The Wolf Man Has Replaced Frankenstein as My Favorite Universal Horror Film
And I'm not sure what that says about me.I still have the highest respect for Frankenstein intellectually. It's a tremendous achievement for its time, and a great commentary on the human condition;...
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Greetings,I am with History Guy.Frankenstein is like a first love, a favorite teacher, or a first satisfying beer. That movie showed many of us the ropes in this genre, and remains definitive on many...
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I always think that Whale's movies are vastly superior to anything made by Universal in the genre. It doesn't mean that I don't like, for instance, THE WOLF MAN or FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE WOLF MAN -...
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My most viewed are DRACULA, FRANKENSTEIN, BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN, THE WOLF MAN, FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE WOLF MAN, and ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN. Overall most viewed: DRACULA, by far.
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Having thought about it, I appreciate FRANKENSTEIN more than I like it. As a child I preferred it to TWM because I sympathised with the poor-picked on Creature, as kids often do, and I felt that I...
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Wow, well thought out post and thread discussion.I enjoy THE WOLF MAN...I love many of the 40's Universals, but they never...EVER...compare with the 30's output. My favorites are THE BLACK CAT...
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I'm with you there, BL. The Second Decaders are fun; but as Movies, they aren't a patch on the '30's batch. I think Telegonus touched on this at one point: the first ones were shooting for an entirely...
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The Uni films I tend to keep coming back to are: Son of Frankenstein; Bride of Frankenstein; Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man; The Wolf Man and Werewolf of London. In recent years the latter film has...
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I consider Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein, The Invisible Man and The Mummy to be the Big Four. Beyond that, I like Werewolf of London, The Black Cat and Dracula's Daughter as a second tier,...
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I nominate Carlos Villarias as Worst male Performance in a Universal Horror Film and Acquanetta in whatever she happens to be in as Worst Female Performance. But this is kinda off-topic so never mind!...
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THE WOLF MAN is a more polished and evenly paced film, so it ages better for most people. That's my best bud's fave horror movie and I can see why. He's keen as hell on all those big studio 40s films,...
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Great post. THE WOLF MAN is special. It, along with THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON, showed that Universal was equally good at creating their own monsters instead of just ripping them from the...
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Yep. But he does give 110% in that one!
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Uncle Bingo wrote: That Larry Talbot really is a good guy under all that fur!In my own mind, I always thought that's why he never quite managed to harm Costello in A&CMF.
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Wich2 wrote: Yep. But he does give 110% in that one!I just saw Spider Baby myself, and yes - yes, he does.
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well 2cnts worth, while Frankenstein is a great film classic, if I HAD to pick one, it wold be the W.M. also...Cheney's performance is sterling, as a ,man who descends into a world he never believe...
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If I knew in advance that I was going to be spending a prolonged period on a desert isle and could take only one Universal film with me, I'd have one heck of a hard decision to make. I think BRIDE OF...
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Here's my top ten order (and I see that the fun factor wins out more than anything for my desert island UNIs) : Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein Bride of Frankenstein Frankenstein Meets The Wolf...
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The first Frankenstein will always be the crown jewel for me. It was the first Universal Monster film I ever saw and helped make me into the big Monster fanatic that I am. Most people feel Bride is...
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If I could only have one Universal film with me on a desert island it would have to be ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN. Here you get not just Frankenstein's Monster but Lugosi as Dracula and...
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No replacing necessary for me. The Wolf Man will always be my all-time fave from Universal. Can't really explain why, I just know it just pushes all the right buttons.
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