DISCOVER--the classic Universal monster movies
Wiser and more well-informed heads than mine may disagree, but I feel it's safe to say that horror films as mainstream popular entertainment (i.e. fun) pretty much began with the Universal versions of Frankenstein and Dracula respectively, making stars of Boris Karloff (alias Bill Pratt) and Bela Lugosi overnight. Amazingly, it was four years before the sequel to Frankenstein, but when Bride of Frankenstein picked up from where the first film left off, the makers were already having fun with their gallery of characters and playing for nervous laughs long before Abbott and Costello got in on the act. By the time all the various things that go bump in the night were bumping into each other on dark and stormy overcrowded evenings for capers like Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman, House of Frankenstein, and House of Dracula, it was only a few short steps to Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine, You'll Die Laughing bubble gum cards, Paul Naschy films, and The Munsters. Which was fine by me. This list is in chronological order.
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