Universal Monsters

House on Bare Mountain – the softcore flick that reunited the Universal monsters

By Sean McGeady

60 years since its release, this strange quasi-monster flick is a reminder of cinema before the IP wars began in earnest.

How The Mummy set the tone for the modern horror blockbuster

By Danilo Castro

Stephen Sommers’ 1999 film offers the perfect blend of scares, thrills and high camp.

Monsters Assemble? The Marvelisation of Universal Horror

By Martyn Conterio

With Universal building its own shared universe, we look at how Dracula and co can compete with the Marvel machine.

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