1942 brought a sizable change to life in the Great Encarpment as Sol Lesser (who had previous produced rival Tarzan movies for Twentieth Century Fox)
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The Ghost Of Frankenstein
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
Phantom Of The Opera
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
She-Wolf Of London
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
The Invisible Man’s Revenge
According to Invisible Man lore, once you go vanish, your sanity will banish – meaning of course that after undergoing the injection, a common side
Invisible Agent
Much like the various invisible men and women of the H.G. Wells inspired series of films, once 1940’s The Invisible Woman took the franchise into
The Invisible Woman
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 –
The Invisible Man Returns
When 1940 rolled around, Universal had already started in unleashing a fusilade of sequels to the inpressive string of horror hits that they had accumulated
The Mummy’s Curse
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
The Mummy’s Ghost
While you could accuse the majority of the sequel outings of the Universal Monsters gang of being noticably deficient in the originality gene, the continuing
The Mummy’s Tomb
When Universal Studios decided to up-shift the amount of movies that featured their stock horror characters, you get the genuine impression that the Mummy might
House Of Dracula
After a relentless release schedule that saw Universal hock its horror characters onto audiences at a punishing rate, it was getting pretty clear that some
House Of Frankenstein
After dropping Frankenstein’s Monster and the Wolf Man into a predictably brutal double date with 1942’s aptly named Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man, it obviously
The Mummy’s Hand
After finding success with further sequels to their Frankenstein and Invisible Man franchises, Universal decided to plunder the sarcophagus of their horror back catalogue and
Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man
A more jaded man than I could suggest that Universal’s plan to start merging their horror characters into one big story like a giant, gothic
Son Of Dracula
Considering how much fun Universal obviously had from eventually mixing their selection of classic monsters together like the contents of a particularly macabre toy box,
Tarzan’s New York Adventure
After a relentless production schedule that saw six films churned out in a decade like some loin clothed obsessed production line, the MGM Tarzan series
Tarzan’s Secret Treasure
Reviewing sequels can be hard – especially old ones. There’s always that issue that back then, filmmakers didn’t seem to be all that bothered about
Abbott And Costello Meet Frankenstein
By the mid-40’s, Universal Studios were still looking for any way they could to keep their legendary stable of marauding monsters profitable. Their bright idea?
The Wolf Man
The familiar rogues gallery of Universal’s stable of classic creatures have always been tinged with a taste of the tragic – Frankenstein’s Monster is a
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