Horror
Werewolf of London / She-Wolf of London
Motivated by the enormous successes of "Frankenstein" and "Dracula, " producer and Universal Pictures’ president Carl Laemmle yearned to create yet another box-office boogeyman to stand alongside Karloff and Lugosi. In 1935, Laemmle [...]
Dracula’s Daughter / Son Of Dracula
While some people think of film sequels and franchises as being a modern concept, they have been around since the advent of film. It’s just that the older sequels can be harder to spot because there typically isn’t a giant number 2 after the title! [...]
An American Werewolf In London
When in 1981 John Landis unleashed his horror hit "An American Werewolf In London" onto audiences, no one really knew what to expect. The film became an instant box office hit and horror classic, featuring horror dynamics that had not been seen [...]
Frankenstein Meets The Wolfman/House Of Frankenstein
By 1942, Universal Studios had introduced all of their "classic" monsters to the world. (Unless you count the "Creature from the Black Lagoon", he wouldn’t show up for another dozen years.) Dr. Frankenstein, his monster, Dracula, the [...]
The Son of Frankenstein/Ghost of Frankenstein
When James Whales’s "Frankenstein" lit up the box office in 1931 it didn’t take a mad genius to figure out that Universal would soon start churning out sequels to capitalize on the popularity of everyone’s favorite platform-shoed monster. [...]
The Mummy’s Ghost / The Mummy’s Curse
It seems that successful horror films always generate multiple sequels and this fact was just as true back in the 1940s as it is today. 1932’s ’The Mummy’ was one of Universal’s great moneymakers and firmly established the linen-wrapped rambler as [...]