Comments | monsterofmud: In the spirit of Halloween

monsterofmud

In the spirit of Halloween

Oct 29, 2006 23:16

As most of you know, I'm a Classic Universal Monsters freak. What most people don't realize is that out of the 67 films that comprise this body of work running from 1925-1955, is that despite the hamminess of some of the later titles (e.g. Ghost of Frankenstein), each one of these films are genuinely worthwhile gems, and not the cheese you would ( Read more... )

lists, misconceptions, universal classic monsters, halloween

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monsterbrain October 30 2006, 16:44:18 UTC

Very enlightening!

I'll stick some Universal monster movies into my Netflix queue, but I don't think I'll get to them this year...

monsterofmud October 30 2006, 17:22:34 UTC

Might I recommend the following ones:

Frankenstein (1931)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935) (Usually in the IMDB Top 250 of All Films)
The Invisible Man (1933)
Dracula (1931)
The Mummy (1932)
The Wolf Man (1941)

Those are the cream of the crop, totalling almost seven hours' worth of material. The many sequels and single entry titles hold up pretty well, but are definitely not as iconic and metaphorical as the ones above.

monsterbrain October 30 2006, 18:21:47 UTC

Danke!