The Universal Classic Monsters films of the ‘30s, ‘40s, and ‘50s brought legendary literary characters such as Frankenstein, Dracula, The Invisible Man, and the Phantom of the Opera to the big screen, and introduced figures like The Wolf Man, The Mummy, and the Creature From The Black Lagoon. Long before the Dark Universe hilariously failed to launch a connected monster franchise in the vein of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Universal Pictures defined the next century of iconic movie monsters with their classic films.
