It all started with the adaptation of Bram Stoker’sDraculaand then moved on to Mary Shelley’sFrankenstein.
Here is a look at the 10 best Universal Monster movies of the ’30s and ’40s.
It was also the time when Hollywood was dipping its toes into 3D filmmaking.
As a result, the film was almost a gimmick more than it was an actual Universal Monster movie.
The film centered around a creature discovered in the Amazon.
HOUSE OF DRACULA
There were several monster mashups during the classic Universal Monster era.
The first came in 1943 withFrankenstein Meets the Wolf Man.
This was the seventh movie with Frankenstein’s Monster and the fourth with Count Dracula and the Wolf Man.
There was only one more Universal Monster movie after this one with those three monsters.
Due to the maddening side effects, he ends up as a murderous psychopath.
This Universal Monster was revived to great success in 1999, but to critical disdain in 2017.
THE BLACK CAT
Released in 1934,The Black Catwas a very different Universal Monsters era movie.
This was also the final movie to star these three horror icons.
They deliver it anyway and end up in the middle of a giant monster mash battle.
Meanwhile, Professor Abraham Van Helsing sets out to destroy the vampire once and for all.
THE WOLF MAN
The Wolf Manis the most tragic of all the Universal Monsters.
FRANKENSTEIN
Frankensteinwas a very different Universal Monsters movie compared toDracula, which came out the year before.
Then, the angry mob chased him down with the sole purpose of destroying him.
This Monster was an innocent creature that didn’t stand a chance.
Whale created a followup to his original movie and improved on it in every way.
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