Universal Classic Monsters
Horror and science fiction films made by Universal Studios (1930s–1950s) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Universal Classic Monsters (also known as Universal Monsters and Universal Studios Monsters) is a media franchise based on a series of horror films primarily produced by Universal Pictures from the 1930s to the 1950s.
While the early films such as Dracula (1931) was created as a stand-alone film based on a known novel, its success led Frankenstein which was made with plans to have characters form the film potentially reappear in sequels. Universal would create more horror film characters such as The Wolf Man in the next two decades and would make their first transmedia property in the 1940s and 1950s with the films Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943), House of Frankenstein (1944) and Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein which united several characters together.
Following screenings of the films on television in the 1950s, several house hold products and toys were made based on the Universal Characters likeness since the 1960s. Louis Feola was tasked in the early 1990s by Universal to make series of Universal films "look like a line".[1] Between 1991 and 1995 Universal released home video VHS editions of many of its horror films, which was the first time the the characters were packed together as the "Classic Monster" line with a newly designed logo. Following the home video release, This led to the release of Stephen Sommers' The Mummy (1999) and a films featuring various monster characters with Van Helsing (2004).
Steve Jones of USA Today described Universal's most famous monsters as "pop culture icons", specifically Dracula, Frankenstein, the Mummy, and the Wolf Man.[2]