Every Universal Monster Movie (& Which Were Canceled)
After a rough start with the Dark Universe, Universal is finally reviving its classic monsters. Here a look at every and canceled film.
Universal Monsters is a franchise from Universal Studios that began in 1923 with The Hunchback of Notre Dame. While many characters are based on novels released prior to the films, actors such as Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney, and Claude Rains helped the classic monsters become instantly recognizable. Movies like Dracula, Frankenstein, The Mummy, The Invisible Man, and The Wolf Man may be some of the most critically acclaimed films in the franchise, but Universal has kept the characters popular in recent years through films such as Renfield in 2023 and Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Bride!.
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Universal Monsters
- Movie(s)
- Phantom of the Opera (1943), Dracula, Frankenstein, The Mummy (1932), The Invisible Man (1933), The Bride of Frankenstein (1935), The Wolfman, Creature from the Black Lagoon, The Mummy, The Mummy Returns, Van Helsing, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008), The Wolfman, Dracula Untold, The Mummy, The Invisible Man (2020), Renfield, The Last Voyage of The Demeter, Lisa Frankenstein, Abigail, Wolf Man, The Bride!
- First Film
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- Cast
- Béla Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney, Lon Chaney Jr., Claude Rains, Ricou Browning, Ben Chapman, Elsa Lanchester, Dwight Frye, Colin Clive
- Character(s)
- Erique Claudin, Dracula, Frankenstein, Dr. Henry Frankenstein, The Mummy (Imhotep), The Invisible Man (Dr. Jack Griffin), The Bride of Frankenstein, The Wolf Man (Lawrence Talbot), The Gill-Man, R.M. Renfield, Dr. Abraham Van Helsing
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