Long before the MCU and the DCEU, Universal’s Wolf Man helped create the original shared cinematic universe.
But dont forget that it was Universal Pictures who were responsible for the first shared cinematic universe.
And it really all goes back to one monster in particular: Lon Chaney Jr.s eternally cursed Wolf Man.
And with those eventual follow-ups and sequels, there came a new key in of monster movie.
But the monsters as always proved impossible to stay dead.
In fact, soon their forces would merge for unprecedented movie history.
Suddenly, Universal needed to find a way to churn out its decade-long monster stable in a fantastic fashion.
Thus enters again Curt Siodmak.
In essence, Siodmak inadvertently made his creation the lynchpin of cinemas first shared universe.
In short, this is the moment where the Wolf Man became the Agent Coulson of 1940s cinema.
The second half ofFrankenstein Meets the Wolf Manis decidedly less interesting than the first.
If only Zack Snyder could have matched the sheer gonzo joy of this epic brawl.
The same year ofFrankenstein Meets the Wolf Man, the studio also released the overlooked vampire gemSon of Dracula.
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in 1945sHouse of Dracula, then hell have it!
How did they all meet up when they each bought the big silver one inHouse of Frankenstein?
Does it really matter?
Apparently not to screenwriter Edward T. Lowe Jr.!
House of Draculafollowed up on the previous House party by more or less ignoring it.
Talbot even discovers the Frankenstein Monster for the mad scientist.
Strangely, the Mummy never showed up in these pictures, nor the Invisible Man.
Around the time that WWII ended, so too did the publics appetite for Universals imaginary monsters.
Even the Invisible Man got the 48 equivalent to a post-credits stinger in it too.
