Tag: universal monsters complete collection

Walking Away Creature Walks Among Us is the smallest of the three Gill Man episodes. It lacks the grandeur of man versus nature as evident in the original, or …

The Pre-Blackfish Blackfish Continuing Universal’s brand of anti-science horror, Creature from the Black Lagoon’s sequel finds the Gill Man pulled from his home in an Amazon tributary and dunked …

The Nice Kid “We’re sensible people,” says Frank Stanley (Robert Paige) to his lover. Sensible in this context means a religious devout. His fiancee Katherine (Louise Allbritton) carries a …

Motivated Killer Dracula’s Daughter’s story concerns a potential medical cure for vampirism. It asks if science has an answer to supernatural conditions, but as with Bride of Frankenstein, the …

She-Wolf: Princess of Power “There’s no man in our house!” says June Lockheart to her fiancee, noting her fears as a series of murders emerge around her home. While …

The Ripper of Werewolves Werewolf of London started everything, a film of historical significance. This is where the full moon/werewolf legend sprung. Not in 1941’s Wolf Man (that added …

Meeting of the Minds Bud Abbott and Lou Costello represent two types of people reacting to Universal’s monster movies. Lou is the fearful, jump-out-his-seat theater patron who takes the …

House of Science The send-off for Universal’s Dracula, Wolf Man, and Frankenstein’s monster, House of Dracula brings the trio together for the last time – barring appearances alongside Abbott …

Animal House The first act of House of Frankenstein deals exclusively with Dracula. John Carradine steps into the role, an exotic seducer who puts a woman under his spell. …

Meeting of the Cursed In just minutes, Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man hits the acceptable limit for tropes. The film opens in a graveyard at night. A storm is …

Ghost Busting Not one but two torch-carrying mobs show up in Ghost of Frankenstein. While not yet the cliché Universal turned it into later, credit to Ghost of Frankenstein …

Sinister Son Stuck in the shadow of two revered classics, Son of Frankenstein never earned its deserved reverence. That’s more tragic than the monster. While Son of Frankenstein lacks …