just down the road.