Thursday, October 31, 2013

Movie Poster Art: The Classic 'Universal Monsters' Movies

Universal Monsters or Universal Horror, was the name given to a series of horror, suspense and science fiction films made by Universal Studios from 1923 to 1960.

Universal's earliest success in the genre was 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame' in 1923 starring Lon Chaney as Quasimodo. Off the back of the success of this movie, Universal continued with such movies as 'The Phantom of the Opera', 'Dracula', 'Frankenstein', 'The Mummy', 'The Invisible Man', 'The Bride of Frankenstein', 'The Wolf Man', and 'Creature from the Black Lagoon', starring legendary actors from the era Lon Chaney, Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney, Jr and more.

Check out the original posters from some of the classic 'Universal Monster' movies below.

The Hunchback Of Notre Dame (1923)


The Phantom Of The Opera (1925)

Dracula (1931)

Frankenstein (1931)

The Mummy (1932)

 

The Invisible Man (1933)

The Bride Of Frankenstein (1935)

The Wolf Man (1941)

Creature From The Black Lagoon (1954)

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