Favorite UNIVERSAL classic horror film.

[Svengoolie 3]

Dracula's daughter became a big hit in later years,  i'm surprised they haven't  done a remake. Hell, in today's world it could be a hit. A strong woman lead victimized by a male (dracula)  who tries to escape the curse he put on her, only to be undermined and betrayed by another man (her creepy butler) then decides to find a companion for herself.

Maybe a different ending, she actually comesto love the guy she sets her sights on, the creepy butler betrays her,  badly injures her,  tries to kill the guy she wanted,  he offs creepy then drac's daughter tells him to leave her to the sun because she loves him too much now to do that to him. He embraces her and tells her he wants to be with her.

Done right it could work. I mean classic literature of full of immortal beings giving up their immortality for mortal love, why can't a mortal give up mortality for immortal love?

Can't believe I just typed that, i'm in a weird part of my cycle now...

It happened in SON OF DRACULA (1942).

Didn't the guy end up burning his vampire lover in that one?

Man,  I gotta give that lady credit tho, she put one over on Dracula himself, now how many people do that?

[RCMerchant]

Oh yeah- they did a follow-up double bill.Also in 1938-

[RCMerchant]

I have been a fan of what was once called the "Universal Monster Cycle" my whole life.  I like them all even when they get ham handed...
but BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN is the best of them all.  I have high regard for THE INVISIBLE MAN (except the shoe-prints in the snow) but secretly love THE OLD DARK HOUSE the best...

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The OLD DARK HOUSE is very underated. James Whale at his best! And what a cast!
Ernest Thesiger steals the whole movie! Over Laughton and Karloff!

[Ticonderoga 64]

Even with all the classics of the UNIVERSAL era, the film that does it for me is FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE WOLF MAN(!943)

Yes, it's down the rung on the Frankenstein series list, however, it features the first clash between two well-known monster characters in the form of the Monster and the Wolf Man. It's a nice sequel to both GHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN(1942) and THE WOLF MAN(1941) and does a pretty decent job of incorporating the storylines if both of those previous films into this(with the exception of Bela Lugosi's Monster now rendered mute instead of having full dialogue as was originally intended.)

Lon Chaney, Jr. gets a chance to shine in his signature role as Larry Talbot and the cast is made up of the Universal reliables of the 1940's back lot: Patric Knowles, Lionel Atwill, Ilona Massey, Dennis Hoey(taking a break from the Sherlock Holmes series), Dwight Frye and Maria Ouspenskaya reprising her role as Maleva from THE WOLF MAN.

The climax is well-worth waiting for as both Monster and Wolf Man get their licks in before the exploding dam sweeps them both to their doom(til the following year's HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN(1944). The opening of the film is still one of the most effective grave-robbing scenes ever in horror films.

Loved it as a kid, still love it today!

[RCMerchant]

^ FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE WOLF MAN is the very first horror movie I ever seen.
Back in 1967. 

[Ticonderoga 64]

Honorable mentions:

SON OF FRANKENSTEIN(1939)
THE MUMMY'S TOMB(1942)
SON OF DRACULA(1943)
THE MAD GHOUL(1943)

[Svengoolie 3]

I kinda liked "the invisible ray" with Boris karloff. (Yes RC I know you hate  that he killed bela in it, sorry.)

[Allhallowsday]

BORIS also kills BELA in THE BODY SNATCHER.  Of course, they had killed each other earlier, each in different films gits it good... THE BLACK CAT (1934) and THE RAVEN(1935). 

[RCMerchant]

I kinda liked "the invisible ray" with Boris karloff. (Yes RC I know you hate  that he killed bela in it, sorry.)

Not really. Bela peels all the skin from Karloff in the RAVEN-so there ya go.

[Allhallowsday]

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[RCMerchant]

BTW, anyone here got any love  for hammer's "She"?

What's that got to do with Universal Monsters?

[RCMerchant]

And to answer your question- yeah- I seen 3 versions of SHE. An old silent version, the RKO version, and this one. They all put me to sleep.

[Svengoolie 3]

I thought she could have been a good universal movie.

[RCMerchant]

I thought she could have been a good universal movie.

There's no monsters. There's no humor. And where would Bela or Boris or Lon fit in? It's not Universal 'stuff'.
The reason DRACULA'S DAUGHTER sank is because it didn't have Lugosi (which pre-production ads and photos show), and they didn't have a star. SHE (1939), by KING KONG's creators, sunk as well. SHE (1925) was the best that I saw, but I still fell asleep.
Hammer's SHE was just a showcase for Hammer starlets.
And I never really got into Haggard. Tarzan nonsense.

[Svengoolie 3]

I thought she could have been a good universal movie.

There's no monsters. There's no humor. And where would Bela or Boris or Lon fit in? It's not Universal 'stuff'.
The reason DRACULA'S DAUGHTER sank is because it didn't have Lugosi (which pre-production ads and photos show), and they didn't have a star. SHE (1939), by KING KONG's creators, sunk as well. SHE (1925) was the best that I saw, but I still fell asleep.
Hammer's SHE was just a showcase for Hammer starlets.
And I never really got into Haggard. Tarzan nonsense.

The main character in She was a monster, RC. Look at the scene where she had all those slaves thrown into a volcano. The way she had her romantic rovel loaded into lava. She was a monster, just one with a nice face.