Category: Universal Monsters

The Universal Wolf Man Films Ranked

Universal’s Wolf Man films have long been a staple of classic horror cinema, first captivating audiences with the release of The Wolf Man in 1941,

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The Universal Invisible Man Films Ranked

The Universal Invisible Man films, stemming from H.G. Wells’ classic novella, epitomize the blend of science fiction and horror that Universal Pictures mastered during the

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The Universal Frankenstein Films Ranked

The Universal Frankenstein films are a cornerstone of classic horror cinema, originating from Mary Shelley’s iconic novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus and the 1927

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Wolf Man – Official Trailer

Universal has released the trailer for Wolf Man. What if someone you loved became something else? From Blumhouse and visionary writer-director Leigh Whannell, the creators

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Wolf Man – Official Teaser

Universal has released the teaser for Wolf Man. What if someone you loved became something else? From Blumhouse and visionary writer-director Leigh Whannell, the creators

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James Wan Remaking ‘Creature From The Black Lagoon’

Saw and The Conjuring director James Wan is developing a remake of Creature From The Black Lagoon which he will both direct and produce. Wan

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First Look At Christian Bale As Frankenstein’s Monster

Maggie Gyllenhaal has release the first look at The Bride!, her reimagining of Bride Of Frankenstein. Via Instagram, she posted camera tests for the film

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Top 5 Universal Monster Films As Rated On IMDb

The Universal Monster films, produced by Universal Pictures, originated in the 1930s, introducing iconic characters like Dracula, Frankenstein’s Monster, the Mummy, the Invisible Man, and

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The Ghost Of Frankenstein (1942) – Review

Compared to some of his Universal Monsters stablemates, the Frankenstein’s Monster has had quite the smooth franchise. While Dracula’s follow ups concerned all sorts of

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Phantom Of The Opera (1943) – Review

Considering how fertile Gaston Leroux’s classic tale of obsession, murder and opera is, I’m not surprised that Universal took another crack at it after their

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Son Of Frankenstein (1939) – Review

The task of following up the knockout, one-two, combo of Frankenstein and Bride Of Frankenstein must have been the 30’s horror equivalent of Tarantino receiving

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Werewolf Of London (1935) – Review

When it comes to fanged and furry fury of a classic Universal werewolf movie, you’ll be more than forgiven for thinking immediately of Lon Chaney

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The Creature Walks Among Us (1956) – Review

Audiences may not have realised it at the time, but when the final credits rolled on The Creature Walks Among Us, the third and final

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She-Wolf Of London (1946) – Review

If you scroll through the various titles that make up the collection of movies known as the Universal Monsters collection, you can’t help but notice

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Abbott And Costello Meet The Invisible Man (1951) – Review

Starting with 1948’s Abbott And Costello Meet Frankenstein, it’s a fair statement to claim that doing a movie with the two notorious jokesters was the

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The Invisible Man’s Revenge (1944) – Review

According to Invisible Man lore, once you go vanish, your sanity will banish – meaning of course that after undergoing the injection, a common side

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The Invisible Woman (1940) – Review

It’s not particularly unusual for a franchise to pop the clutch and yank the handbrake in order to pull a complete change of tone –

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Revenge Of The Creature (1955) – Review

Even though he’s proudly lumped in with his other horror contemporaries as a fully paid up member of the Universal Monsters gang, it’s easy to

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Abbott And Costello Meet The Mummy (1955) – Review

“How stupid can you get?” Demands the long suffering Bud Abbott to his even longer suffering partner Lou Costello at one point during this last

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The Mummy’s Curse (1944) – Review

Fifth time round on the raggedy, dusty carousel that is the classic Universal Monsters Mummy series and we find a movie that’s very appropriately titled

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