![The Mad Ghoul (Universal 1943)](https://www.classic-monsters.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Mad-Ghoul-The_main-170x120.jpg)
Not considered a mainstay of Universal’s prolific horror output of the 1940s, The Mad Ghoul does offer a pleasingly minxish and original yarn, with […]
![The Mummy (Universal 1932)](https://www.classic-monsters.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Mummy-The_22_main-170x120.jpg)
The resounding success of both Dracula (1931) and Frankenstein (1931) was a natural catalyst to encourage Junior Laemmle to invoke another prime time monster. […]
![Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (Universal 1943)](https://www.classic-monsters.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Frankenstein-Meets-the-Wolf-Man_01-170x120.jpg)
Sounding more like comic-book japes than a serious classic monster film, Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man is surprisingly good. Anecdotal evidence from screenwriter Curt […]
![The Wolf Man (Universal 1941)](https://www.classic-monsters.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Wolf-Man-The_main2-170x120.jpg)
by Nige Burton To celebrate the tenth anniversary of the true beginning of the horror film, Universal commissioned a new monster. Desperate to find […]
![The Return of the Vampire (Columbia 1944)](https://www.classic-monsters.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Return-of-the-Vampire-The_03-main-170x120.jpg)
More Victoria Wood than victorious vampire flick, The Return of the Vampire was also the return of Bela Lugosi. The ageing star had long […]
![Son of Dracula (Universal 1943)](https://www.classic-monsters.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Son-of-Dracula-18_main-170x120.jpg)
Universal had been keen to make sequels featuring almost all of their classic monsters. Frankenstein’s Monster, the Mummy and the Wolf Man had all […]
![The Man Who Laughs (Universal 1928)](https://www.classic-monsters.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Man-Who-Laughs-The_01-170x120.jpg)
Universal had enjoyed huge success with The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) and The Phantom of the Opera (1925), both starring Lon Chaney, and […]