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These two films enter the Public Domain in the United States in about 7 months. Are you all excited for it?

Also, what will you do with them if you plan anything?

u/Classicsarecool — 1 day ago

I'm stiff baffled by the Diamond Select Lucy and Van Helsing figures

Sometime in the mid 2010s, Diamond Select was putting out some really awesome and accurate Universal Monster figures.

Then they put out these two, Action Hero Van Helsing and Vampire turned monster hunter Lucy, which matched absolutely nothing. No movies, no game, no comic... and oddly enough with a Van helsing that strongly resembled Ron Pearlman.

(none of these pictures are mine. I've borrowed them from various places online)

u/Oddball-CSM — 1 day ago

My handmade Classic Monsters bust collection 👻

I’ve been slowly building this handmade Universal Monsters and Classic Monsters collection over the past few years and wanted to finally share them together 😊

All of the busts were sculpted, resin printed, painted and finished by me.

The Creature from the Black Lagoon has always been one of my favorites, but honestly I love all the classic Universal Monsters equally 👻

u/HopefulAnything5199 — 2 days ago

Is it just me or lately Blumhouse has been doing poorly with the Universal Monsters ?

I haven't seen The Invisible Man 2020 but I know Wolfman & Lee Cronin's the Mummy wasn't great. Lee Cronin's the mummy felt like a Mummy movie in name only. It had nothing to do with Egyptian lore or anything for Mummifcation. Wolf man concept of a werewolf virus is interesting in theory but they don't look like werewolves. Now there's in talks of a Creature from the Black Lagoon remake with James Wan how do you feel about that ?

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u/Long-Illustrator-102 — 2 days ago

Tea breaks with Boris Karloff during the making of Frankenstein (1931). Hard to look terrifying when you’re holding a cup of tea, but he manages it somehow.

u/TwIzTiDfReAkShOw — 2 days ago
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Monsters Unchained - Quasimodo

We finally got a lights on recording of Monsters Unchained and now we have better images of the Quasimodo statue at the beginning of the ride!

u/That-Red-DeVito — 3 days ago

What’s the worst one?

We all love the classic movies, but let’s not sit here and pretend they’re all as great as Bride of Frankenstein. I’m curious to see the bottom of your lists!

For me, it’s either She-Wolf or London or Abbott & Costello Meet the Mummy, they’re both pretty unwatchable.

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u/Deadstone16 — 4 days ago

Mysterious Wolfman Cane at FanFest Nights

I was fortunate to be able to attend Fan Fest at Universal Studios Hollywood on several different evenings during the recent run of the event, and of course I spent the majority of my time in Little Europe in the Scooby-Doo x Universal monsters experience.

It was such an amazing experience as a fan of both things, and Universal did a wonderful job with the decor and atmosphere. That brings me to my question – there was an antique shop set up in some of the windows that was clearly a reference to the Wolfman. In one of these windows was a cane that looks like the one from the movie and it was in its own fancy plexiglass case. These were already items that were behind a window with no access to the public, so it seemed a bit overkill to have it in its own case inside.

There is a lot on the Internet about various replicas that have been created at different times as well as the original vulcanized rubber headed stunt cane that is apparently in a private collection. I’m just so curious about this one that deserved its own special case on the Universal backlot.

Other info: no park workers there knew anything about it, but did think the separate case was notable and were curious as well.

u/WhatWouldScoobyDoo2 — 4 days ago

How do I watch in order

Hello, I'm new to the Universal Monsters franchise (idk of franchise is the right word), and I've been trying to watch in release order, but I don't exactly know what is and isn't considered a universal monsters film, so far I've only seen 1913's Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, but I've had trouble finding a timeline/watchlist, I've seen ones with the 2025 Frankenstein movie, I've seen one with the man who laughs, I've even seen ones with GI joe movies for some reason, ive also seen some with the term dark universe on them and I have no idea what that is. Is there any definitive watchlist to this?

TLDR: What is the correct order to watch these films?

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u/Neat-Savings-3883 — 4 days ago