Universal Horror Archive

  • The second sequel to Frankenstein marks the series’ lengthy descent into the mediocrity (even Boris Karloff’s makeup isn’t as good!) that would eventually force the Monster to do battle with...

    Son of Frankenstein (1939)

    The second sequel to Frankenstein marks the series’ lengthy descent into the mediocrity (even Boris Karloff’s makeup isn’t as good!) that would eventually force the Monster to do battle with…

  • Like for so many of us, Henry Frankenstein’s college years were a time of turmoil and self-discovery. He was way too advanced to stay in school and wanted the university...

    Frankenstein (1931)

    Like for so many of us, Henry Frankenstein’s college years were a time of turmoil and self-discovery. He was way too advanced to stay in school and wanted the university…

  • Were this any other horror movie where the characters stood around and unconvincingly spewed forth lines and plot points while periodically swiping haplessly at oversized rubber bats suspended on wires...

    Dracula (1931)

    Were this any other horror movie where the characters stood around and unconvincingly spewed forth lines and plot points while periodically swiping haplessly at oversized rubber bats suspended on wires…

  • This is the third and final movie in the Creature series of films that populated the mid 1950s. This one came out in 1956, Revenge Of The Creature came out...

    The Creature Walks Among Us (1956)

    This is the third and final movie in the Creature series of films that populated the mid 1950s. This one came out in 1956, Revenge Of The Creature came out…

  • One year after his first butt kicking, the Creature returned to the big screen in 1955 in Universal’s first sequel to Creature From The Black Lagoon. The Creature tries hard...

    Revenge Of The Creature (1955)

    One year after his first butt kicking, the Creature returned to the big screen in 1955 in Universal’s first sequel to Creature From The Black Lagoon. The Creature tries hard…

  • The Creature is the most famous “biped from the deep” and if he didn’t invent the genre, then he certainly defined it. Creature from the Black Lagoon was so popular...

    Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)

    The Creature is the most famous “biped from the deep” and if he didn’t invent the genre, then he certainly defined it. Creature from the Black Lagoon was so popular…

  • Back in the mid 1940s, the only thing required to find fame in the movies was nothing more than some horribly disfiguring disease.  How else to explain Rondo Hatton’s brief...

    The Brute Man (1946)

    Back in the mid 1940s, the only thing required to find fame in the movies was nothing more than some horribly disfiguring disease.  How else to explain Rondo Hatton’s brief…

  • Widely considered as superior to its predecessor, The Bride of Frankenstein is one of those movies that is probably as great as many will tell you and is not nearly...

    The Bride Of Frankenstein (1935)

    Widely considered as superior to its predecessor, The Bride of Frankenstein is one of those movies that is probably as great as many will tell you and is not nearly…

  • The least believable thing in this movie is that Scotland Yard would ever hire Abbott and Costello to be bobbies in some kind of pilot program testing out how well...

    Abbott & Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde (1953)

    The least believable thing in this movie is that Scotland Yard would ever hire Abbott and Costello to be bobbies in some kind of pilot program testing out how well…

  • By 1955 Abbott and Costello had met just about every monster Universal had to offer. The only one that had escaped their withering satire was the Mummy. Of course by...

    Abbott & Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)

    By 1955 Abbott and Costello had met just about every monster Universal had to offer. The only one that had escaped their withering satire was the Mummy. Of course by…