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{{Infobox media franchise
| title           = Universal Classic Monsters
| image           = Universal_Classic_Monsters_logo.jpg 
| alt             = 
| caption         = Official franchise logo
| creator         = 
| origin          = ''[[Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1913 film)|Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]]'' (1913)
| owner           = [[Universal Pictures]]
| years           = 1913–present
| based_on        = 
| books           = 
| novels          = [[#Literature|See details]]
| comics          = [[#Comics|See details]]
| shorts          = [[#Short films|See details]]
| films           = [[#Films|See details]]
| tv_series       = [[#Television|See details]] 
| attractions     = [[#Theme park attractions|See details]]
| italic_title    = no
}}

The '''Universal Monsters''' (also known as '''Universal Classic Monsters''' and '''Universal Studios Monsters''') is a [[media franchise]] comprising various [[horror film]] series distributed by [[Universal Pictures]]. It consists of different horror creature characters originating from various novels, such as [[Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (character)|Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde]], [[Erik (The Phantom of the Opera)|the Phantom of the Opera]], [[Count Dracula]], [[Frankenstein's monster]], [[Imhotep (The Mummy)|the Mummy]], and [[Griffin (The Invisible Man)|the Invisible Man]], as well as original characters [[Larry Talbot|the Wolf Man]] and the [[Gill-man|Creature from the Black Lagoon]].

The original series began with ''[[Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1913 film)|Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]]'' (1913) and ended with ''[[The Creature Walks Among Us]]'' (1956). While the early installments were initially created as stand-alone films based on published novels, their financial and critical success resulted in various cross-over releases between the monsters, as well as other properties such as [[Abbott and Costello]]. Following the positive response to various viewings of these films via television redistribution which began airing in the 1950s, the studio began developing the characters for other media. In the 1990s, it became priority for Universal to promote their catalogue with official packaging that presented films with the official franchise title. Through a number of [[VHS]] editions, their popularity continued into contemporary entertainment. This included additional development through modern-filmmaking adaptations, beginning with ''[[Dracula (1979 film)|Dracula]]'' (1979) and most recently ''[[Wolf Man (2025 film)|Wolf Man]]'' (2025). 

Modern analyses describe the titular characters as "[[Popular culture|pop culture]] icons",{{sfn|Jones|2012}} while the franchise as a whole is often cited as the prototypical example of the [[shared universe]] concept in film.<ref>{{cite book|title=Horror Franchise Cinema|editor-last1=McKenna|editor-first1=Mark|editor-last2=Proctor|editor-first2=William|chapter=Building Imaginary Horror Worlds: Transfictional storytelling and the Universal Monster franchise cycle|last=Proctor|first=William|isbn=978-0367183271|publisher=Routledge|year=2021|page=44-45}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Routledge Companion of Narrative Theory|editor-last1=Herman|editor-first1=David|editor-last2=Jahn|editor-first2=Manfred|editor-last3=Ryan|editor-first3=Marie-Laure|pages=612–613|publisher=Routledge|chapter=Transfictionality|year=2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Horror Franchise Cinema|editor-last1=McKenna|editor-first1=Mark|editor-last2=Proctor|editor-first2=William|chapter=Building Imaginary Horror Worlds: Transfictional storytelling and the Universal Monster franchise cycle|last=Proctor|first=William|isbn=978-0367183271|publisher=Routledge|year=2021|pages=42}}</ref> In addition to the films, the franchise has expanded to include novels, comics, and theme park rides.

== History ==
Universal's early horror films were adaptations of work from familiar authors and texts to give their films a prestige appeal. These included ''[[Dracula (1931 English-language film)|Dracula]]'' (1931), whose success led to the production of other works such as ''[[Frankenstein (1931 film)|Frankenstein]]'' (1931).{{sfn|Mank|1981|p=13}}{{sfn|De Bruin-Molé|2022|p=5}} ''Frankenstein''{{'}}s ending was changed by studio head [[Carl Laemmle Jr.]], who wanted Universal to be able deploy key characters from the film into subsequent Universal productions.{{sfn|De Bruin-Molé|2022|p=5}} Following the release of other Universal films such as ''[[The Mummy (1932 film)|The Mummy]]'' (1932), ''[[The Invisible Man (1933 film)|The Invisible Man]]'' (1933) and ''[[Bride of Frankenstein]]'' (1935), there was a dry spell of horror films.{{sfn|Weaver|Brunas|Brunas|2007|p=63}}{{sfn|Weaver|Brunas|Brunas|2007|p=120}}{{sfn|Chibnall|Petley|2002|p=59}}{{sfn|Worland|2007|p=68}} Universal only returned to the style following a successful theatrical re-release of ''Dracula'' and ''Frankenstein''. The renewed interest in horror films led to new works, starting with ''[[Son of Frankenstein]]'' (1939).{{sfn|Weaver|Brunas|Brunas|2007|p=63}}{{sfn|Weaver|Brunas|Brunas|2007|p=120}}{{sfn|Chibnall|Petley|2002|p=59}}
 
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Universal would only introduce a few new monsters in the 1940s, with the most famous being [[Lon Chaney Jr.]] as [[Larry Talbot|The Wolf Man]] in ''[[The Wolf Man (1941 film)|The Wolf Man]]'' (1941).{{sfn|De Bruin-Molé|2022|p=8}} The decade had Universal's horror output include many remakes and sequels, with films often directly reusing old sets, footage, and narratives to replicate moments in their earlier horror productions.{{sfn|De Bruin-Molé|2022|p=12}}

Universal's first transmedia properties appeared in the 1940s and the 1950s with the films ''[[Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man]]'' (1943), ''[[House of Frankenstein (film)|House of Frankenstein]]'' (1944), ''[[House of Dracula]]'' (1945) and ''[[Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein]]'' (1948).{{sfn|De Bruin-Molé|2022|p=3}} In these films, the monsters from the studio's earlier films "team up" against various characters. Author Megan De Bruin-Molé suggested that the Universal Classic Monsters films exist as a loose [[Wiktionary:mashup|mash-up]], which allowed for ''Dracula'' to exist and be watched separately from ''Frankenstein'' but allowed their characters to be systemically and consistently brought together and developed in other films and media.{{sfn|De Bruin-Molé|2022|p=6}} These productions made were often crossovers and sequels, such as ''Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man'', ''House of Frankenstein'', ''House of Dracula'' and several occurrences in comedy films of [[Abbott and Costello]] meeting the monsters. These meetings started with ''Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein'' and ended with ''[[Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy]]'' (1955).{{sfn|De Bruin-Molé|2022|p=6}}{{sfn|De Bruin-Molé|2022|p=9}} De Bruin-Molé wrote that this approach from Universal was for commercial marketing terms, as it would establish the company as the "real" home of horror. Their films contained a world where potentially all monsters may dwell.{{sfn|De Bruin-Molé|2022|p=11}} The sole new monster films that Universal produced in the 1950s were the ''[[Creature from the Black Lagoon]]'' (1954) and ''[[The Mummy (1959 film)|The Mummy]]'' (1959), the latter as a co-production with the British [[Hammer Film Productions]].{{sfn|De Bruin-Molé|2022|p=13}}

Towards the 1960s, the Universal monsters grew beyond film and became more consistently [[Transmediality|transmedial]]. Initially, this began in 1957 when Universal struck a ten-year television deal with [[Screen Gems]] to distribute 52 of their own titles.{{sfn|De Bruin-Molé|2022|p=13}} These television screenings and the films being included on Mel Jass' ''Mel's Matinee Movie'' (1958-1979) would also prove to be popular. [[Stephen Sommers]], director of ''[[The Mummy (1999 film)|The Mummy]]'' (1999), stated that his introduction to the series was on Jass's program.{{sfn|De Bruin-Molé|2022|p=14}} Universal became part of the [[Music Corporation of America]] (MCA) in 1962. By 1964, Universal Studios tours would eventually include appearances from Frankenstein's monster.{{sfn|De Bruin-Molé|2022|pp=14-15}} Several products based on the characters from Universal's film series were released, ranging from [[plastic model kit]]s, Halloween masks, figures, plush dolls, toys, drinking glasses, coloring books and postage stamps. While some of these objects bear similarity to the actors who portray them, others are more generic interpretations.{{sfn|Rue Morgue|2015|p=110|ref=UM-RM}} Other mediums featured the Universal monsters in tandem, such as [[Bobby Pickett|Bobby "Boris" Pickett]]'s 1962 popular song "[[Monster Mash]]" and the television series ''[[The Munsters]]'' (1964) which was based on the likeness of the Universal characters.{{sfn|De Bruin-Molé|2022|pp=14-15}}

In 1990, Universal was part of a merger between Matsushita, now known as [[Panasonic]], and several other corporations. Between 1991 and 1994, Universal released [[VHS]] home video editions from their catalogue of horror films. This was the first time these films were packed together as the "Classic Monster" line, accompanied with a newly designed logo.{{sfn|De Bruin-Molé|2022|pp=14-15}} Prior to this home video series, the Universal films that featured multiple monsters were called "Super-Shocker[s]" or "monster rallies".{{sfn|De Bruin-Molé|2022|p=4}} Louis Feol, the head of Worldwide Home Video for [[Universal Pictures|Universal Studios]], said that the most important thing was the packaging of their sales. He added that it was "probably our single biggest priority and has been for a number of years", and that it was key to make the series of films "look like a line".{{sfn|McCullaugh|1992|p=63}}{{sfn|Bessman|1999}} In a 1999 interview, Feol stated that creating the series was to "reinvigorate and re-market" the Universal catalog, specifically with their series of ''[[Dracula (Universal film series)|Dracula]]'', ''[[Frankenstein (Universal film series)|Frankenstein]]'', ''[[The Invisible Man (film series)|The Invisible Man]]'', ''[[The Phantom of the Opera (1925 film)|The Phantom of the Opera]]'', ''[[The Wolf Man (franchise)|The Wolf Man]]'', and ''[[The Mummy (franchise)|The Mummy]]''.{{sfn|Bessman|1999}}

The 1990s also saw a trend in the merchandising of Universal Monsters material as part of a trend for the decade of recycling and reinventing old material from the past.{{sfn|De Bruin-Molé|2022|pp=14-15}} This led to the release of Stephen Sommer's ''The Mummy'' (1999) and a "monster rally"-styled film with ''[[Van Helsing (film)|Van Helsing]]'' (2004).{{sfn|De Bruin-Molé|2022|pp=15-16}} Merchandizing of the characters in formats such as clothing and board games has continued into the 21st century.<ref>{{cite web|date=August 19, 2020|title=Unique Vintage Launches Universal Monsters Collection|url=https://www.licenseglobal.com/apparel/unique-vintage-launches-universal-monsters-collection|publisher=Licesnse Global}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Kondrad|first=Jeremy|date=July 10, 2019|title=Universal Monsters Ravensburger Game Horrified Coming August 1st|url=https://bleedingcool.com/games/universal-monsters-ravensburger-horrified/|publisher=[[Bleeding Cool]]|accessdate=July 18, 2021}}</ref> The franchise is featured in the Dark Universe portion of [[Universal Orlando]] theme park, [[Universal Epic Universe]], which opened on May 22, 2025.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Stella |first1=Alicia |title=Everything We Know About Epic Universe - Universal Monsters|date=26 December 2022 |url=https://orlandoparkstop.com/news/theme-park-news/everything-we-know-about-epic-universe-universal-monsters/|publisher=Theme Park Stop}}</ref>

==Films==
=== Classic era (1913–1956) ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" width:99%;" style="text-align:center;"
! style="width:18%;" | Film
! U.S. release date
! Director
! Screenwriter(s)
! Story by
! Producer(s)
! Ref(s)
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| ''[[Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1913 film)|Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]]''
| style="text-align:center;" | {{Start date|1913|03|06}}{{notinsource|date=January 2025}}
| colspan="3"| [[Herbert Brenon]]{{notinsource|date=January 2025}}
| rowspan="3"| [[Carl Laemmle]]<ref name="JekyllHyde_Tome.108">{{cite book|last1=Workman|first1=Christopher|last2=Howarth|first2=Troy|year=2016|title=Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era|publisher=Midnight Marquee Press|page=108|isbn=978-1936168-68-2}}</ref><ref name="Hunchback_AC">{{cite web|url=https://theasc.com/articles/hunchback-of-notre-dame|work=American Cinematographer|title=A Silent Giant: 1923's The Hunchback of Notre Dame|author=Turner, George E.|date=October 22, 2022|accessdate=January 1, 2025}}</ref><ref name="Phantom.1925_AC">{{cite web|url=https://theasc.com/articles/phantom-of-the-opera|work=American Cinematographer|title=The Phantom of the Opera: A Silent-Era Masterpiece|author=MacQueen, Scott|date=October 15, 2023|accessdate=January 1, 2025}}</ref>
| <ref name="UM_MW">{{cite web|url=https://movieweb.com/dark-universe-all-the-canceled-movies-monsters/|work=MovieWeb|title=Dark Universe: All the Canceled Films Planned|author=Fink, Richard & Amanda Minchin|date=February 1, 2024|accessdate=August 14, 2024|quote=Dr. Henry Jekyll of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is considered perhaps one of the first Universal Movie Monsters (though that title technically goes to his alter ego, Edward Hyde) in 1913. At the time, Universal was known as The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated, a name that would soon be shortened to the one moviegoers know and love today.}}{{better source|date=March 2025|reason=Per
[[WP:RSP/VALNET]]}}</ref>{{better source|date=January 2025|reason=Per
[[WP:RSP/VALNET]]}}<ref name="UM_MW2">{{cite web|url=https://movieweb.com/wolf-man-director-wants-to-update-dr-jekyll-mr-hyde/|work=MovieWeb|title=Wolf Man Director Reveals the Universal Monster He'd Love to Update Next|author=Melzer, James|date=October 22, 2024|accessdate=December 18, 2024|quote=Whannell wasn't shy about expressing his desire to tackle Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 novel, which was brought to life by Universal in 1913, and starred King Baggot as the titular doctor with a penchant for self-experimentation.}}{{better source|date=March 2025|reason=Per
[[WP:RSP/VALNET]]}}</ref><ref name="UM_JB">{{cite web|url=https://www.joblo.com/meet-the-original-dark-universe-monsters-717/|work=JoBlo|title=Meet the original Dark Universe monsters!|author=Damaske, Damion|date=August 5, 2021|accessdate=August 14, 2024|quote=DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE was actually produced by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated, before the studio got its name shortened to Universal. Thus, he is really the first Universal monster, making his debut in the 1913 27-minute silent horror film.}}</ref><ref name="First3_IGN">{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2011/10/31/the-phantom-of-the-opera-1925-blu-ray-review|work=IGN|title=The Phantom of the Opera (1925) Blu-ray Review|author=Shaffer, R.L.|date=January 17, 2012|accessdate=January 1, 2025|quote=Admittedly, the 1925 version of ''The Phantom of the Opera'' is an acquired taste. ...doesn't quite reach the intensity of ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame'', Universal's second monster movie, following the short film ''Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde''.}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923 film)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]''
| style="text-align:center;" | {{Start date|1923|09|02}}
| [[Wallace Worsley]]
| colspan="2"| [[Edward T. Lowe Jr.]] & [[Perley Poore Sheehan]]
| <ref name="UM_Collider">{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/classic-universal-monster-movies-rated-rotten-tomatoes/|work=Collider|author=Frasure, Kevin|title=Top 10 Classic Universal Monster Movies as Rated by Rotten Tomatoes|date=June 10, 2022|accessdate=August 14, 2024}}{{better source|date=March 2025|reason=Per
[[WP:RSP/VALNET]]}}</ref><ref name="UM_SR">{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/most-sympathetic-universal-movie-monsters-horror/|work=ScreenRant|title=9 Most Sympathetic Universal Monsters|author=Gass, Zach|date=August 23, 2002|accessdate=December 31, 2024}}{{better source|date=March 2025|reason=Per
[[WP:RSP/VALNET]]}}</ref><ref name="Franchise_UM">{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=595949313082387&set=pb.100080019715347.-2207520000&type=3|work=Universal Monsters - official Facebook|title=You Get 1 Point for Every Movie You Have Seen!|publisher=Universal Pictures|date=January 3, 2025|accessdate=January 7, 2025}}{{notinsource|date=March 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=AFI{{!}}Catalog |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/9854-THE-HUNCHBACKOFNOTREDAME?sid=2e9d29fe-5add-417d-85f1-0d868044f040&sr=0.18897004&cp=1&pos=1 |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Hunchback of Notre Dame |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/36535/the-hunchback-of-notre-dame#overview |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=Turner Classic Movies |language=en}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| ''[[The Phantom of the Opera (1925 film)|The Phantom of the Opera]]''
| style="text-align:center;" | {{Start date|1925|9|6}}
| [[Rupert Julian]]
| colspan="2"| [[Walter Anthony]], [[Elliott J. Clawson]], [[Bernard McConville]], Frank M. McCormack, [[Tom Reed (screenwriter)|Tom Reed]], [[Raymond L. Schrock]], Jasper Spearing & [[Richard Wallace (director)|Richard Wallace]]
| <ref name="UM_Collider" /><ref name="Phantom_BD">{{cite web|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/reviews/3366451/blu-ray-review-almost-100-years-later-phantom-opera-still-perfect/|work=Bloody Disgusting|title=[Blu-ray Review] Almost 100 Years Later and 'The Phantom of the Opera' is Still Perfect|author=Coffel, Chris|date=October 21, 2015|accessdate=December 31, 2024}}</ref><ref name="UM_Collider2">{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/universal-movie-monsters-most-evil-ranked/|work=Collider|title=The 10 Best Classic Universal Monsters, Ranked by Wickedness|author=Boyer, Daniel|date=October 26, 2023|accessdate=January 1, 2025}}{{better source|date=March 2025|reason=Per
[[WP:RSP/VALNET]]}}</ref><ref name="Franchise_UM" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=AFI{{!}}Catalog |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/11345-THE-PHANTOMOFTHEOPERA?sid=6071675f-ee6e-402c-b941-961e69bccf79&sr=0.12731194&cp=1&pos=4 |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Phantom of the Opera |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/86596/the-phantom-of-the-opera#overview |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=Turner Classic Movies |language=en}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| ''[[Dracula (1931 English-language film)|Dracula]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| {{start date|1931|02|14}}
| [[Tod Browning]]
| colspan="2"| [[Garrett Fort]]
| Tod Browning and [[Carl Laemmle Jr.|Carl Laemmle, Jr.]]
| <ref name="UM_Collider" /><ref name="UM.collection_SR">{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/universal-classic-monsters-movies-ranked/|work=ScreenRant|title=Every Official Universal Classic Monsters Movie, Ranked|author=Papadopoulos, Charles|date=January 8, 2024|accessdate=December 31, 2024}}{{better source|date=March 2025|reason=Per
[[WP:RSP/VALNET]]}}</ref><ref name="UM.collection_MW">{{cite web|url=https://movieweb.com/universal-classic-monsters-blu-ray-set-30-films/|work=MovieWeb|title=Universal Classic Monsters Are Coming to Blu-ray in Massive 30-Movie Set|author=Orange, B. Alan|date=August 13, 2018|accessdate=December 31, 2024}}</ref>{{better source|date=January 2025|reason=Per
[[WP:RSP/VALNET]]}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dracula |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/73563/dracula#overview |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=Turner Classic Movies |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=AFI{{!}}Catalog |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/7690-DRACULA?sid=9c634344-23d6-4bd7-bad3-49bfe8ad4c0d&sr=0.33486646&cp=1&pos=0 |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| ''[[Dracula (1931 Spanish-language film)|Drácula]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| {{start date|1931|04|24}}
| [[George Melford]]
| Baltasar Fernández Cué and Garrett Fort
| Garrett Fort
| Carl Laemmle Jr. and [[Paul Kohner]]
| <ref name="UM.collection_MW" /><ref name="UM_Collider" />
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| ''[[Frankenstein (1931 film)|Frankenstein]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| {{start date|1931|11|21}}
| [[James Whale]]
| [[Francis E. Faragoh|Francis Edward Faragoh]] & Garrett Fort
| [[John L. Balderston]]
| rowspan="4"| Carl Laemmle Jr.
| <ref name="UM_Collider" /><ref name="UM.collection_SR" /><ref name="UM.collection_MW" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Frankenstein |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/75587/frankenstein#overview |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=Turner Classic Movies |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=AFI{{!}}Catalog |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/3925-FRANKENSTEIN?sid=e6dc777d-89d0-4c63-864a-acb37f9a722f&sr=0.3676553&cp=1&pos=0 |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| ''[[The Mummy (1932 film)|The Mummy]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| {{start date|1932|12|22}}
| [[Karl Freund]]
| John L. Balderston
| [[Nina Wilcox Putnam]] & [[Richard Schayer]]
| <ref name="UM_DoG" /><ref name="UM.collection_SR" /><ref name="UM.collection_MW" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Mummy |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/84111/the-mummy#overview |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=Turner Classic Movies |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=AFI{{!}}Catalog |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/6319-THE-MUMMY?sid=3bbf51c3-8a4a-4a5c-9e6c-bd1b9e5f1b40&sr=0.11329265&cp=1&pos=1 |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| ''[[The Invisible Man (1933 film)|The Invisible Man]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| {{start date|1933|11|13}}
| rowspan="2" | James Whale
| colspan="2"| [[R. C. Sherriff]]
| <ref name="UM_DoG" /><ref name="UM.collection_SR" /><ref name="UM.collection_MW" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Invisible Man |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/79365/the-invisible-man#overview |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=Turner Classic Movies |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=AFI{{!}}Catalog |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/7721-THE-INVISIBLEMAN?sid=faa46bea-87d3-4bed-868c-7dbc127f463d&sr=0.1220979&cp=1&pos=0 |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| ''[[Bride of Frankenstein]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| {{start date|1935|04|22}}
| [[William James Hurlbut|William Hurlbut]]
| William Hurlbut & John L. Balderston
| <ref name="UM_Collider" /><ref name="UM.collection_SR" /><ref name="UM.collection_MW" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Bride of Frankenstein |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/69663/bride-of-frankenstein#overview |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=Turner Classic Movies |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=AFI{{!}}Catalog |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/5831-BRIDE-OFFRANKENSTEIN?sid=29afba22-e573-4330-a987-f2313605b880&sr=0.145249&cp=1&pos=0 |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| ''[[Werewolf of London]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| {{start date|1935|05|13}}
| [[Stuart Walker (director)|Stuart Walker]]
| [[John Colton (screenwriter)|John Colton]], Robert Harris, [[Harvey Gates]], [[Edmund Pearson]], James Mulhauser & [[Aben Kandel]]
| Robert Harris
| [[Stanley Bergerman]]
| <ref name="UM_DoG" /><ref name="UM.collection_SR" /><ref name="UM.collection_MW" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Werewolf of London |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/95322/werewolf-of-london#overview |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=Turner Classic Movies |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=AFI{{!}}Catalog |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/6491-WEREWOLF-OFLONDON?sid=1be71528-d291-4165-b5b1-39d5705988b6&sr=0.17044723&cp=1&pos=0 |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| ''[[Dracula's Daughter]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| {{start date|1936|05|11}}
| [[Lambert Hillyer]]
| Garrett Fort
| [[David O. Selznick|Oliver Jeffries]]
| E. M. Asher
| <ref name="UM_DoG" /><ref name="UM.collection_SR" /><ref name="UM.collection_MW" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Dracula's Daughter |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/73574/draculas-daughter#overview |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=Turner Classic Movies |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=AFI{{!}}Catalog |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/6644-DRACULAS-DAUGHTER?sid=97fd7603-e442-45ec-b297-1ec2a64b3e9c&sr=0.12702599&cp=1&pos=0 |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| ''[[Son of Frankenstein]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| {{start date|1939|01|13}}
| [[Rowland V. Lee]]
| colspan="2"| [[Wyllis Cooper]]
| Rowland V. Lee
| <ref name="UM.collection_SR" /><ref name="UM.collection_MW" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Son of Frankenstein |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/90804/son-of-frankenstein#overview |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=Turner Classic Movies |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=AFI{{!}}Catalog |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/5071-SON-OFFRANKENSTEIN?sid=53b3d604-812e-4c4d-a31c-b8e59f465f0d&sr=0.12692845&cp=1&pos=0 |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| ''[[The Invisible Man Returns]]''
| style="text-align:center;" | {{Start date|1940|01|12|}}
| [[Joe May]]
| [[Curt Siodmak]] & Lester K. Cole
| Curt Siodmak & Joe May
| Ken Goldsmith
| <ref name="UM_DoG" /><ref name="UM.collection_SR" /><ref name="UM.collection_MW" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Invisible Man Returns |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/79368/the-invisible-man-returns#overview |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=Turner Classic Movies |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=AFI{{!}}Catalog |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/4677-THE-INVISIBLEMANRETURNS?sid=8dca54fd-cd82-4cce-9b05-70dbe65c628f&sr=0.16996631&cp=1&pos=0 |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| ''[[The Mummy's Hand]]''
| style="text-align:center;" | {{Start date|1940|9|20|}}
| [[Christy Cabanne]]
| colspan="2"| Griffin Jay and [[Maxwell Shane]]
| Ben Pivar
| <ref name="UM_DoG" /><ref name="UM.collection_SR" /><ref name="UM.collection_MW" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Mummy's Hand |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/84116/the-mummys-hand#overview |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=Turner Classic Movies |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=AFI{{!}}Catalog |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/8151-THE-MUMMYSHAND?sid=3735f87a-6f21-4a12-8e3f-8d64394d25c7&sr=0.11233749&cp=1&pos=0 |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| ''[[The Invisible Woman (1940 film)|The Invisible Woman]]''
| style="text-align:center;" | {{Start date|1940|12|27|}}
| [[A. Edward Sutherland]]
| [[Robert Lees]], Frederic I. Rinaldo & [[Gertrude Purcell]]
| Curt Siodmak & Joe May
| [[Burt Kelly]]
| <ref name="UM_DoG" /><ref name="UM.collection_SR" /><ref name="UM.collection_MW" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Invisible Woman |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/79377/the-invisible-woman#overview |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=Turner Classic Movies |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=AFI{{!}}Catalog |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/8128-THE-INVISIBLEWOMAN?sid=9c57506a-eef8-4135-b66c-358a283d27f1&sr=0.11687481&cp=1&pos=0 |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| ''[[The Wolf Man (1941 film)|The Wolf Man]]''
| style="text-align:center;" | {{Start date|1941|12|12|}}
| [[George Waggner]]
| colspan="2"| Curt Siodmak
| rowspan="2"| George Waggner
| <ref name="UM_Collider" /><ref name="UM.collection_SR" /><ref name="UM.collection_MW" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Wolf Man |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/96098/the-wolf-man#overview |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=Turner Classic Movies |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=AFI{{!}}Catalog |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/27080-THE-WOLFMAN?sid=b7a18c3f-3bee-4b85-826d-4460b6a88f9a&sr=0.111276776&cp=1&pos=1 |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| ''[[The Ghost of Frankenstein]]''
| style="text-align:center;" | {{Start date|1942|03|06|}}
| [[Erle C. Kenton]]
| [[Scott Darling (screenwriter)|William Scott Darling]]
| [[Eric Taylor (screenwriter)|Eric Taylor]]
| <ref name="UM.collection_SR" /><ref name="UM.collection_MW" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Ghost of Frankenstein |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/76206/the-ghost-of-frankenstein#overview |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=Turner Classic Movies |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=AFI{{!}}Catalog |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/27241-THE-GHOSTOFFRANKENSTEIN?sid=0fe59c40-8996-4515-a243-15d767c308e8&sr=0.13714686&cp=1&pos=0 |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| ''[[Invisible Agent]]''
| style="text-align:center;" | {{Start date|1942|07|31|}}
| [[Edwin L. Marin]]
| colspan="2"| Curt Siodmak
| [[Frank Lloyd]]
| <ref name="UM_DoG" /><ref name="UM.collection_SR" /><ref name="UM.collection_MW" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Invisible Agent |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/79355/the-invisible-agent#overview |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=Turner Classic Movies |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=AFI{{!}}Catalog |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/27280-THE-INVISIBLEAGENT?sid=391cfabf-e95f-4a88-bc14-caab3647a16b&sr=0.14671725&cp=1&pos=0 |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| ''[[The Mummy's Tomb]]''
| style="text-align:center;" | {{Start date|1942|10|23|}}
| [[Harold Young (filmmaker)|Harold Young]]
| Griffin Jay & Henry Sucher
| Neil P. Varnick
| Ben Pivar
| <ref name="UM_DoG" /><ref name="UM.collection_SR" /><ref name="UM.collection_MW" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Mummy's Tomb |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/84118/the-mummys-tomb#overview |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=Turner Classic Movies |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=AFI{{!}}Catalog |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/27362-THE-MUMMYSTOMB?sid=a060db98-b636-4fcd-a45f-aa0ebbe334e8&sr=0.11340132&cp=1&pos=0 |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| ''[[Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man]]''
| style="text-align:center;" | {{Start date|1943|03|05|}}
| [[Roy William Neill]]
| colspan="2"| Curt Siodmak
| rowspan="2"| George Waggner
| <ref name="UM.collection_SR" /><ref name="UM.collection_MW" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/75594/frankenstein-meets-the-wolf-man#overview |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=Turner Classic Movies |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=AFI{{!}}Catalog |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/438-FRANKENSTEIN-MEETSTHEWOLFMAN?sid=b4d7a7e5-1193-4268-b9a7-c2ca4806332d&sr=0.21783105&cp=1&pos=0 |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| ''[[Phantom of the Opera (1943 film)|Phantom of the Opera]]''
| style="text-align:center;" | {{Start date|1943|08|12|}}
| [[Arthur Lubin]]
| [[Samuel Hoffenstein]] & Eric Taylor
| [[Hans Jacoby|John Jacoby]]
| <ref name="UM_Collider" /><ref name="UM.collection_SR" /><ref name="UM.collection_MW" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Phantom of the Opera |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/86597/phantom-of-the-opera#overview |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=Turner Classic Movies |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=AFI{{!}}Catalog |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/613-PHANTOM-OFTHEOPERA?sid=6ce98b90-c811-454f-86f3-fbad602ed9a3&sr=0.1489223&cp=1&pos=1 |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| ''[[Son of Dracula (1943 film)|Son of Dracula]]''
| style="text-align:center;" | {{Start date|1943|11|05|}}
| [[Robert Siodmak]]
| Eric Taylor
| Curt Siodmak
| [[Ford Beebe]] and Donald H. Brown
| <ref name="UM_DoG" /><ref name="UM.collection_SR" /><ref name="UM.collection_MW" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Son of Dracula |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/90801/son-of-dracula#overview |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=Turner Classic Movies |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=AFI{{!}}Catalog |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/681-SON-OFDRACULA?sid=6f7349df-da81-44b0-8929-f40f5c90c8ae&sr=0.14543384&cp=1&pos=0 |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| ''[[The Invisible Man's Revenge]]''
| style="text-align:center;" | {{Start date|1944|06|09|}}
| Ford Beebe
| colspan="2"| [[Bertram Millhauser]]
| Ford Beebe
| <ref name="UM_DoG" /><ref name="UM.collection_SR" /><ref name="UM.collection_MW" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Invisible Man's Revenge |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/79369/the-invisible-mans-revenge#overview |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=Turner Classic Movies |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=AFI{{!}}Catalog |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/860-THE-INVISIBLEMANSREVENGE?sid=c55fe0d7-f026-4e94-a6fb-17af1b2ca1ee&sr=0.15574831&cp=1&pos=0 |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| ''[[The Mummy's Ghost]]''
| style="text-align:center;" | {{Start date|1944|06|30|}}
| [[Reginald LeBorg]]
| Griffin Jay, Henry Sucher & [[Brenda Weisberg]]
| Griffin Jay & Henry Sucher
| Ben Pivar
| <ref name="UM_DoG" /><ref name="UM.collection_SR" /><ref name="UM.collection_MW" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Mummy's Ghost |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/84115/the-mummys-ghost#overview |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=Turner Classic Movies |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=AFI{{!}}Catalog |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/24085-THE-MUMMYSGHOST?sid=a49ce191-26d3-4f7d-b99e-5339d8426028&sr=0.11411822&cp=1&pos=0 |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | ''[[House of Frankenstein (film)|House of Frankenstein]]''
| style="text-align:center;" | {{Start date|1944|12|15|}}
| Erle C. Kenton
| Edward T. Lowe Jr.
| Curt Siodmak
| [[Paul Malvern]]
| <ref name="UM.collection_SR" /><ref name="UM.collection_MW" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=House of Frankenstein |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/78538/house-of-frankenstein#overview |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=Turner Classic Movies |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=AFI{{!}}Catalog |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/24453-HOUSE-OFFRANKENSTEIN?sid=667e4c1e-1313-4958-a8ea-e04a5f37af7f&sr=0.12907432&cp=1&pos=0 |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| ''[[The Mummy's Curse]]''
| style="text-align:center;" | {{Start date|1944|12|22|}}
| [[Leslie Goodwins]]
| [[Bernard Schubert]]
| Leon Abrams & Dwight V. Babcock
| [[Oliver Drake (filmmaker)|Oliver Drake]]
| <ref name="UM_DoG" /><ref name="UM.collection_SR" /><ref name="UM.collection_MW" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=1944-12-21 |title=The Mummy's Curse in 1944 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-enquirer-the-mummys-curs/162178153/ |access-date=2025-01-09 |work=The Cincinnati Enquirer |pages=9}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | ''[[House of Dracula]]''
| style="text-align:center;" | {{Start date|1945|12|07|}}
| Erle C. Kenton
| Edward T. Lowe Jr.
| Dwight V. Babcock & George Bricker
| Paul Malvern
| <ref name="UM.collection_SR" /><ref name="UM.collection_MW" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=House of Dracula |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/78532/house-of-dracula#overview |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=Turner Classic Movies |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=AFI{{!}}Catalog |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/24451-HOUSE-OFDRACULA?sid=e6e6bd05-e2d6-4dc0-8e47-1558cb316d7c&sr=0.15089545&cp=1&pos=0 |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| ''[[She-Wolf of London (film)|She-Wolf of London]]''
| style="text-align:center;" | {{Start date|1946|04|05|}}
| [[Jean Yarbrough]]
| George Bricker
| Dwight V. Babcock
| Ben Pivar
| <ref name="UM_DoG" /><ref name="UM.collection_SR" /><ref name="UM.collection_MW" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=She-Wolf of London |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/89880/she-wolf-of-london#overview |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=Turner Classic Movies |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=AFI{{!}}Catalog |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/24953-SHE-WOLF-OFLONDON?sid=3b20906e-d99f-4d4d-baf5-494cdbb2d30f&sr=0.17388497&cp=1&pos=0 |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| ''[[Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein]]''
| style="text-align:center;" | {{Start date|1948|06|15|}}
| [[Charles Barton (director)|Charles T. Barton]]
| colspan="2"| Robert Lees, Frederic I. Rinaldo & [[John Grant (screenwriter)|John Grant]]
| [[Robert Arthur (film producer)|Robert Arthur]]
| <ref name="UM.collection_SR" /><ref name="UM.collection_MW" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/66686/bud-abbott-and-lou-costello-meet-frankenstein#overview |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=Turner Classic Movies |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=AFI{{!}}Catalog |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/25390-BUD-ABBOTTANDLOUCOSTELLOMEETFRANKENSTEIN?sid=5488ea78-c360-4c16-a616-70b2f247b474&sr=0.20902458&cp=1&pos=0 |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| ''[[Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man]]''
| style="text-align:center;" | {{Start date|1951|04|03|}}
| rowspan="2" | [[Charles Lamont]]
| Robert Lees, Frederic I. Rinaldo & John Grant
| [[Hugh Wedlock Jr.]] & [[Howard Snyder]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Howard Christie]]
| <ref name="UM.collection_SR" /><ref name="UM.collection_MW" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/66687/abbott-and-costello-meet-the-invisible-man#overview |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=Turner Classic Movies |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=AFI{{!}}Catalog |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/50001-ABBOTT-ANDCOSTELLOMEETTHEINVISIBLEMAN?sid=9a6ede34-fb48-4137-9daf-65afb9a02010&sr=0.18964843&cp=1&pos=0 |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| ''[[Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]]''
| style="text-align:center;" | {{Start date|1953|08|12|}}
| [[Lee Loeb]] & John Grant
| [[Sidney Fields]] & Grant Garrett
| <ref name="UM_JB" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/66685/abbott-and-costello-meet-dr-jekyll-and-mr-hyde#overview |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=Turner Classic Movies |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=AFI{{!}}Catalog |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/50734-ABBOTT-ANDCOSTELLOMEETDRJEKYLLANDMRHYDE?sid=38e626b4-a4d5-4114-82e9-d1cd2f946c0a&sr=0.1746514&cp=1&pos=0 |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| ''[[Creature from the Black Lagoon]]''
| style="text-align:center;" | {{Start date|1954|02|12|}}
| rowspan="2" | [[Jack Arnold (director)|Jack Arnold]]
| [[Harry Essex]] & [[Arthur A. Ross|Arthur Ross]]
| [[Maurice Zimm]]
| rowspan="2"| [[William Alland]]
| <ref name="UM_Collider" /><ref name="UM.collection_SR" /><ref name="UM.collection_MW" />
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| ''[[Revenge of the Creature]]''
| style="text-align:center;" | {{Start date|1955|03|29|}}
| [[Martin Berkeley]]
| William Alland
| <ref name="UM_Collider" /><ref name="UM.collection_SR" /><ref name="UM.collection_MW" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Revenge of the Creature |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/88127/revenge-of-the-creature#overview |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=Turner Classic Movies |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=AFI{{!}}Catalog |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/51635-REVENGE-OFTHECREATURE?sid=6c05bc84-79cb-4ae6-ac56-3372579a99dc&sr=0.14990461&cp=1&pos=0 |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| ''[[Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy]]''
| style="text-align:center;" | {{Start date|1955|06|23|}}
| Charles Lamont
| John Grant
| Lee Loeb
| Howard Christie
| <ref name="UM_DoG" /><ref name="UM.collection_SR" /><ref name="UM.collection_MW" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/66690/abbott-and-costello-meet-the-mummy#overview |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=Turner Classic Movies |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=AFI{{!}}Catalog |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/51418-ABBOTT-ANDCOSTELLOMEETTHEMUMMY?sid=e6e7809c-cb4c-4a7b-8b0f-b3736cfbf714&sr=0.20468388&cp=1&pos=0 |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| ''[[The Creature Walks Among Us]]''
| style="text-align:center;" | {{Start date|1956|04|26|}}
| John Sherwood
| colspan="2"| Arthur Ross
| William Alland
| <ref name="UM_Collider" /><ref name="UM.collection_SR" /><ref name="UM.collection_MW" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Creature Walks Among Us |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/71748/the-creature-walks-among-us#overview |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=Turner Classic Movies |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=AFI{{!}}Catalog |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/51792-THE-CREATUREWALKSAMONGUS?sid=6d6c9f7b-d722-49de-a4c7-7c60deb52405&sr=0.22054407&cp=1&pos=0 |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref>
|}

===Remakes and spin-off (1979–2010)===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" width:99%;" style="text-align:center;"
! style="width:22%;" | Film
! U.S. release date
! Director
! Screenwriter(s)
! Story by
! Producers
! Ref(s)
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| ''[[Dracula (1979 film)|Dracula]]''
| style="text-align:center;" | {{Start date|1979|07|13}}
| [[John Badham]]
| colspan="2"| [[W. D. Richter]]
| [[Marvin Mirisch]] and [[Walter Mirisch]]
| <ref name="Dracual.79_SF">{{cite web|url=https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/dracula-remembering-the-underrated-1979-adaptation|work=Syfy|title=This 1970s Universal Monsters Classic Is One of the Best Adaptations You Might've Missed|author=Jackson, Matthew|date=September 16, 2024|accessdate=January 1, 2025}}</ref><ref name="Draculas_SF">{{cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/remembering-almost-century-universal-pictures-161559447.html|work=Yahoo! Entertainment|title=Syfy: Remembering Almost a Century of Universal Pictures' Dracula Saga at the Movies|author=Jackson, Matthew|date=August 11, 2023|accessdate=January 1, 2025}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| ''[[The Mummy (1999 film)|The Mummy]]''
| style="text-align:center;" | {{Start date|1999|05|07}}
| colspan="2"| [[Stephen Sommers]]
| Stephen Sommers and Lloyd Fonvielle & [[Kevin Jarre]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Sean Daniel]] and [[James Jacks]]
| <ref name="Cinescape">{{cite news | title=''The Mummy'' That Wasn't | publisher=Cinescape | date=May 3, 1999}}</ref><ref name="Mummy99_Collider">{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/the-mummy-rerelease-domestic-box-office/|work=Collider|title='The Mummy' Re-Release Unwraps Impressive Domestic Box Office Haul|author=Malhotra, Rahul|date=April 29, 2024|accessdate=January 20, 2025}}{{better source|date=March 2025|reason=Per
[[WP:RSP/VALNET]]}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| ''[[The Mummy Returns]]''
| style="text-align:center;" | {{Start date|2001|05|04}}
| colspan="3"| Stephen Sommers
| <ref name="Mummy99_Collider" /><ref name="MummyReturns_JB">{{cite web|url=https://www.joblo.com/the-mummy-returns-wtf/|work=JoBlo|title=The Mummy Returns (2001) – WTF Happened to This Horror Movie?|author=Hamman, Cody|date=August 15, 2024|accessdate=January 20, 2025}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| ''[[The Scorpion King]]''
| style="text-align:center;" | {{Start date|2002|04|19}}
| [[Chuck Russell]]
| [[William Osborne (writer)|William Osborne]] & [[David Hayter]] and Stephen Sommers
| Stephen Sommers & [[Jonathan Hales]]
| Sean Daniel, James Jacks, [[Kevin Misher]] and Stephen Sommers
| <ref name="MummyReturns_JB" /><ref name="ScorpionKing_SR">{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/mummy-scorpion-king-movies-chronological-order/|work=ScreenRant|title=The Mummy & Scorpion King Movies In Order (Release & Chronological)|author=Cotter, Padraig|date=August 1, 2022|accessdate=January 20, 2025}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| ''[[Van Helsing (film)|Van Helsing]]''
| style="text-align:center;" | {{Start date|2004|05|07}}
| colspan="3"| Stephen Sommers
| Stephen Sommers and [[Bob Ducsay]]
| <ref name="VanHelsing_SY">{{cite web|url=https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/van-helsing-stephen-sommers-retrospective-interview|work=Syfy|title=A Decade Before the Dark Universe, Van Helsing Was a Wild Remix of Universal's Monster Worlds|author=Weiss, Josh|date=June 28, 2024|accessdate=January 20, 2025}}</ref><ref name="VanHelsing_Esquire">{{cite web|url=https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a39193392/van-helsing-legacy-essay/|work=Esquire|title=Van Helsing Should've Started the First Cinematic (Dark) Universe|author=Nero, Dom|date=March 3, 2022|accessdate=January 20, 2025}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| ''[[The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor]]''
| style="text-align:center;" | {{Start date|2008|08|01}}
| [[Rob Cohen]]
| colspan="2"| [[Alfred Gough]] & [[Miles Millar]]
| Sean Daniel, James Jacks, Stephen Sommers and Bob Ducsay
| <ref name="Mummy99_Collider" /><ref name="ScorpionKing_SR" />
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| ''[[The Wolfman (film)|The Wolfman]]''
| style="text-align:center;" | {{Start date|2010|02|12}}
| [[Joe Johnston]]
| colspan="2"| [[Andrew Kevin Walker]] & [[David Self]]
| Sean Daniel, [[Scott Stuber]], [[Benicio del Toro]] and Rick Yorn
| <ref>{{cite web | title = A fan of the origine = Producer Talks Wolfman | work = [[Empire (magazine)|Empire Online]] | date = 2008-03-21 | url = https://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=22240 | access-date = 2008-03-21 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120118162047/http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=22240 | archive-date = 2012-01-18 | url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title = Del Toro bites into 'Wolf Man' | work = [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] | date = 2006-03-14 | url = https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117939762.html?cs=1 | access-date = 2008-03-21 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080814040553/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117939762.html?cs=1 | archive-date = 2008-08-14 | url-status = live}}</ref>
|-
|}

===Modern era===
Beginning in October 2013, Universal hired [[Roberto Orci]] and [[Alex Kurtzman]] to collaborate in developing a relaunch of the Universal Monsters characters as a new [[shared universe]] of films similar in fashion to the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]], notably a franchise which includes interconnectivity that originated previously in the classic Universal Monsters films.<ref name="DarkUniverse_Collider">{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/universal-monsters-universe-roberto-orci-alex-kurtzma/|work=Collider|title=Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman Planning Universal Monsters Cinematic Universe|author=Goldber, Matt|date=October 18, 2013|accessdate=September 7, 2024}}{{better source|date=March 2025|reason=Per
[[WP:RSP/VALNET]]}}</ref><ref name="DarkUniverse_MW">{{cite web|url=https://movieweb.com/van-helsing-and-the-mummy-will-set-up-a-monster-universe-for-universal/|work=MovieWeb|title=Van Helsing and The Mummy Will Set Up a Monster Universe for Universal|author=Gallagher, Brian|date=October 18, 2013|accessdate=September 7, 2024}}</ref>{{better source|date=November 2024|reason=Per
[[WP:RSP/VALNET]]}} By July 2014, the studio officially hired [[Chris Morgan (filmmaker)|Chris Morgan]] to replace Orci and work alongside Kurtzman in overseeing development of an interconnected series of films based around rebooted versions of the Universal Monster characters. The duo was tasked with creating the overall outline for the titular monsters.<ref name="DarkUniverse_Deadline">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2014/07/universal-classic-movie-monsters-805169/|work=Deadline|title=Universal Taps Alex Kurtzman, Chris Morgan To Relaunch Classic Movie Monster Franchises|author=Fleming, Mike Jr.|date=July 16, 2014|accessdate=September 7, 2024}}</ref> The development of a cinematic universe continued as Kurtzman and Morgan became involved with additional photography for ''[[Dracula Untold]]'' (2014); reshoots positioned the final scenes of the film in modern-day, in order to connect with other films and to allow the cast to reprise their roles in future installments.<ref name="DarkUniverse_SR">{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/dracula-untold-universal-shared-monsters-universe/|work=ScreenRant|title='Dracula Untold' Begins Universal's Monster Movie Shared Universe|author=Schaefer, Sandy|date=October 2, 2014|accessdate=September 7, 2024}}</ref> The film's connections to the new franchise were later downplayed following its mixed critical and financial reception,<ref name="DarkUniverse_CBR">{{cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/universal-dark-universe-dracula-untold-netflix/|work=Comic Book Resource|title=Failed Universal's Dark Universe Film Finds New Success on Streaming|author=Coman, Monica|date=June 26, 2024|accessdate=September 7, 2024}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=Citation is part of Valnet. Per [[WP:VALNET]], CBR (formerly Comic Book Resources) is seen as having been reliable pre-Valnet purchase in 2016. Content after 2016 is seen as generally unreliable.|date=November 2024}}<ref name="DarkUniverse_Forbes">{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2016/07/13/what-universal-must-do-to-sell-its-classic-monsters-universe/#7772cec46b38|work=Forbes|title=What Universal Must Do To Sell Its Classic Monsters Universe|author=Mendelson, Scott|date=July 13, 2016|accessdate=September 7, 2024}}</ref> with ''[[The Mummy (2017 film)|The Mummy]]'' (2017) repositioned as the official start of the shared film universe.<ref name="DarkUniverse_SR2">{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/dark-universe-movies-canceled-universal/#:~:text=Other%20scrapped%20films%20in%20the,a%20remake%20of%20Van%20Helsing.|work=ScreenRant|title=7 Dark Universe Movies That Didn't Happen Because Of 2017's The Mummy Failure|author=Barker, Stephen & Lewis Glazebrook|date=March 3, 2024|accessdate=September 7, 2024}}</ref> In May 2017, the slate of reimagined incarnations of titular monsters was officially titled ''Dark Universe''. The studio announced the franchise with a press release, which debuted the official logo, website, [[Trailer (promotion)|trailer]], and [[Film score|score]].<ref name="DarkUniverse_Collider2">{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/universal-monsters-dark-universe-bride-of-frankenstein/|work=Collider|title=Next 'Dark Universe' Monster Movie Will Be 'Bride of Frankenstein' in February 2019|author=Goldber, Matt|date=May 22, 2017|accessdate=September 7, 2024}}{{better source|date=March 2025|reason=Per
[[WP:RSP/VALNET]]}}</ref> [[Universal Pictures]], in collaboration with Kurtzman and Morgan, created a writer's room consisting of various contributors to create stories that were to be expanded into scripts,<ref name="DarkUniverse_Collider3">{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/universal-monsters-universe-movies-chris-morgan-interview/|work=Collider|title=Chris Morgan Gives Universal Monsters Universe Update; Movie Order Still Up in the Air|author=Chitwood, Adam|date=April 10, 2017|accessdate=September 7, 2024}}{{better source|date=March 2025|reason=Per
[[WP:RSP/VALNET]]}}</ref> which were intended to be rooted in [[Horror film|horror]] as opposed to the [[Action film#Hybrid genres|action adventure]] nature of the studio's previous remakes.<ref name="DarkUniverse_MW2">{{cite web|url=https://movieweb.com/universal-monsters-reboot-shared-universe-horror-movies/|work=MovieWeb|title=Universal Monsters Reboots Will Be Horror Movies|author=Gallagher, Brian|date=August 11, 2015|accessdate=September 7, 2024}}{{better source|date=March 2025|reason=Per
[[WP:RSP/VALNET]]}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=Citation is part of Valnet. Per [[WP:VALNET]], we should potentially find better sources backing these statements.|date=November 2024}}<ref name="DarkUniverse_MW3">{{cite web|url=https://movieweb.com/the-mummy-2017-teaser-footage-tom-cruise/|work=MovieWeb|title=The Mummy Teaser Starring Tom Cruise Arrives, Full Trailer Coming Sunday|author=Orange, Alan B.|date=October 1, 2016|accessdate=September 7, 2024}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=Citation is part of Valnet. Per [[WP:VALNET]], we should find better sources backing these statements.|date=November 2024}} ''The Mummy'' introduced its ancient titular monster (played by [[Sofia Boutella]]), alongside the heroic character portrayed by [[Tom Cruise]] whose adventures as a monster were intended to expand upon in later installments.<ref name="DarkUniverse_EW">{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2016/12/05/the-mummy-tom-cruise-trailer-alex-kurtzman/|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|title=The Mummy director Alex Kurtzman on making a modern-day monster movie|author=Franich, Darren|date=December 5, 2016|accessdate=September 7, 2024}}</ref><ref name="DarkUniverse_SR5">{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/the-mummy-2017-ending-explained/|work=ScreenRant|title=The Mummy 2017 Ending Explained|author=Colbert, Stephen M.|date=November 9, 2023|access-date=December 17, 2024}}</ref> Prior to the film's release, additional cast officially joined the franchise as announced by Universal Pictures.<ref name="DarkUniverse_MW4">{{cite web|url=https://movieweb.com/dark-universe-invisible-man-johnny-depp-frankenstein-monster-javier-bardem/|work=MovieWeb|title=Depp and Bardem Confirmed as Invisible Man and Frankenstein's Monster|author=Scott, Ryan|date=May 22, 2017|access-date=September 7, 2024}}</ref>{{better source|date=January 2025|reason=Per [[WP:VALNET]], as discussed on talk page}}<ref name="DarkUniverse_Vulture">{{cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2017/05/universal-monsterverse-dark-universe-photo-depp-bardem-crowe-cruise.html|work=Vulture|title=How That Amazingly Terrible Universal-Monster-Universe Cast Photo Happened|author=Harris, Hunter|date=May 31, 2017|accessdate=December 17, 2024}}</ref> The studio revealed a [[#Cancelled and repurposed projects|slate of films]],<ref name="DarkUniverse_THR">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/can-universal-create-a-marvel-like-universe-mummy-monster-flicks-1008839/|work=The Hollywood Reporter|title=Can Universal Create a Marvel-Like Universe With 'The Mummy' and Other Monster Flicks?|author=Siegel, Tatiana|date=May 31, 2017|access-date=September 7, 2024}}</ref><ref name="DarkUniverse_THR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/hollywood-rethinks-key-movie-franchises-a-mixed-summer-at-box-office-1022322/the-mummy-8/?utm_source=twitter|work=The Hollywood Reporter|title=Hollywood Rethinks Key Movie Franchises Amid a Mixed Summer at the Box Office|author=Rebecca Ford, Borys Kitt, & Carolyn Giardina|date=July 21, 2017|access-date=September 7, 2024}}</ref> but following the poor critical reception and underwhelming box office performance of ''The Mummy'' (2017), Universal cancelled pre-production that had begun on ''Bride of Frankenstein'' which was to be the next film in the franchise, and postponed all plans for the ''Dark Universe'' slate of films.<ref name="DarkUniverse_THR4">{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/alex-kurtzman-chris-morgan-exit-universal-monsterverse-1055854|title=Universal's 'Monsterverse' in Peril as Top Producers Exit (Exclusive)|author=Kit, Borys; Aaron Couch|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|language=en-US|url-status=live|date=November 8, 2017|access-date=April 5, 2025|archive-date=April 5, 2025|archive-url=https://archive.today/20250405141658/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/alex-kurtzman-chris-morgan-exit-universal-monsterverse-1055854/}}</ref> 

In January 2018, the production studio began reconfiguring their approach to the Universal Monsters,<ref name="DarkUniverse_IGN">{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/01/24/dark-universe-being-reconfigured-by-universal-after-setbacks|work=IGN|title=Dark Universe Being 'Reconfigured' By Universal After Setbacks|author=Oloman, Jordan|date=January 24, 2018|accessdate=September 7, 2024}}</ref><ref name="DarkUniverse_SR3">{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/dark-universe-monster-movies/|work=ScreenRant|title=Universal's Dark Universe Might Not Be Dead After All|author=Schaefer, Sandy|date=May 18, 2018|accessdate=September 7, 2024}}</ref> and following the departures of Kurtzman and Morgan from their roles as co-architects of the franchise,<ref name="DarkUniverse_THR4" /> the studio decided to abandon a shared cinematic universe in favor of returning to standalone adaptations of the characters instead.<ref name="DarkUniverse_Variety2">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/ryan-gosling-wolfman-movie-universal-1203426491/|work=Variety|title=Ryan Gosling's 'Wolfman' Gears Up at Universal as Director Decision Nears (EXCLUSIVE)|author=Kroll, Justin|date=May 29, 2020|accessdate=September 7, 2024}}</ref><ref name="DarkUniverse_Variety">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/universal-finds-director-invisible-man-studios-monster-legacy-1203117708/|work=Variety|title='Invisible Man' Finds Director, Sets New Course for Universal's Monster Legacy (EXCLUSIVE)|author=Kroll, Justin|date=January 25, 2019|accessdate=September 7, 2024}}</ref> After previously expressing interest in working with Universal Pictures on relaunching the characters for modern audiences,<ref name="Blum_TW">{{cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/blumhouse-prods-signs-10-year-production-deal-with-universal-pictures/|work=The Wrap|title=Blumhouse Signs 10-Year Production Deal With Universal Pictures|author=Cunningham, Todd|date=July 20, 2014|access-date=September 7, 2024}}</ref><ref name="Blum_CBR">{{cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/jason-blum-dark-universe-interest/|title=Spawn Producer Jason Blum Interested In Reviving Dark Universe|last=Dominguez|first=Noah|date=August 18, 2018|access-date=September 7, 2024}}</ref><ref name="Blum_SF">{{cite web|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/551271/dark-universe-budgets-and-lawsuit/|work=SlashFilm|title=Universal's 'Dark Universe' Films Will Have Wildly Different Budgets; Warner Bros. Considering Legal Action Over The Name|author=Hall, Jacob|date=May 31, 2017|access-date=December 17, 2024}}</ref> [[Jason Blum]] officially signed on to collaborate on a number of the projects in development. The producer later stated in 2020 that control of the ''Dark Universe'' and the Universal Monsters remains under the direction of Universal Pictures.<ref name="DarkUniverse_SR4">{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/dark-universe-movies-future-blumhouse-invisible-man-wolfman/|work=ScreenRant|title=Blumhouse Doesn't Have Control Of Dark Universe Despite Invisible Man & Wolfman|author=Zinski, Dan|date=November 11, 2020|access-date=September 7, 2024}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" width:99%;" style="text-align:center;"
! style="width:22%;" | Film
! U.S. release date
! Director(s)
! Screenwriter(s)
! Story by
! Producer(s)
! Ref(s)
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| ''[[Dracula Untold]]''
| style="text-align:center;" | {{Start date|2014|10|10}}
| [[Gary Shore]]
| colspan="2"| [[Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless|Matt Sazama & Burk Sharpless]]
| [[Michael De Luca]]
| <ref name="DraculaUntoled_DoG">{{cite web|url=https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/dracula-untold-master-vampire-key-to-universal-monsterverse/|work=[[Den of Geek]]|title=How Dracula Untold's Master Vampire Was Once the Key to the Universal MonsterVerse|author=Boo, Bernard|date=October 19, 2022|accessdate=October 5, 2024}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| ''[[The Mummy (2017 film)|The Mummy]]''
| style="text-align:center;" | {{Start date|2017|06|09}}
| [[Alex Kurtzman]]
| [[David Koepp]] and [[Christopher McQuarrie]] <br> and [[Dylan Kussman]]
| [[Jon Spaihts]] and Alex Kurtzman & [[Jenny Lumet]]
| Alex Kurtzman, [[Chris Morgan (filmmaker)|Chris Morgan]], [[Sean Daniel]] and Sarah Bradshaw
| <ref name="TheMummy_Time">{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/4790471/the-mummy-dark-universe-monster-franchise/|magazine=Time|title=How The Mummy Sets Up a Massive New Monster Movie Franchise|author=Dockertman, Eliana|date=June 9, 2017|accessdate=October 5, 2024}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| ''[[The Invisible Man (2020 film)|The Invisible Man]]''
| style="text-align:center;" | {{Start date|2020|02|28}}
| colspan="3"| [[Leigh Whannell]]
| [[Jason Blum]] and Kylie du Fresne
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/27/movies/the-invisible-man-universal.html|work=The New York Times|title=There's No Dark Universe Anymore, Just One Monster After Another|author=Ito, Robert|date=February 27, 2020|accessdate=October 5, 2024}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| ''[[Renfield (film)|Renfield]]''
| style="text-align:center;" | {{Start date|2023|04|14}}
| [[Chris McKay]]
| Ryan Ridley
| [[Robert Kirkman]]
| Chris McKay, Samantha Nisenboim, Bryan Furst, Sean Furst, Robert Kirkman and David Alpert
| <ref name="Renfield_THR">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/rocketman-director-dexter-fletcher-robert-kirkman-tackling-universal-monster-movie-renfield-1256272/|work=The Hollywood Reporter|title='Rocketman' Director Dexter Fletcher, Robert Kirkman Tackling Universal Monster Movie 'Renfield'|author=Kit, Borys|date=November 20, 2019|accessdate=October 5, 2024}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| ''[[The Last Voyage of the Demeter]]''
| style="text-align:center;" | {{Start date|2023|08|11}}
| [[André Øvredal]]
| Bragi Schut Jr. & Zak Olkewicz
| Bragi Schut Jr.
| [[Bradley J. Fischer]], [[Mike Medavoy]] and Arnold W. Messer
| <ref name="Voyage_CB">{{cite web|url=https://www.cinemablend.com/movies/if-the-last-voyage-of-the-demeter-started-dark-universe-universal-monsters-franchise-might-have-survived|work=Cinemablend|title=If The Last Voyage Of The Demeter Started The Dark Universe, The Universal Monsters Franchise Might Have Survived|author=Reyes, Mike|date=August 13, 2023|accessdate=October 5, 2024}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| ''[[Wolf Man (2025 film)|Wolf Man]]''
| style="text-align:center;" | {{Start date|2025|01|17}}
| Leigh Whannell
| colspan="2"| Leigh Whannell & Corbett Tuck and Lauren Schuker Blum & Rebecca Angelo
| Jason Blum
| <ref name="Wolfman_TW">{{cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/wolf-man-teaser-trailer-leigh-whannell-blumhouse/|work=The Wrap|title=Blumhouse's 'Wolf Man' Trailer Reinvents a Universal Monster Classic|author=Taylor, Drew|date=September 6, 2024|accessdate=October 5, 2024}}</ref>
|-
|}

====Potential projects====
* '''''Dark Army''''': By September 2019, the film featuring monsters from the original films as well as new characters was in development. [[Paul Feig]] was attached as director, from a script of his own, and as co-producer with Laura Fischer. The project is a joint production between Universal Pictures and Feigco Productions.<ref name="DarkArmy_Deadline">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/09/paul-feig-monster-movie-dark-army-universal-pictures-classic-monster-universe-1202732738/|title=Paul Feig, Universal Hatch New Monster Movie: 'Dark Army'|work=Deadline|author=Fleming, Mike Jr.|date=September 12, 2019|accessdate=September 7, 2024}}</ref> By October, Universal was reviewing his script as a reworking of the [[#Cancelled and repurposed projects|Dark Universe concept]], while ''The Bride of Frankenstein'' is cited as a major influence.<ref name="DarkArmy_CS">{{cite web|url=https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/1107365-exclusive-paul-feig-talks-universal-monsters-for-dark-army|work=ComingSoon.net|title=Exclusive: Paul Feig Talks Universal Monsters for Dark Army!|author=Evry, Max|date=October 28, 2019|accessdate=September 7, 2024}}</ref> By February 2020, Feig was working on a second draft of the script upon receiving input from Universal Pictures.<ref name="DarkArmy_Collider">{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/paul-feig-dark-army-universal-monster-movie-update/|work=Collider|title=Exclusive: Paul Feig Gives an Update on His Universal Monster Movie 'Dark Army'|author=Chitwood, Adam|date=February 13, 2020|accessdate=September 7, 2024}}</ref> By that May, the filmmaker completed the newest draft while describing the tone as closer to the original films with horror elements, but a portrayal of the monsters as rejects.<ref name="DarkArmy_Collider2">{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/paul-feig-dark-army-update-universal-monster-movie/|work=Collider|title=Exclusive: Paul Feig Gives Update on 'Dark Army': "I Want to Make a True Monster Movie"|author=Chitwood, Adam|date=May 22, 2020|accessdate=September 7, 2024}}</ref> Feig had been given the option to develop films of any characters from the roster of monsters owned by Universal Pictures, prior to his chosen project.<ref name="Future_Variety">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/bride-of-frankenstein-universal-amy-pascal-angelina-jolie-1203500987/|work=Variety|title=Hollywood Still Trying to Put a Ring on Universal's 'Bride of Frankenstein' (EXCLUSIVE)|author=Donnelly, Matt|date=February 11, 2020|accessdate=September 7, 2024}}</ref><ref name="Future_SP">{{cite web|url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/bride-of-frankenstein-reboot-might-still-happen-de/1100-6473622/|work=GameSpot|title=Bride Of Frankenstein Reboot Might Still Happen Despite Dark Universe Failure—Report – GameSpot|author=Auty, Dan|date=February 11, 2020|accessdate=September 7, 2024}}</ref>
* '''''Frankenstein''''': Originally announced in June 2017, the project was initially planned as a part of the [[#Cancelled and repurposed projects|abandoned shared universe]] films with [[Javier Bardem]] cast to portray the titular character, and following the studio's standalone approach [[James Wan]] signed on as producer in November 2019.<ref name="Frankenstein_BD">{{cite web|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3594869/james-wan-assembling-new-take-frankenstein/|work=[[Bloody Disgusting]]|title=James Wan Assembling New Take on 'Frankenstein'|author=Miska, Brad|date=November 20, 2019|accessdate=September 7, 2024}}</ref> Jason Blum expressed interest in joining the production in a producing role.<ref name="Blum_EOH">{{cite web|url=https://evolutionofhorror.libsyn.com/the-invisible-man-2020-with-jason-blum-leigh-whannell|work=The Evolution of Horror|title=The Invisible Man (2020) with Jason Blum & Leigh Whannell|author=Muncer, Mike|date=Feb 27, 2020|accessdate=September 7, 2024}}</ref> Robbie Thompson was hired as screenwriter in 2020, while the plot is said to center around a group of teenagers who discover that a neighbor is creating a monster in their basement. The project is a joint production between Universal Pictures and [[Atomic Monster]].<ref name="Frankenstein_THR">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/james-wan-developing-monster-movie-universal-1282957|work=The Hollywood Reporter|title=James Wan Developing Monster Movie for Universal (Exclusive)|author=Kit, Borys|date=March 6, 2020|accessdate=September 7, 2024}}</ref>
* '''''The Invisible Woman''''': In November 2019, a reboot of ''[[The Invisible Woman (1940 film)#Reboot|The Invisible Woman]]'' was revealed to be in development. [[Elizabeth Banks]] was attached to star in, and direct the film, from a script written by [[Erin Cressida Wilson]] which was based on an original story written by Banks, also serving as a producer with Max Handelman.<ref name="InvisibleWoman_Variety">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/elizabeth-banks-invisible-woman-universal-1203417107/|work=Variety|author=Kroll, Justin|title=Elizabeth Banks to Direct, Star in ''Invisible Woman'' for Universal|date=November 26, 2019|accessdate=September 7, 2024}}</ref> Banks was given options to develop a film from any characters in the roster of monsters owned by Universal Pictures, while she chose the Invisible Woman.<ref name="Future_Variety" /><ref name="Future_SP" />
* '''''Monster Mash''''': In February 2020, a [[Musical film|musical]] titled after and centered around the [[novelty song]] "[[Monster Mash]]" was revealed to be in development. [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nominee Matt Stawski was hired as a director, with Will Widger as screenwriter (from an original story written by Stawski), while Marty Bowen was put as producer. The project is a joint-venture production between Universal Pictures and [[Temple Hill Entertainment]].<ref name="MonsterMash_THR">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/musical-monster-mash-movie-works-at-universal-1277277|work=The Hollywood Reporter|title=Musical 'Monster Mash' Movie in the Works at Universal|author=Couch, Aaron|date=February 7, 2020|accessdate=September 7, 2024}}</ref>
* '''Untitled ''Dracula'' film''': In February 2021, [[Chloé Zhao]] was hired to write and direct a separate futuristic sci-fi Western film centered around Dracula.<ref name="DracWestern_Deadline">{{cite web|last=D'Alessandro|first=Anthony|date=February 4, 2021|title=Golden Globe Nominee Chloé Zhao Directing 'Dracula' For Universal|url=https://deadline.com/2021/02/golden-globe-nominee-chloe-zhao-directing-dracula-for-universal-1234687532/|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=September 8, 2024}}</ref> The filmmaker stated that she was continuing to work on the script in March of 2023.<ref name="DracWestern_SR">{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/dracula-movie-scifi-western-chloe-zhao-update/|work=ScreenRant|title=Dracula Sci-Fi Western Movie Receives Promising Update From Director|date=March 13, 2023|accessdate=January 7, 2025 |last=- Bentz |first=Adam}}</ref>
* '''''Little Monsters''''': In July 2020, [[Josh Cooley]] was hired as both writer and director, with a story centering around the characters from the Universal Monsters, inspired and based on drawings of the monster characters made by Crash McCreery who will be given an executive producer credit. The project is intended to serve as a "love letter to classic Hollywood and the history of film-making with a story that takes a multi-generational approach to the monsters and a more PG-rated, lighthearted family-friendly tone in the tradition of the classic '80s Spielberg films from [[Amblin Entertainment]] to match as well". The film is said to be a live-action/CGI hybrid, with [[Todd Lieberman]] and [[David Hoberman]] attached as producers. The project is a joint production between Universal Pictures and [[Mandeville Films]].<ref name="LittleMonsters_THR">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/toy-story-4-director-josh-cooley-tackling-little-monsters-movie-1302832|work=The Hollywood Reporter|title='Toy Story 4' Director Josh Cooley Tackling 'Little Monsters' for Universal|author=Kit, Borys|date=July 10, 2020|accessdate=September 7, 2024}}</ref>
* '''Untitled ''Invisible Man'' sequel''': In February 2020, [[Leigh Whannell]] stated that though ''[[The Invisible Man (2020 film)|The Invisible Man]]'' (2020) was developed as a standalone film, he considered to make a follow-up to this film.<ref name="InvisibleMan.sequel_ET">{{cite web|url=https://www.etonline.com/the-invisible-man-elisabeth-moss-weighs-in-on-that-ending-and-a-potential-sequel-exclusive-142208|work=Entertainment Tonight|title='The Invisible Man': Elisabeth Moss Explains That Ending (Exclusive)|author=Boone, Josh|date=February 28, 2020|accessdate=September 7, 2024}}</ref> Whannell was working on writing the story that July.<ref name="InvisibleMan.sequel_Fox">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uogq-LSMRPE|work=Fox 5 Washington D.C.|title=Jason Blum & Leigh Whannell talk Invisible Man sequel, Snyder Cut, Blade Runner & Superman|author=McCarthy, Kevin|date=May 23, 2020|accessdate=September 7, 2024}}</ref><ref name="LittleMonsters_THR" /> By April 2024, [[Elisabeth Moss]] began working with Blumhouse through her production company Love & Squalor Pictures to develop a sequel.<ref name="InvisibleMan.sequel_MW">{{cite web|url=https://movieweb.com/elisabeth-moss-gives-a-hopeful-update-on-the-invisible-man-2/|work=MovieWeb|title=Elisabeth Moss Gives a Hopeful Update on The Invisible Man 2|author=Melzer, James|date=April 26, 2024|accessdate=January 20, 2025}}{{better source|date=March 2025|reason=Per
[[WP:RSP/VALNET]]}}</ref><ref name="InvisibleMan.sequel_HSC">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URvJgg0N9k8|work=Happy Sad Confused|title=Elisabeth Moss talks THE VEIL, THE HANDMAID'S TALE, INVISIBLE MAN sequel I Happy Sad Confused|author=Horowitz, Josh|date=April 25, 2024|accessdate=January 20, 2025}}{{SPS|date=March 2025}}</ref> In January 2025, Whannell said that he will not be involved with a sequel, while expressing being content with the first film's story.<ref name="InvisibleMan.sequel_THR">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/wolf-man-leigh-whannell-deleted-scene-1236112170/|work=The Hollywood Reporter|title='Wolf Man' Filmmaker Leigh Whannell Talks Key Deleted Scene and Why He's Unwilling to Make 'The Invisible Man 2'|author=Davids, Brian|date=January 17, 2025|accessdate=January 20, 2025}}</ref>
* '''''Bride of Frankenstein''''': Initially planned as a part of the [[#Cancelled and repurposed projects|abandoned shared universe]] films,<ref name="Bride_Collider" /> the studio continued development after shelving all projects associated with the Dark Universe.<ref name="DarkUniverse_THR" /> In February 2020, Universal hired [[Amy Pascal]] as producer on a new standalone adaptation of the character where the producer discussed rehiring [[David Koepp]] who had worked on the previous drafts of the script. After initially discussing the project with [[Sam Raimi]] who passed on the opportunity, Pascal began working on the film with [[John Krasinski]]. The project is intended to be a joint-venture production between Universal Pictures, [[Amy Pascal#Pascal Pictures|Pascal Pictures]], and [[Sunday Night Productions]].<ref name="Pascal_Variety">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/bride-of-frankenstein-universal-amy-pascal-angelina-jolie-1203500987/|work=Variety|title=Hollywood Still Trying to Put a Ring on Universal's 'Bride of Frankenstein' (EXCLUSIVE)|author=Donnelly, Matt|date=February 11, 2020|accessdate=January 8, 2025}}</ref>
* '''Untitled ''Scorpion King'' reboot''': A reboot of [[The Scorpion King (film series)|''The Scorpion King'' film series]] was in development since November 2020. [[Jonathan Herman]] was hired as screenwriter, with the plot taking place during modern-day and involving a contemporary adaptation of [[List of The Mummy (film series) characters#Mathayus (Scorpion King)|Mathayus of Akkad / Scorpion King]]. [[Dwayne Johnson]], who started his acting career as the titular role in ''The Mummy Returns'', was attached as producer alongside [[Dany Garcia]] and Hiram Garcia. The project is a joint-venture production between Universal Pictures and [[Seven Bucks Productions]].<ref name="ScorpionKing_Deadline">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/11/dwayne-johnson-scorpion-king-straight-outta-compton-jonathan-herman-1234611341/|work=Deadline|title='Scorpion King' Reboot In Works From Dwayne Johnson And Dany Garcia's Seven Bucks Productions And Universal; 'Straight Outta Compton' Scribe Jonathan Herman Penning Script|author=Kroll, Justin|date=November 10, 2020|accessdate=September 7, 2024}}</ref>
* '''Untitled film''': An untitled project was announced in November 2020, with [[Channing Tatum]] tentatively attached to star. Wes Tooke was hired as a screenwriter, from a story written by [[Reid Carolin]], while [[Phil Lord and Christopher Miller]] were attached as producers alongside Tatum, Carolin, Peter Kiernan, and Aditya Sood. The plot is described as "a modern-day, tongue-in-cheek thriller", while being "a bold genre reinvention of one of the studio's most beloved characters from the Monsters Universe". The project is a joint-venture production between Universal Pictures, Lord Miller Productions, and Free Association Productions.<ref name="Tatum_Deadline">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/11/21-jump-street-reunion-channing-tatum-lord-miller-mystery-monster-movie-universal-1234619625/|work=Deadline|title='21 Jump Street' Team Reunites As Channing Tatum, Phil Lord & Chris Miller Partner On Mystery Monster Movie At Universal|author=Kroll, Justin|date=November 20, 2020|access-date=September 7, 2024}}</ref>
* '''''Van Helsing''''': Originally announced in 2015, the project was originally planned as a part of the [[#Cancelled and repurposed projects|abandoned shared universe]] films,<ref name="VanHelsing_Variety">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/van-helsing-reboot-jon-spaihts-eric-heisserer-universal-1201638593/|work=Variety|title=Universal's 'Van Helsing' Reboot Enlists Scribes Jon Spaihts and Eric Heisserer (EXCLUSIVE)|author=Kroll, Justin|date=November 14, 2015|access-date=September 7, 2024}}</ref> though the project had re-entered development in December 2020. [[Julius Avery]] was hired to direct, from a script based on a previous draft by [[Eric Pearson]]. James Wan was set to produce, with the project intended to be a joint-production between Universal Pictures and Atomic Monster.<ref name="VanHelsing_Deadline">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/12/universal-james-wan-overlord-julius-avery-direct-van-helsing-1234635740/|work=Deadline|title=Universal And James Wan Tap 'Overlord' Director Julius Avery To Direct New 'Van Helsing' Movie|last=Kroll|first=Justin|date=December 1, 2020|access-date=September 7, 2024}}</ref>
* '''''Phantom''''': After previously attempting an adaptation that was planned as a part of the [[#Cancelled and repurposed projects|abandoned shared universe]] films, Universal purchased a [[spec script|speculative screenplay]] in December 2021, written by [[John Fusco]] which functions as a modern-day reboot of ''The Phantom of the Opera''. The writer authored the script while working on his own record albums while in self-isolation during the [[Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cinema|COVID-19 pandemic]]. Fusco determined to write a script that would be a [[musical film|musical]], and be set in the [[French Quarter|French Quarter, Vieux Carré]] area of New Orleans in the United States. Incorporating aspects of [[rhythm and blues]], [[jazz]], [[Neo soul|neo-soul]], and [[funk]], the story is said to utilize French Creole nightlife culture of the geographical area, including [[Louisiana Voodoo|voodoo]] and [[Mardi Gras]], as well as the [[Romance novel|romance]] and [[Mystery fiction|mystery]] aspects of the original film. [[Harvey Mason Jr.]], [[John Legend]], and [[Mike Jackson (film producer)|Mike Jackson]] signed onto the project as producers, with the project being a joint-venture production between Universal Pictures, Harvey Mason Media, and Get Lifted Film Co. in a collaborative effort.<ref name="Phantom_Deadline">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/12/universal-plots-french-quarter-set-adaptation-of-phantom-of-the-opera-studio-buys-john-fusco-spec-harvey-mason-jr-john-legend-mike-jackson-producing-1234888818/|work=Deadline|title=Universal Plots French Quarter-Set Adaptation Of 'Phantom Of The Opera'; Studio Buys John Fusco Spec, Harvey Mason Jr, John Legend & Mike Jackson Producing|author=Fleming Jr., Mike|date=December 10, 2021|accessdate=December 18, 2024}}</ref>
* '''''The Creature from the Black Lagoon''''': Universal attempted various incarnations of producing a remake centered around the titular [[Gill-man]] throughout a number of decades (beginning as early as 1982), with various filmmakers attached at different times including: [[John Landis]],<ref name="kneale">Murray 2005, pp. 154–156.</ref> [[John Carpenter]],<ref name="Creature_Variety">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/1992/voices/columns/olympics-to-cross-finish-line-in-style-1117862332/|work=Variety|title=Olympics to cross finish line in style|author=Archerd, Army|date=July 30, 1992|accessdate=October 5, 2024}}</ref> [[Peter Jackson]],<ref name="Creature_Kong">"Recreating the Eighth Wonder". ''[[King Kong (2005 film)|King Kong]]'' (3-disc Deluxe Extended Edition DVD), 2006.</ref> [[Ivan Reitman]],<ref name="Creature_Variety2">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/1996/voices/columns/hiller-relieved-that-noms-weren-t-leaked-1117862860/|work=Variety|title=Hiller relieved that noms weren't leaked|author=Archerd, Army|date=February 12, 1996|accessdate=October 5, 2024}}</ref> [[Guillermo del Toro]],<ref name="Creature_IGN">{{cite web|url=http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/366/366961p1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081019225949/http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/366/366961p1.html|archive-date=October 19, 2008|work=IGN|title=Del Toro to Uni's Creature Redo|author=Linder, Brian|date=August 7, 2002|url-status=dead|access-date=October 5, 2024}}</ref> and [[Breck Eisner]].<ref name="Creature_Variety3">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2005/film/markets-festivals/u-s-creature-meets-maker-1117931280/|work=Variety|title=U's 'Creature' meets maker|author=Snyder, Gabriel|date=October 19, 2005|accessdate=October 5, 2024}}</ref> Some time in 2004, [[James Gunn]] pitched an adaptation of the character but the studio passed on adapting the script,<ref name="Creature_SR">{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/james-gunn-creature-black-lagoon-pitch-universal-reaction/|work=ScreenRant|title=Universal Rejected James Gunn's Creature From The Black Lagoon Pitch|author=Nelson, Jeff|date=June 24, 2021|accessdate=October 5, 2024}}</ref> while del Toro later repurposed his material for another [[#Influence on unrelated media|unrelated project]].<ref name="Creature_THR">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/how-guillermo-del-toros-black-lagoon-fantasy-inspired-shape-water-1053206/|work=The Hollywood Reporter|title=How Guillermo del Toro's 'Black Lagoon' Fantasy Inspired 'Shape of Water'|author=Kit, Borys|date=November 3, 2017|accessdate=October 5, 2024}}</ref> Beginning in June 2017, the project was planned as a part of the [[#Cancelled and repurposed projects|abandoned shared universe]] films.<ref name="DarkUniverse_THR" /><ref name="DarkUniverse_THR2" /> By August 2024, the modern-day adaption was once again in development and James Wan was hired as producer in addition to being in early discussions to serve as director.<ref name="Creature_Variety4">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/creature-from-the-black-lagoon-remake-james-wan-1236104140/|work=Variety|title='Creature From the Black Lagoon' Remake in the Works From James Wan|author=Rubin, Rebecca|date=August 12, 2024|accessdate=October 5, 2024}}</ref> By September, Sean Tretta was hired to write the script, which is based on an original story co-authored by Wan, Rafael Jordan, and Bryan Coyne. The project is a joint-venture production between Universal Pictures, and the newly-merged Atomic Monster and [[Blumhouse Productions]].<ref name="Creature_Deadline">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2024/09/atomic-monster-creature-from-the-black-lagoon-sean-tretta-1236103522/|work=Deadline|title=Atomic Monster & Universal's 'The Creature From The Black Lagoon' Sets Sean Tretta To Write|last=D'Alessandro|first=Anthony|date=September 30, 2024|access-date=October 5, 2024}}</ref>

====Cancelled and repurposed projects====
* '''Dark Universe''': In development as early as October 2013, the series of films was intended to relaunch the Universal Monsters characters, through a format similar to the Marvel Cinematic Universe and [[DC Extended Universe]].<ref name="DarkUniverse_Collider" /><ref name="DarkUniverse_MW" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://movieweb.com/van-helsing-and-the-mummy-will-set-up-a-monster-universe-for-universal/|work=MovieWeb|title=Van Helsing and The Mummy Will Set Up a Monster Universe for Universal|author=Gallagher, Brian|date=October 18, 2013|accessdate=September 7, 2024}}{{better source|date=March 2025|reason=Per
[[WP:RSP/VALNET]]}}</ref>{{better source|date=January 2025|reason=Per [[WP:VALNET]], as discussed on talk page}} The projects were officially announced in July 2014, as Universal hired Chris Morgan and Alex Kurtzman to oversee the development of the rebooted modern-day versions of the Universal Monsters,<ref name="DarkUniverse_Deadline" /> with the duo's first involvements beginning with additional photography scenes filmed for ''Dracula Untold'' (2014) which positioned the characters of the film in modern-day.<ref name="DarkUniverse_SR" /> After the film underperformed its connections to the Dark Universe were downplayed,<ref name="DarkUniverse_Forbes" /> with ''The Mummy'' (2017) repositioned as the official start of the new film series.<ref name="DarkUniverse_SR2" /> In May 2017, the slate of reimagined incarnations of titular monsters was officially titled, by the studio through a press conference including official logo, website, trailer video, and scored theme music composed by [[Danny Elfman]].<ref name="DarkUniverse_Collider2" /> Universal Pictures worked with Kurtzman and Morgan to create a writer's room of various contributors to create stories that were to be expanded into scripts,<ref name="DarkUniverse_Collider3" /> where the films were intended to have horror as their primary genre, as opposed to the action adventure nature of the studio's previous remakes.<ref name="DarkUniverse_MW2" /><ref name="DarkUniverse_MW3" /> ''The Mummy'' introduced its ancient titular monster (played by Sofia Boutella), alongside the heroic character-turned monster portrayed by Tom Cruise whose monstrous origins depicted in the film were intended to be expanded upon in later installments.<ref name="DarkUniverse_EW" /> Prior to the film's release, Universal Pictures announced the additional main cast of additional characters for the intended series alongside Cruise, including [[Russell Crowe]] as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde, [[Johnny Depp]] as Dr. Griffin / the Invisible Man, and Javier Bardem as the Frankenstein Monster.<ref name="DarkUniverse_MW4" /> Following poor critical reception and an underwhelming box office performance of ''The Mummy'' (2017), Universal postponed all plans for the ''Dark Universe'' slate of films.<ref name="DarkUniverse_THR5" /> In January 2018, the production studio began reconfiguring their approach to the Universal Monsters,<ref name="DarkUniverse_IGN" /><ref name="DarkUniverse_SR3" /> and following the departures of Kurtzman and Morgan from their roles as co-architects of the franchise,<ref name="DarkUniverse_THR5" /> the studio abandoned the planned shared cinematic universe in favor of individualized [[#Modern era|standalone adaptations]] of the monsters.<ref name="DarkUniverse_Variety2" /><ref name="DarkUniverse_Variety" /> Years later, Universal revived the "Dark Universe" brand name for [[Universal Epic Universe#Dark Universe|a Universal Monsters–themed land]] at its new [[Universal Epic Universe]] park at [[Universal Orlando]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nolfi |first=Joey |date=June 20, 2024 |title=Universal reveals gender-flipped Frankenstein in Dark Universe classic monsters experience |url=https://ew.com/universal-epic-universe-dark-universe-concept-art-monsters-unchained-photos-8665652 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241209104927/https://ew.com/universal-epic-universe-dark-universe-concept-art-monsters-unchained-photos-8665652 |archive-date=9 December 2024 |access-date=2024-07-16 |website=[[EW.com]] |language=en}}</ref> The studio had revealed an official slate of films including:<ref name="DarkUniverse_THR" /><ref name="DarkUniverse_THR2" />

:* '''''Frankenstein''''':<ref name="DarkUniverse_THR" /><ref name="DarkUniverse_THR5">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/mummy-director-reveals-2-new-titles-universals-dark-universe-1010865/|work=The Hollywood Reporter|title='Mummy' Director Reveals 2 New Titles in Universal's Dark Universe|author=McMillan, Graeme|date=June 6, 2017|accessdate=January 1, 2025}}</ref> Javier Bardem was cast in the role of Frankenstein's Monster in May 2017, while the character was intended to initially debut in ''Bride of Frankenstein'' before starring in his own film.<ref name="DarkUniverse_cast">{{cite web|url=https://x.com/darkuniverse/status/866706548923314176|work=Universal Pictures - official X page|title=Witness the beginning of a #DarkUniverse.|publisher=Universal Pictures|author=Dark Universe|date=May 22, 2017|accessdate=December 31, 2024}}</ref><ref name="DarkUniverse_Collider4">{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/dark-universe-universal-what-happened/|work=Collider|title=What Went Wrong With Universal's Dark Universe?|author=Laman, Lisa|date=February 12, 2024|accessdate=December 31, 2024}}{{better source|date=March 2025|reason=Per
[[WP:RSP/VALNET]]}}</ref>
:* '''''Wolf Man''''':<ref name="DarkUniverse_THR" /><ref name="UM_MW" />{{better source|date=January 2025|reason=Per [[WP:VALNET]], as discussed on talk page}}<ref name="DarkUniverse_THR5" /> With a script developed by [[Aaron Guzikowski]],<ref name="WolfMan_Deadline">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2014/11/fast-and-furious-sequels-justin-lin-universal-1201282337/|work=Deadline|title=Will Justin Lin Rev 'Fast & Furious' Finale?|author=Fleming Jr., Mike|date=November 12, 2014|accessdate=December 31, 2024}}</ref><ref name="WolfMan_THR">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/universals-classic-monster-universe-takes-748371/|work=The Hollywood Reporter|title=Universal's Classic Monster Universe Takes Shape With 'Fargo' and 'Prisoners' Writers|author=Kit, Borys|date=November 12, 2014|accessdate=December 31, 2024}}</ref> the studio had been interested in casting Dwayne Johnson in the titular role.<ref name="DwayneWolf_Deadline">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/06/dwayne-johnson-son-of-shaolin-jay-longino-graphic-novel-ryan-kalil-1201777586/|work=Deadline|title=Dwayne Johnson Sets Jay Longino Graphic Novel 'Son Of Shaolin' At Sony|author=Fleming Jr., Mike|date=June 22, 2016|accessdate=January 20, 2025}}</ref><ref name="UM_MW" />
:* '''''Bride of Frankenstein''''':<ref name="DarkUniverse_THR" /><ref name="DarkUniverse_THR5" /> The project was announced in May 2017, and was intended to be directed by [[Bill Condon]] with a script written by David Koepp,<ref name="Bride_Collider">{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/bride-of-frankenstein-remake-details-bill-condon/|work=Collider|title=Bill Condon on How His 'Bride of Frankenstein' Subverts and Honors the Original|author=Foutch, Haleigh|date=October 3, 2017|accessdate=December 31, 2024}}{{better source|date=March 2025|reason=Per
[[WP:RSP/VALNET]]}}</ref> with a February 14, 2019 release date.<ref name="Bride_SR">{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/bride-frankenstein-reboot-director-2019/|work=ScreenRant|title=Bride of Frankenstein Director & 2019 Release Date Confirmed|author=Silver, Stephen|date=May 22, 2017|accessdate=December 31, 2024}}{{better source|date=March 2025|reason=Per
[[WP:RSP/VALNET]]}}</ref> [[Angelina Jolie]] was in negotiations with the studio to star in the lead role,<ref name="Bride_Collider2">{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/angelina-jolie-bride-of-frankenstein-wanted-2/|work=Collider|title=Universal Wants to Make Angelina Jolie the 'Bride of Frankenstein'|author=Romano, Nick|date=November 24, 2015|accessdate=December 31, 2024}}{{better source|date=March 2025|reason=Per
[[WP:RSP/VALNET]]}}</ref><ref name="DarkUniverse_THR6" /> before the film was delayed and removed from its scheduled release in October.<ref name="Bride_SR2">{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/bride-frankenstein-angelina-jolie-delay/|work=ScreenRant|title=Bride of Frankenstein Delayed; Angelina Jolie Still Involved|author=Zinski, Dan|date=October 5, 2017|accessdate=December 31, 2024}}</ref>
:* '''''Dracula''''':<ref name="DarkUniverse_THR" /><ref name="UM_MW" /> By June 2017, a feature film titled and centered around the titular vampire was planned as a part of the Dark Universe franchise.<ref name="DarkUniverse_THR5" />
:* '''''Creature from the Black Lagoon''''': A feature film centered around the character was initially in development as a part of the planned slate of films.<ref name="DarkUniverse_THR" /> [[Will Beall]] was hired to write the script,<ref name="Creature_Deadline2">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2017/03/creature-from-the-black-lagoon-will-beall-aquaman-universal-pictures-1202057300/|work=Deadline|title='Aquaman' Scribe Will Beall Diving Into Universal's 'Creature From The Black Lagoon'|author=Fleming Jr., Mike|date=March 31, 2017|accessdate=January 1, 2025}}</ref><ref name="DarkUniverse_THR5" /> while the studio considered [[Scarlett Johansson]] for a role in the film.<ref name="ScarlettJohannson_TTB">{{cite web|url=https://www.tracking-board.com/tb-exclusive-universal-eyes-scarlett-johansson-to-star-in-creature-from-the-black-lagoon/|work=The Tracking Board|title={TB EXCLUSIVE} Universal Eyes Scarlett Johansson To Star In "Creature From The Black Lagoon"|date=April 8, 2015|accessdate=January 20, 2025}}</ref><ref name="ScarlettJohannson_BD">{{cite web|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3339433/universal-eyes-scarlett-johansson-creature-from-the-black-lagoon/|work=Bloody Disgusting|title=Universal Eyes Scarlett Johansson For 'Creature From the Black Lagoon'?|author=Miska, Brad|date=April 9, 2015|accessdate=January 20, 2025}}</ref><ref name="UM_MW" />
:* '''''The Invisible Man''''':<ref name="DarkUniverse_THR" /><ref name="DarkUniverse_THR5" /> Announced initially in February 2016 with [[Ed Solomon]] writing the script, Johnny Depp was cast to star in the lead role.<ref name="InvisibleMan_THR">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/johnny-depp-star-universals-invisible-863603/|work=The Hollywood Reporter|title=Johnny Depp to Star in Universal's 'Invisible Man' Reboot|author=Kit, Borys|date=February 9, 2016|accessdate=January 1, 2025}}</ref>
:* '''''Phantom of the Opera''''':<ref name="DarkUniverse_THR" /><ref name="UM_MW" /> By June 2017, a feature film centered around the titular character was planned as a part of the Dark Universe franchise.<ref name="DarkUniverse_THR5" /><ref name="DarkUniverse_FM">{{cite web|url=https://www.fandom.com/articles/mummy-producer-says-phantom-hunchback-added-dark-universe|work=Fandom Movies|title='The Mummy' Producer Says Phantom and Hunchback Will Join Dark Universe|author=Taylor-Foster|date=June 4, 2017|accessdate=January 20, 2025}}</ref>
:* '''''Hunchback of Notre Dame''''':<ref name="DarkUniverse_THR" /><ref name="UM_MW" />{{better source|date=January 2025|reason=Per [[WP:VALNET]], as discussed on talk page}} Alex Kurtzman announced developments for a Dark Universe film centered around the titular monster in June 2017.<ref name="DarkUniverse_THR5" />
:* '''''Van Helsing''''':<ref name="DarkUniverse_THR" /><ref name="DarkUniverse_THR5" /> Development began on the project as early as June 2012,<ref name="VanHelsing_Collider">{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/alex-kurtzman-star-trek-2-sequel-people-like-us-interview/|work=Collider|title=Alex Kurtzman Talks PEOPLE LIKE US, STAR TREK 2, THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2, ENDER'S GAME and the VAN HELSING and THE MUMMY Reboots|author=Radish, Christina|date=June 25, 2012|accessdate=January 1, 2025}}</ref> when Alex Kurtzman worked on the first draft of script,<ref name="VanHelsing_Collider2">{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/van-helsing-failed-reboots/|work=Collider|title=Every Van Helsing Reboot That Never Happened, From Tom Cruise to Channing Tatum|author=Laman, Lisa|date=February 1, 2024|accessdate=January 1, 2025}}{{better source|date=March 2025|reason=Per
[[WP:RSP/VALNET]]}}</ref> taking inspiration from ''[[The Dark Knight]]'' as an influence.<ref name="VanHelsing_Collider" /> By July 2016, [[Eric Heisserer]] and [[Jon Spaihts]] were hired to collaborate on a new draft of the script, where the co-authors looked towards the lead character of the [[Mad Max|''Mad Max'' franchise]] for further inspiration.<ref name="VanHelsing_Collider3">{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/van-helsing-reboot-mad-max/|work=Collider|title='Van Helsing' Reboot Inspired by Mad Max; Writer Teases Diversity of Universal Monsters Universe|author=Chitwood, Adam|date=July 19, 2016|accessdate=January 1, 2025}}{{better source|date=March 2025|reason=Per
[[WP:RSP/VALNET]]}}</ref> The studio had been courting Channing Tatum to star in the lead role, after Tom Cruise had initially been considered to play the character prior to being cast his starring role in ''The Mummy'' (2017) instead.<ref name="DarkUniverse_THR6">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/hollywood-rethinks-key-movie-franchises-a-mixed-summer-at-box-office-1022322/the-mummy-8/?utm_source=twitter|work=The Hollywood Reporter|title=Hollywood Rethinks Key Movie Franchises Amid a Mixed Summer at the Box Office|author=Ford, Rebecca, Borys Kit & Carolyn Giardina|date=July 21, 2017|accessdate=January 20, 2025}}</ref><ref name="UM_MW" />
:* '''''Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde''''':<ref name="DarkUniverse_THR" /><ref name="UM_MW" /> In June 2017, Alex Kurtzman confirmed plans for a feature film centered around the titular character.<ref name="DarkUniverse_THR5" />

* '''Untitled Mina Harker film''': By March 2020, [[Karyn Kusama]] was hired to direct a film centered around [[Count Dracula|Dracula]], from a script co-written by [[Matt Manfredi]] and [[Phil Hay (screenwriter)|Phil Hay]]. The project was to be a joint-venture production, with Blumhouse Productions serving as the production studio.<ref name="Dracula_THR">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/new-dracula-movie-works-as-universal-remakes-monsterverse-1283635|title=New 'Dracula' Movie in the Works as Universal Remakes Its Monsterverse (Exclusive)|work=The Hollywood Reporter|author=Siegel, Tatiana, & Borys Kit|date=March 10, 2020|access-date=September 7, 2024}}</ref><ref name="Dracula_Variety">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/dracula-karyn-kusama-blumhouse-1203529596/|work=Variety|title=Dracula Movie in Development at Blumhouse With Karyn Kusama Directing|author=McNary, Dave|date=March 10, 2020|access-date=September 7, 2024}}</ref> The film has been described to be a "faithful adaptation" of [[Bram Stoker]]'s ''[[Dracula]]'', including a plot told from multiple perspectives.<ref name="Dracula_CS">{{cite web|url=https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/1137555-dracula-karyn-kusama-teases-her-faithful-adaptation-to-the-classic-novel|work=ComingSoon.net|title=Dracula: Karyn Kusama Teases Her Faithful Adaptation to the Classic Novel|author=Dela Paz, Maggie|date=June 8, 2020|accessdate=September 7, 2024}}</ref> The film was intended to take place in modern-day [[Los Angeles]] with the working title ''Mina Harker''. [[Jasmine Cephas Jones]] was cast to play [[Mina Harker]] while Dracula would have used the alias of Vladimir, but in April 2022, three weeks prior to its principal photography start date, the project was cancelled by the associated studios due to creative differences with Kusama. At the time that it was shelved, [[Miramax]] had been intended to be one of the associated production studios.<ref name="Mina_Deadline">{{Cite web |last1=D'Alessandro |first1=Anthony |last2=Fleming |first2=Mike Jr. |date=April 18, 2022 |title=Blumhouse-Miramax Dracula Movie 'Mina Harker' Scrapped |url=https://deadline.com/2022/04/dracula-mina-harker-scrapped-jasmine-cephas-jones-karyn-kusama-blumhouse-miramax-1235005168/ |access-date=January 15, 2025 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Main cast and characters==
This table includes the Universal Monster characters and their respective actors for each film in the franchise. Additional characters include recurring primary characters of the Universal Studios Monsters franchise.
{{More citations needed|section|date=November 2024}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:99%; font-size:90%;"
|-
! rowspan="2" | Character
! colspan="5" | Classic era
! rowspan="2" | Remakes & spin-offs
! rowspan="2" | Modern era
|-
!1910s
!1920s
!1930s
!1940s
!1950s
|-
! [[Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (character)|Dr. Henry Jekyll<br>{{small|Mr. Edward Hyde}}]]<ref name="UM_MW" /><ref name="UM_MW2" /><ref name="UM_JB" />
| [[King Baggot]]{{efn|Baggot portrayed the character in the silent film, ''[[Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1913 film)|Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]]'' (1913).}}
| colspan="3" {{cEmpty}}
| Boris Karloff <br>& Eddie Parker{{efn|Karloff portrayed Jekyll, while Parker portrayed Hyde in ''[[Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]]'' (1953).}}
| Stephen Fisher <br>& [[Robbie Coltrane]]{{efn|Fisher portrayed Jekyll, while Coltrane voiced a [[Computer-generated imagery|CGI]]-created Hyde in ''[[Van Helsing (film)|Van Helsing]]'' (2004).}}
| [[Russell Crowe]]{{efn|Crowe portrayed the character in ''[[The Mummy (2017 film)|The Mummy]]'' (2017).}}
|-
! [[Quasimodo|Quasimodo <br>{{small|The Hunchback of Notre Dame}}]]<ref name="UM_Collider" />
| {{cEmpty}}
| [[Lon Chaney]]{{efn|Chaney portrayed the character in the silent film, ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923 film)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]'' (1923).}}
| colspan="5" {{cEmpty}}
|-
! [[Erik (The Phantom of the Opera)|The Phantom of the Opera]]<ref name="UM_Collider" />
| {{cEmpty}}
| Lon Chaney{{efn|Chaney portrayed the character in the silent film, ''[[The Phantom of the Opera (1925 film)|The Phantom of the Opera]]'' (1925) where the character is named Erik.}}
| {{cEmpty}}
| [[Claude Rains]]{{efn|Rains portrayed the character in the remake, ''[[Phantom of the Opera (1943 film)|Phantom of the Opera]]'' (1943) where the character is named Erique Claudin.}}
| colspan="3" {{cEmpty}}
|-
! [[Count Dracula]]<ref name="UM_Collider" />
| colspan="2" {{cEmpty}}
| [[Bela Lugosi]]{{efn|Lugosi portrayed the character in ''[[Dracula (1931 English-language film)|Dracula]]'' (1931).}}<hr>{{small|[[Carlos Villarías|Carlos Villar]]{{efn|Villar portrayed the character in the Spanish-language version of the film, ''[[Dracula (1931 Spanish-language film)|Drácula]]'' (1931) where the character is named Conde Drácula.<ref name="UM_DoG">{{cite web|url=https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/all-universal-monsters-movies-ranked/|work=Den of Geek|title=All Universal Monsters Movies Ranked|author=Crow, David|date=October 28, 2023|accessdate=August 14, 2024}}</ref>}}}}
| [[John Carradine]]{{efn|Carradine portrayed the character in ''[[House of Frankenstein (film)|House of Frankenstein]]'' (1944), and ''[[House of Dracula]]'' (1945).}} <hr>Bela Lugosi{{efn|Lugosi reprised the role in ''[[Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein]]'' (1948).}}
| {{cEmpty}}
| [[Frank Langella]]{{efn|Langella portrayed the character in the remake of the 1931 original, ''[[Dracula (1979 film)|Dracula]]'' (1979 film).}}<hr>[[Richard Roxburgh]]{{efn|Roxburgh portrayed the character in ''Van Helsing'' (2004), where the character is named Count Vladislaus Dracula.}}
| [[Luke Evans]]{{efn|Evans portrayed the character in ''[[Dracula Untold]]'' (2014), where the character is depicted as the historical figure [[Vlad the Impaler|Vlad III "the Impaler" Dracula]] in an origin story.}}<hr>[[Nicolas Cage]]{{efn|Cage portrayed the character in ''[[Renfield (film)|Renfield]]'' (2023).}}<hr>[[Javier Botet]]{{efn|Botet portrayed the character in ''[[The Last Voyage of the Demeter]]'' (2023).}}
|-
! [[Brides of Dracula]]<ref name="BridesofDracula_SF">{{cite web|url=https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/why-the-nfl-owers-debt-of-gratitude-to-stephen-sommer-van-helsing|work=Syfy|title=Van Helsing: Why the NFL Owes a Debt of Gratitude to Stephen Sommers' Wild Monster Mash Movie|author=Weiss, Josh|date=August 1, 2024|accessdate=September 9, 2024}}</ref>
| colspan="2" {{cEmpty}}
| Geraldine Dvorak, <br>Cornelia Thaw, <br>& [[Dorothy Tree]]{{efn|The actresses (Dvorak, Thaw, and Tree) portrayed the characters in ''Dracula'' (1931).}} <hr>{{small|''Uncredited actresses''}}{{efn|A trio of uncredited actresses portrayed the characters in the Spanish-language version of the film ''Drácula'' (1931).}}
| colspan="2" {{cEmpty}}
| [[Silvia Colloca]], <br>[[Elena Anaya]], <br>& [[Josie Maran]]{{efn|The actresses (Anaya, Colloca, and Maran) portrayed the characters in ''Van Helsing'' (2004), where the characters are named Verona, Aleera, and Marishka, respectively.}}
| {{cEmpty}}
|-
! [[Renfield|Robert Montague "R. M." Renfield]]<ref name="Renfield_DOG">{{cite web|url=https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/renfield-team-potential-exploring-universal-monsters-world/|work=Den of Geek|title=Renfield Team Talks Potential of Exploring Universal Monsters' World|author=Sagers, Aaron|date=April 17, 2023|accessdate=September 9, 2024}}</ref>
| colspan="2" {{cEmpty}}
| [[Dwight Frye]]{{efn|Frye portrayed the character in ''Dracula'' (1931).}} <hr>{{small|Pablo Álvarez Rubio{{efn|Rubio portrayed the character in the Spanish-language version of the film, ''Drácula'' (1931).}}}}
| colspan="2" {{cEmpty}}
| [[Tony Haygarth]]{{efn|Haygarth portrayed the character in ''Dracula'' (1979), where the character is named Milo Renfield.}}
| [[Nicholas Hoult]]{{efn|Hoult portrayed the character in ''Renfield'' (2023).}}
|-
! [[Abraham Van Helsing|Prof. Van Helsing]]
| colspan="2" {{cEmpty}}
| [[Edward Van Sloan]]{{efn|Van Sloan portrayed the character in ''Dracula'' (1931), and ''Dracula's Daughter'' (1936).}} <hr>{{small|[[Eduardo Arozamena]]{{efn|Arozamena portrayed the character in Spanish-language version of the film, ''Drácula'' (1931).}}}}
| colspan="2" {{cEmpty}}
| [[Laurence Olivier]]{{efn|Olivier portrayed the character in ''Dracula'' (1979).}}<hr>[[Hugh Jackman]]{{efn|Jackman portrayed the character in ''Van Helsing'' (2004), where the character is named Gabriel Van Helsing.}}
| {{cEmpty}}
|-
! [[Frankenstein's monster|Frankenstein's Monster]]<ref name="UM_Collider" />
| colspan="2" {{cEmpty}}
| [[Boris Karloff]]{{efn|Karloff portrayed the character in ''[[Frankenstein (1931 film)|Frankenstein]]'' (1931), ''[[Bride of Frankenstein|The Bride of Frankenstein]]'' (1935), and ''[[Son of Frankenstein]]'' (1939).}}
| [[Lon Chaney Jr.]]{{efn|Chaney Jr. portrayed the character in ''[[The Ghost of Frankenstein]]'' (1942).}}<hr>Bela Lugosi{{efn|Lugosi portrayed the character in ''[[Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man]]'' (1943).}}<hr>[[Glenn Strange]]{{efn|Strange portrayed the character in ''House of Frankenstein'' (1944), ''House of Dracula'' (1945), and ''Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein'' (1948).}}
| {{cEmpty}}
| [[Shuler Hensley]]{{efn|Hensley portrayed the character in ''Van Helsing'' (2004).}}
| {{cEmpty}}
|-
! [[Victor Frankenstein #Films|Dr. Heinrich "Henry" von Frankenstein]]
| colspan="2" {{cEmpty}}
| [[Colin Clive]]{{efn|Clive portrayed the character in ''Frankenstein'' (1931), and ''The Bride of Frankenstein'' (1935), while the actor's likeness was used for reference on the oil painting familial portrait in ''Son of Frankenstein'' (1939).}}
| [[Cedric Hardwicke]]{{efn|Hardwicke portrays the [[ghost]]ly apparition of the character during a [[hallucination]] sequence in ''The Ghost of Frankenstein'' (1942).}}
| {{cEmpty}}
| [[Samuel West]]{{efn|West portrayed the character in ''Van Helsing'' (2004).}}
| {{cEmpty}}
|-
! [[Imhotep (The Mummy)|Imhotep<br>{{small|The Mummy}}]]<ref name="UM_DoG" />
| colspan="2" {{cEmpty}}
| Boris Karloff{{efn|Karloff portrayed the character in ''[[The Mummy (1932 film)|The Mummy]]'' (1932).}}
| colspan="2" {{cEmpty}}
| [[Arnold Vosloo]]{{efn|Vosloo portrayed the character in ''[[The Mummy (1999 film)|The Mummy]]'' (1999), and ''[[The Mummy Returns]]'' (2001).}}
| [[Sofia Boutella]]{{efn|Boutella portrayed the character in ''The Mummy'' (2017), where the character is named Ahmanet.}}
|-
! [[Griffin (The Invisible Man)|Dr. Jack Griffin<br>{{small|The Invisible Man}}]]<ref name="UM_DoG" />
| colspan="2" {{cEmpty}}
| Claude Rains{{efn|Rains portrayed the character in ''[[The Invisible Man (1933 film)|The Invisible Man]]'' (1933).}}
| colspan="2" {{N/A|<small>''Referenced''</small>}}
| colspan="1" {{cEmpty}}
| [[Oliver Jackson-Cohen]]{{efn|Jackson-Cohen portrayed the character in ''[[The Invisible Man (2020 film)|The Invisible Man]]'' (2020), where the character is named Adrian Griffin.}}
|-
! [[Bride of Frankenstein (character)|Bride of Frankenstein]]<ref name="UM_Collider" />
| colspan="2" {{cEmpty}}
| [[Elsa Lanchester]]{{efn|Lanchester portrayed the character in ''The Bride of Frankenstein'' (1935).}}
| colspan="4" {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Dr. Wilfred Glenn <br>{{small|Werewolf of London}}<ref name="UM_DoG" />
| colspan="2" {{cEmpty}}
| [[Henry Hull]]{{efn|Hull portrayed the character in ''[[Werewolf of London]]'' (1935).}}
| colspan="4" {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Countess Marya Zaleska<br>{{small|Dracula's Daughter}}<ref name="UM_DoG" />
| colspan="2" {{cEmpty}}
| [[Gloria Holden]]{{efn|Holden portrayed the character in ''[[Dracula's Daughter]]'' (1936).}}
| colspan="4" {{cEmpty}}
|-
! [[Igor (character)|Ygor]]
| colspan="2" {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="2" | Bela Lugosi{{efn|Lugosi portrayed the character in ''Son of Frankenstein'' (1939), and ''The Ghost of Frankenstein'' (1942).}}
| {{cEmpty}}
| [[Kevin J. O'Connor (actor)|Kevin J. O'Connor]]{{efn|O'Connor portrayed the character in ''Van Helsing'' (2004).}}
| {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Geoffrey Radcliffe<br>{{small|The Invisible Man}}<ref name="UM_DoG" />
| colspan="3" {{cEmpty}}
| [[Vincent Price]]{{efn|Price portrayed the character in ''[[The Invisible Man Returns]]'' (1940); he later reprised the role in ''[[Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein]]'' (1948).}}
| colspan="3" {{cEmpty}}
|-
! [[Kharis|Kharis<br>{{small|The Mummy}}]]<ref name="UM_DoG" />
| colspan="3" {{cEmpty}}
| [[Tom Tyler]]{{efn|Tyler portrayed the character in ''[[The Mummy's Hand]]'' (1940).}} <hr>Lon Chaney Jr.{{efn|Chaney Jr. portrayed the character in ''[[The Mummy's Tomb]]'' (1942), ''[[The Mummy's Ghost]]'' (1944), and ''[[The Mummy's Curse]]'' (1944).}}
| colspan="3" {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Kitty Carol<br>{{small|The Invisible Woman}}<ref name="UM_DoG" />
| colspan="3" {{cEmpty}}
| [[Virginia Bruce]]{{efn|Bruce portrayed the character in ''[[The Invisible Woman (1940 film)|The Invisible Woman]]'' (1940).}}
| colspan="3" {{cEmpty}}
|-
! [[Larry Talbot|Lawrence "Larry" Talbot<br>{{small|The Wolf Man}}]]<ref name="UM_Collider" />
| colspan="3" {{cEmpty}}
| Lon Chaney Jr.{{efn|Chaney Jr. portrayed the character in ''[[The Wolf Man (1941 film)|The Wolf Man]]'' (1941), ''Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man'' (1943), ''House of Frankenstein'' (1944), ''House of Dracula'' (1945), and ''Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein'' (1948).}}
| {{cEmpty}}
| [[Will Kemp (actor, born 1977)|Will Kemp]]{{efn|Kemp portrayed the character in ''Van Helsing'' (2004), where the character is named Velkan Valerious.}}<hr>[[Benicio del Toro]]{{efn|del Toro portrayed the character in ''[[The Wolfman (film)|The Wolfman]]'' (2010).}}
| [[Christopher Abbott]]{{efn|Abbott portrayed the character in ''[[Wolf Man (2025 film)|Wolf Man]]'' (2025), where the character is named Blake Lovell.}}
|-
! Frank "Raymond" Griffin<br>{{small|The Invisible Man}}<ref name="UM_DoG" />
| colspan="3" {{cEmpty}}
| [[Jon Hall (actor)|Jon Hall]]{{efn|Hall portrayed the character in ''[[Invisible Agent]]'' (1942).}}
| colspan="3" {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Count Alucard<br>{{small|Son of Dracula}}<ref name="UM_DoG" />
| colspan="3" {{cEmpty}}
| Lon Chaney Jr.{{efn|Chaney Jr. portrayed the character in ''[[Son of Dracula (1943 film)|Son of Dracula]]'' (1943).}}
| colspan="3" {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Robert Griffin<br>{{small|The Invisible Man}}<ref name="UM_DoG" />
| colspan="3" {{cEmpty}}
| Jon Hall{{efn|Hall played another character in ''[[The Invisible Man's Revenge]]'' (1944).}}
| colspan="3" {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Phyllis Allenby<br>{{small|She-Wolf of London}}<ref name="UM_DoG" />
| colspan="3" {{cEmpty}}
| [[June Lockhart]]{{efn|Lockhart portrayed the character in ''[[She-Wolf of London (film)|She-Wolf of London]]'' (1946).}}
| colspan="3" {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Tommy Nelson<br>{{small|The Invisible Man}}<ref name="UM_DoG" />
| colspan="4" {{cEmpty}}
| [[Arthur Franz]]{{efn|Franz portrayed the character in ''[[Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man]]'' (1951).}}
| colspan="2" {{cEmpty}}
|-
! [[Gill-man|Gill-Man<br>{{small|The Creature}}]]<ref name="UM_Collider" />
| colspan="4" {{cEmpty}}
| [[Ben Chapman (actor)|Ben Chapman]]{{Efn|Chapman portrayed the character in ''[[Creature from the Black Lagoon]]'' (1954), while Browning served as underwater stunt double.}} <hr>[[Ricou Browning]]{{Efn|Browning served as the underwater performer for the Creature in ''[[Creature from the Black Lagoon]]'' (1954), ''[[Revenge of the Creature]]'' (1955), and ''[[The Creature Walks Among Us]]'' (1956).}} <hr>[[Tom Hennesy]]{{efn|Hennesy portrayed the character in ''[[Revenge of the Creature]]'' (1955), while Browning once again served as the underwater stunt double.}} <hr>[[Don Megowan]]{{efn|Megowan portrayed the character in ''[[The Creature Walks Among Us]]'' (1956), while Browning again served as the underwater stunt double.}}
| colspan="2" {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Klaris<br>{{small|The Mummy}}<ref name="UM_DoG" />
| colspan="4" {{cEmpty}}
| [[Eddie Parker (actor)|Eddie Parker]]{{efn|Parker portrayed the character in ''[[Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy]]'' (1955).}}
| colspan="2" {{cEmpty}}
|-
! [[List of The Mummy (film series) characters#Mathayus (Scorpion King)|Mathayus of Akkad<br>{{small|The Scorpion King}}]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/scorpion-king-reboot-movie-dwayne-johnson-producer-updates/|work=ScreenRant|title=Scorpion King Producer Gives Status Update On Upcoming Reboot|author=Banks, Richard|date=November 15, 2021|accessdate=September 9, 2024}}</ref>
| colspan="5" {{cEmpty}}
| [[Dwayne Johnson]]{{efn|Johnson portrayed the character in ''The Mummy Returns'' (2001), and ''[[The Scorpion King]]'' (2002).}} <hr>[[Michael Copon]]{{efn|Copon portrayed the character in ''[[The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior]]'' (2008), while Pierre Marais featured as the character at a younger age.}} <hr>[[Victor Webster]]{{efn|Webster portrayed the character in ''[[The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption]]'' (2012), and ''[[The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power]]'' (2015).}} <hr>[[Zach McGowan]]{{efn|McGowan portrayed the character in ''[[The Scorpion King: Book of Souls]]'' (2018).}}
| {{cEmpty}}
|-
! [[List of The Mummy (film series) characters#Han (Dragon Emperor)|Han the Dragon Emperor <br>{{small|The Mummy}}]]<ref name="DragonEmperor_NBP">{{cite web|url=https://nextbestpicture.com/universals-horror-remakes-ranked/|work=Next Best Picture|title=Universal's Horror Remakes Ranked|author=Castro, Danilo|date=February 28, 2020|accessdate=September 9, 2024}}</ref>
| colspan="5" {{cEmpty}}
| [[Jet Li]]{{efn|Li portrayed the character in ''[[The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor]]'' (2008).}}
| {{cEmpty}}
|- 
|}

==Television==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center; width:99%;"
|-
! scope="col" style="width:14%;" rowspan="2" | Series
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Season(s)
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Episode(s)
! scope="col" colspan="3" | Originally released
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Creator(s)
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Executive producer
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Status
|-
! First released
! Last released
! Network
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left"| ''[[Monster Force]]''
| 1
| 13
| {{Start date|1994|04|09}}
| {{End date|1994|07|16}}
| [[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
| [[Marv Wolfman]]
| Sheldon S. Wiseman
| Ended
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left"| ''[[The Mummy (TV series)|The Mummy: The Animated Series]]''
| 2
| 26
| {{Start date|2001|09|29}}
| {{End date|2003|06|07}}
| [[Kids' WB]]
| [[Stephen Sommers]] and Thomas Pugsley & Greg Klein
| Stephen Sommers
| Ended
|}

===''Monster Force'' (1994)===
Created by comic book author and artist [[Marv Wolfman]], in collaboration with [[Universal Animation Studios|Universal Cartoon Studios]], the show was developed to reintroduce the Universal Monsters to child audiences. The plot centers around a group of college-age students and their professor Dr. Reed Crawley to form a squad call the Monster Force, who through the use of some supernatural skills and technological weaponry must combat Dracula and his army called the Creatures of the Night. The series aired through broadcast syndication from April to July 1994. With mild viewership, the show was canceled after its first season.<ref name="Animation_CBR">{{cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/weirdest-cartoons-based-great-horror-movies/|work=Comic Book Resource|title=10 Weirdest Cartoons Based on Great Horror Movies|author=Bollettieri, Spencer|date=July 22, 2023|accessdate=September 13, 2024}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=Citation is part of Valnet. Per [[WP:VALNET]], CBR (formerly Comic Book Resources) is seen as having been reliable pre-Valnet purchase in 2016. Content after 2016 is seen as generally unreliable.|date=November 2024}}<ref name="MonsterForce_SS">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EEwaFOFYAc|work=Screaming Soup!|title=Monster Force Re-animated Review|author=Screaming Soup! staff|date=February 3, 2015|accessdate=September 13, 2024}}</ref>

===''The Mummy: The Animated Series'' (2001–2003)===
Created by [[Stephen Sommers]] in collaboration with Thomas Pugsley and Greg Klein, the show is an animated adaptation of [[The Mummy (franchise)#Stephen Sommers series (1999–2008)|the film series]] which had starred [[Brendan Fraser]]. The television show centers around [[Imhotep (The Mummy)|Imhotep / The Mummy]], while following the adventures of [[Rick O'Connell]] and his family. Featuring the voices of [[Jim Cummings]], [[John Schneider (screen actor)|John Schneider]], [[Chris Marquette]], [[Grey DeLisle]], and an ensemble of supporting cast, the show was marketed towards younger audiences through Universal Cartoon Studios. Airing on [[The WB]] through the [[Kids' WB|Kids' WB!]] programming block from September 2001 to June 2003, the show received critical acclaim while some critics called the release superior to the feature-length sequels to the live-action [[The Mummy (1999 film)|1999 film]].<ref name="Animation_CBR" />{{Better source needed|reason=Citation is part of Valnet. Per [[WP:VALNET]], CBR (formerly Comic Book Resources) is seen as having been reliable pre-Valnet purchase in 2016. Content after 2016 is seen as generally unreliable.|date=November 2024}}<ref name="MummyTV_Collider">{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/the-mummy-animated-series-peacock-tv-review/|work=Collider|title='The Mummy' Animated Series Exists, But Shout It? - Saturday Morning Cartoons|author=Trumbore, Dave|date=July 25, 2020|accessdate=September 13, 2024}}{{better source|date=March 2025|reason=Per
[[WP:RSP/VALNET]]}}</ref><ref name="MummyTV_CS">{{cite web|url=https://www.comingsoon.net/guides/news/1537838-the-mummy-the-animated-series-season-1-streaming-watch-and-stream-online-via-peacock|work=ComingSoon.net|title=The Mummy: The Animated Series Season 1 Streaming: Watch and Stream Online via Peacock|author=Ali, Hajra|date=February 24, 2024|accessdate=September 13, 2024}}</ref>

==Direct-to-video films==
Following the financial successes of ''[[The Mummy Returns]]'' (2001) and its prequel ''[[The Scorpion King]]'' (2002), a [[The Scorpion King (film series)|series]] of ''Scorpion King'' films were produced and distributed [[Direct-to-video|straight-to-home video]] through [[Universal Pictures Home Entertainment]].

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" width:99%;" style="text-align:center;"
! style="width:25%;" | Film
! U.S. release date
! Director
! Screenwriter(s)
! Story by
! Producer(s)
! Ref(s)
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| ''[[The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior]]''
| style="text-align:center;" | {{Start date|2008|08|19}}
| [[Russell Mulcahy]]
| colspan="2"| Randall McCormick
| [[Sean Daniel]] and [[James Jacks]]
|
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| ''[[The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption]]''
| style="text-align:center;" | {{Start date|2012|01|10}}
| [[Roel Reiné]]
| Brendan Cowles & Shane Kuhn
| Randall McCormick
| Leslie Belzberg
|
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| ''[[The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power]]''
| style="text-align:center;" | {{Start date|2015|01|06}}
| [[Mike Elliott (filmmaker)|Mike Elliott]]
| colspan="2"| Michael D. Weiss
| Mike Elliott and [[Ogden Gavanski]]
|
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| ''[[The Scorpion King: Book of Souls]]''
| style="text-align:center;" | {{Start date|2018|10|23}}
| [[Don Michael Paul]]
| colspan="2"| David Alton Hedges & Frank DeJohn
| Mike Elliott
|
|-
|}

==Short films==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" width:99%;" style="text-align:center;"
! style="width:18%;" | Film
! U.S. release date
! Director(s)
! Screenwriter(s)
! Producer
|-
| style="text-align:left" | ''Abbott and Costello Meet the Creature from the Black Lagoon''
| style="text-align:left" | {{start date|1954|02|21}}
| Sid Smith & Edward Sobol
| [[John Grant (screenwriter)|John Grant]] and [[Hugh Wedlock Jr.]] & [[Howard Snyder]]
| Edward Sobol
|-
| style="text-align:left" | ''[[Van Helsing: The London Assignment]]''
| style="text-align:left" | {{start date|2004|05|11}}
| Sharon Bridgeman
| [[Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens|Garfield Reeves-Stevens & Judith Reeves-Stevens]]
| John Kafka
|-
|}

===''Abbott and Costello Meet the Creature from the Black Lagoon'' (1954)===
Developed in collaboration with [[Colgate-Palmolive|Colgate-Palmolive-Peet]], the short was released during ''[[The Colgate Comedy Hour]]'' as a live-television comedy sketch created to introduce audiences to ''The Creature from the Black Lagoon''. Continuing the trend with previous installments where [[Abbott and Costello|Bud Abbott and Lou Costello]] meet the Universal Monsters, the short follows a plot where the two actors explore the studio's prop room which references some of their previous interactions with the various characters, while encountering the Invisible Man, Frankenstein's Monster ([[Glenn Strange]]), and [[Gill-man|the Gill-Man]] ([[Ben Chapman (actor)|Ben Chapman]]).<ref name="AbbottCostello_BD">{{cite web|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3583005/meet-monsters-ranking-monster-movies-unlikely-horror-icons-abbott-costello/|work=Bloody Disgusting|title=Meet the Monsters: Ranking the Monster Movies of Unlikely Horror Icons Abbott and Costello|author=George, Joseph|date=September 11, 2019|accessdate=December 18, 2024}}</ref><ref name="A&C_MC">{{cite web|url=https://www.monstersinmotion.com/cart/dvd-item-list-a-c-1_58/abbott-and-costello-meet-the-creature-from-the-black-lagoon-1954-dvd-p-33183.html|work=Monsters in Motion|title=Abbott and Costello Meet the Creature From the Black Lagoon 1954 DVD|accessdate=September 13, 2024}}</ref><ref name="UM_Fangoria">{{cite web|url=https://www.fangoria.com/abbott-costello-universal-monsters/|work=Fangoria|title=BOO's On First: Abbott, Costello, And The Universal Monsters|author=Prince, Diana|date=June 29, 2021|accessdate=December 18, 2024}}</ref>

===''Van Helsing: The London Assignment'' (2004)===
Developed as an [[anime]]-styled prologue to the 2004 [[Van Helsing (film)|feature-length film]], the short was directed by Sharon Bridgeman from a script written by Garfield and Judith Reeves-Stevens. The plot takes place immediately before the live-action film and follows Gabriel Van Helsing's investigation in the grisly murders plaguing Victorian era London, and his discovery of a monstrous killer named [[Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (character)|Mr. Hyde]]. Marketed as the prequel to the theatrical release, it was produced for the [[Direct-to-video|straight-to-home video]] market by Universal and was received with mixed reception.<ref name="Anime_CB">{{cite web|url=https://www.cinemablend.com/dvds/Van-Helsing-London-Assignment-588.html|work=Cinemblend|title=Van Helsing: The London Assignment|author=Tyler, Joshua|date=May 27, 2016|accessdate=September 13, 2024}}</ref><ref name="Anime_SR">{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/van-helsing-london-assignment-anime-better-movie-why/|work=ScreenRant|title=Hugh Jackman's Forgotten Van Helsing Anime Prequel Is Better Than The Movie|author=Ferguson, Murray|date=September 4, 2021|accessdate=December 18, 2024}}</ref><ref name="Anime_DVDT">{{cite web|url=https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/10851|work=DVD Talk|title=Van Helsing: The London Assignment|author=Miller III, Randy|date=May 11, 2004|accessdate=September 13, 2004}}</ref>

==Other media==
===Home video collections===
The franchise has received a variety of home video packing boxsets including: ''The Classic Collection'' (1991-1994), the ''Classic Monster Collection'' (1999), ''The Legacy Collection'' (2004), the ''Essential Collection'' (2012), and the ''Complete Collection'' (2018).
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Universal Monsters films
! Year
! Title
! ''The Classic Collection''<br />(1991–94)
! ''Classic Monster Collection''<br />(1999)
! ''The Legacy Collection''<br />(2004)
! ''Essential Collection''<br />(2012)
! ''Complete Collection''<br />(2018)
! class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}}
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1931
! scope=row| ''[[Dracula (1931 English-language film)|Dracula]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| <ref name="spanish">{{cite video |title=Dracula |medium=VHS |publisher=[[MCA Home Video]] |year=1991}}</ref><ref name=dracula99>{{cite video |title=Dracula |medium=DVD |publisher=[[Universal Studios Home Video]] |year=1999}}</ref><ref name=dracula04>{{cite video |title=Dracula: The Legacy Collection |medium=DVD |publisher=[[Universal Studios Home Video]] |year=2004}}</ref><ref name=essential>{{cite video |title=Universal Classic Monsters: The Essential Collection |medium=Blu-ray |publisher=[[Universal Pictures Home Entertainment]] |year=2012}}</ref><ref name="complete">{{cite video |title=Universal Classic Monsters: Complete 30-Film Collection |medium=Blu-ray |publisher=[[Universal Pictures Home Entertainment]] |year=2018}}</ref>{{sfn|Rhodes|2014|p=245}}
|-
! scope=row| ''[[Dracula (1931 Spanish-language film)|Dracula]]'' (Spanish)
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| <ref name=spanish/><ref name=dracula99/><ref name=dracula04/><ref name=essential/><ref name="complete" />{{sfn|Rhodes|2014|p=282}}
|-
! scope=row| ''[[Frankenstein (1931 film)|Frankenstein]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| <ref name=frankenstein>{{cite video |title=Frankenstein |medium=VHS |publisher=[[MCA Home Video]] |year=1991}}</ref><ref name=frankenstein99>{{cite video |title=Frankenstein |medium=DVD |publisher=[[Universal Studios Home Video]] |year=1999}}</ref><ref name=frankenstein04>{{cite video |title=Frankenstein: The Legacy Collection |medium=DVD |publisher=[[Universal Studios Home Video]] |year=2004}}</ref><ref name=essential/><ref name="complete" />{{sfn|Weaver|Brunas|Brunas|2007|p=38}}
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1932
! scope=row| ''[[Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932 film)|Murders in the Rue Morgue]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| <ref name=ruemorgue>{{cite video |title=Murders in the Rue Morgue |medium=VHS |publisher=[[MCA Home Video]] |year=1991}}</ref>{{sfn|Mank|2010|p=105}} <!-- Feb 10 -->
|-
! scope=row| {{sort|Mummy, The|''[[The Mummy (1932 film)|The Mummy]]''}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| <ref name=mummy>{{cite video |title=The Mummy |medium=VHS |publisher=[[MCA Home Video]] |year=1991}}</ref><ref name=mummy99>{{cite video |title=The Mummy |medium=DVD |publisher=[[Universal Studios Home Video]] |year=1999}}</ref><ref name=mummy04>{{cite video |title=The Mummy: The Legacy Collection |medium=DVD |publisher=[[Universal Studios Home Video]] |year=2004}}</ref><ref name=essential/><ref name="complete" />{{sfn|Weaver|Brunas|Brunas|2007|p=63}} <!-- Dec 22 -->
|-
! scope=row| ''[[Island of Lost Souls (1932 film)|Island of Lost Souls]]''{{efn|name=Paramount|Although originally produced and released by [[Paramount Pictures]], [[MCA Inc.]] obtained the rights to the film in 1958 and acquired Universal in 1962 and branded it with Universal Studios Monsters in its 1991 home video release.<ref>McDougal, Dennis (2001). ''The Last Mogul: Lew Wasserman, MCA, and the Hidden History of Hollywood'' (pp. 231–232). [[Da Capo Press]].</ref>}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| <ref name=island>{{cite video |title=Island of Lost Souls |medium=VHS |publisher=[[MCA Home Video]] |year=1991}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|work=[[Arizona Daily Star]]|title=At the Theatres This Week|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/61829230/arizona-daily-star/|via=Newspapers.com|date=December 18, 1932|page=8}}</ref> <!-- Dec 24 -->
|-
| 1933
! scope=row| {{sort|Invisible Man, The|''[[The Invisible Man (1933 film)|The Invisible Man]]''}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| <ref name=invisible>{{cite video |title=The Invisible Man |medium=VHS |publisher=[[MCA Home Video]] |year=1991}}</ref><ref name=invisible99>{{cite video |title=The Invisible Man |medium=DVD |publisher=[[Universal Studios Home Video]] |year=1999}}</ref><ref name=invisible04>{{cite video |title=The Invisible Man: The Legacy Collection |medium=DVD |publisher=[[Universal Studios Home Video]] |year=2004}}</ref><ref name=essential/><ref name="complete" />{{sfn|Weaver|Brunas|Brunas|2007|p=78}}
|-
| 1934
! scope=row| {{sort|Black Cat, The|''[[The Black Cat (1934 film)|The Black Cat]]''}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| <ref>{{cite video |title=The Black Cat |medium=VHS |publisher=[[MCA Home Video]] |year=1991}}</ref>{{sfn|Weaver|Brunas|Brunas|2007|p=78}} <!-- May 7 -->
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1935
! scope=row| {{sort|Bride of Frankenstein, The|''[[Bride of Frankenstein|The Bride of Frankenstein]]''}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| <ref name=frankenstein2>{{cite video |title=Bride of Frankenstein |medium=VHS |publisher=[[MCA Home Video]] |year=1991}}</ref><ref name=frankenstein2-99>{{cite video |title=Bride of Frankenstein |medium=DVD |publisher=[[Universal Studios Home Video]] |year=1999}}</ref><ref name=frankenstein04/><ref name=essential/><ref name="complete" />{{sfn|Weaver|Brunas|Brunas|2007|p=120}} <!-- May 6 -->
|-
! scope=row| ''[[Werewolf of London]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| <ref name=werewolf>{{cite video |title=Werewolf of London |medium=VHS |publisher=[[MCA Home Video]] |year=1991}}</ref><ref name=wolfman04>{{cite video |title=The Wolf Man: The Legacy Collection |medium=DVD |publisher=[[Universal Studios Home Video]] |year=2004}}</ref><ref name="complete" />{{sfn|Weaver|Brunas|Brunas|2007|p=129}} <!-- June 3 -->
|-
! scope=row| {{sort|Raven, The|''[[The Raven (1935 film)|The Raven]]''}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| <ref name=raven>{{cite video |title=The Raven |medium=VHS |publisher=[[MCA Home Video]] |year=1991}}</ref>{{sfn|Weaver|Brunas|Brunas|2007|p=138}} <!-- July 22 -->
|-
| 1936
! scope=row| ''[[Dracula's Daughter]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| <ref name=dracula2>{{cite video |title=Dracula's Daughter |medium=VHS |publisher=[[MCA Home Video]] |year=1991}}</ref><ref name=dracula04/><ref name="complete" />{{sfn|Weaver|Brunas|Brunas|2007|p=162}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1939
! scope=row| ''[[Son of Frankenstein]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| <ref name=frankenstein3>{{cite video |title=Son of Frankenstein |medium=VHS |publisher=[[MCA Home Video]] |year=1991}}</ref><ref name=frankenstein04/><ref name="complete" />{{sfn|Weaver|Brunas|Brunas|2007|p=182}} <!-- Jan 13 -->
|-
! scope=row| ''[[Tower of London (1939 film)|Tower of London]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| <ref name=tower>{{cite video |title=Tower of London |medium=VHS |publisher=[[MCA Home Video]] |year=1991}}</ref>{{sfn|Weaver|Brunas|Brunas|2007|p=200}} <!-- Nov 17 -->
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1940
! scope=row| {{sort|Invisible Man Returns, The|''[[The Invisible Man Returns]]''}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| <ref name=invisible2>{{cite video |title=The Invisible Man Returns |medium=VHS |publisher=[[MCA Home Video]] |year=1991}}</ref><ref name=invisible04/><ref name="complete" />{{sfn|Weaver|Brunas|Brunas|2007|p=207}} <!-- Jan 12 -->
|-
! scope=row| {{sort|Mummy's Hand, The|''[[The Mummy's Hand]]''}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| <ref name=mummy2>{{cite video |title=The Mummy's Hand |medium=VHS |publisher=[[MCA Home Video]] |year=1991}}</ref><ref name=mummy04/><ref name="complete" />{{sfn|Weaver|Brunas|Brunas|2007|p=229}} <!-- Sep 20 -->
|-
! scope=row| {{sort|Invisible Woman, The|''[[The Invisible Woman (1940 film)|The Invisible Woman]]''}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| <ref name=invisible3>{{cite video |title=The Invisible Woman |medium=VHS |publisher=[[MCA Home Video]] |year=1991}}</ref><ref name=invisible04/><ref name="complete" />{{sfn|Weaver|Brunas|Brunas|2007|p=237}} <!-- Dec 27 -->
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1941
! scope=row| {{sort|Monster and the Girl, The|''[[The Monster and the Girl]]''}}{{efn|name=Paramount}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| <ref name=monster>{{cite video |title=The Monster and the Girl |medium=VHS |publisher=[[MCA Home Video]] |year=1991}}</ref><ref name="afi">{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/26824-THE-MONSTERANDTHEGIRL?sid=a4006673-5b7d-4725-a906-11ac2e4ef36e&sr=9.290158&cp=1&pos=1|publisher=[[American Film Institute]]|title=The Monster and the Girl|accessdate=June 8, 2020}}</ref> <!-- Feb 28 -->
|-
! scope=row| ''[[Man-Made Monster]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| <ref name=manmade>{{cite video |title=Man-Made Monster |medium=VHS |publisher=[[MCA Home Video]] |year=1991}}</ref>{{sfn|Weaver|Brunas|Brunas|2007|p=241}} <!-- Mar 28 -->
|-
! scope=row| {{sort|Wolf Man, The|''[[The Wolf Man (1941 film)|The Wolf Man]]''}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| <ref name=wolfman>{{cite video |title=The Wolf Man |medium=VHS |publisher=[[MCA Home Video]] |year=1991}}</ref><ref name=wolfman99>{{cite video |title=The Wolf Man |medium=DVD |publisher=[[Universal Studios Home Video]] |year=1999}}</ref><ref name=wolfman04/><ref name=essential/><ref name="complete" />{{sfn|Weaver|Brunas|Brunas|2007|p=261}} <!-- Dec 12-->
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1942
! scope=row| {{sort|Ghost of Frankenstein, The|''[[The Ghost of Frankenstein]]''}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| <ref name=frankenstein4>{{cite video |title=The Ghost of Frankenstein |medium=VHS |publisher=[[MCA Home Video]] |year=1991}}</ref><ref name=frankenstein04/><ref name="complete" />{{sfn|Weaver|Brunas|Brunas|2007|p=275}} <!-- Mar 13 -->
|-
! scope=row| ''[[Invisible Agent]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| <ref name=invisible4>{{cite video |title=Invisible Agent |medium=VHS |publisher=[[MCA Home Video]] |year=1991}}</ref><ref name=invisible04/><ref name="complete" />{{sfn|Weaver|Brunas|Brunas|2007|p=294}} <!-- Jul 31 -->
|-
! scope=row| {{sort|Mummy's Tomb|''[[The Mummy's Tomb]]''}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| <ref name=mummy3>{{cite video |title=The Mummy's Tomb |medium=VHS |publisher=[[MCA Home Video]] |year=1991}}</ref><ref name=mummy04/><ref name="complete" />{{sfn|Weaver|Brunas|Brunas|2007|p=305}} <!-- Oct 23 -->
|-
| rowspan="5" | 1943
! scope=row| ''[[Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| <ref name=frankenstein5>{{cite video |title=Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man |medium=VHS |publisher=[[MCA Home Video]] |year=1991}}</ref><ref name=wolfman04/><ref name="complete" />{{sfn|Weaver|Brunas|Brunas|2007|p=322}} <!-- Mar 5 -->
|-
! scope=row| ''[[Captive Wild Woman]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| <ref name=captive>{{cite video |title=Captive Wild Woman |medium=VHS |publisher=[[MCA Home Video]] |year=1991}}</ref>{{sfn|Weaver|Brunas|Brunas|2007|p=337}} <!-- June 4 -->
|-
! scope=row| ''[[Phantom of the Opera (1943 film)|Phantom of the Opera]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| <ref name=phantom>{{cite video |title=Phantom of the Opera |medium=VHS |publisher=[[MCA Home Video]] |year=1991}}</ref><ref name=phantom99>{{cite video |title=Phantom of the Opera |medium=DVD |publisher=[[Universal Studios Home Video]] |year=1999}}</ref><ref name=essential/><ref name="complete" />{{sfn|Weaver|Brunas|Brunas|2007|p=345}} <!-- Aug 27 -->
|-
! scope=row| ''[[Son of Dracula (1943 film)|Son of Dracula]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| <ref name=dracula3>{{cite video |title=Son of Dracula |medium=VHS |publisher=[[MCA Home Video]] |year=1991}}</ref><ref name=dracula04/><ref name="complete" />{{sfn|Kiss|2019|p=95}} <!-- Oct 20 -->
|-
! scope=row| {{sort|Mad Ghoul, The|''[[The Mad Ghoul]]''}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| <ref name=ghoul>{{cite video |title=The Mad Ghoul |medium=VHS |publisher=[[MCA Home Video]] |year=1991}}</ref>{{sfn|Weaver|Brunas|Brunas|2007|p=373}} <!-- Nov 12 -->
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1944
! scope=row| {{sort|Invisible Man's Revenge, The|''[[The Invisible Man's Revenge]]''}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| <ref name=invisible5>{{cite video |title=The Invisible Man's Revenge |medium=VHS |publisher=[[MCA Home Video]] |year=1991}}</ref><ref name=invisible04/><ref name="complete" />{{sfn|Weaver|Brunas|Brunas|2007|p=400}} <!-- Jun 9 -->
|-
! scope=row| {{sort|Mummy's Ghost, The|''[[The Mummy's Ghost]]''}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| <ref name=mummy4>{{cite video |title=The Mummy's Ghost |medium=VHS |publisher=[[MCA Home Video]] |year=1991}}</ref><ref name=mummy04/><ref name="complete" />{{sfn|Weaver|Brunas|Brunas|2007|p=417}} <!-- July 7 -->
|-
! scope=row| ''[[House of Frankenstein (film)|House of Frankenstein]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| <ref name=frankenstein6>{{cite video |title=House of Frankenstein |medium=VHS |publisher=[[MCA Home Video]] |year=1991}}</ref><ref name=frankenstein04/><ref name="complete" />{{sfn|Weaver|Brunas|Brunas|2007|p=447}} <!-- Dec 15 -->
|-
! scope=row| {{sort|Mummy's Curse, The|''[[The Mummy's Curse]]''}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| <ref name=mummy5>{{cite video |title=The Mummy's Curse |medium=VHS |publisher=[[MCA Home Video]] |year=1991}}</ref><ref name=mummy04/><ref name="complete" />{{sfn|Weaver|Brunas|Brunas|2007|p=456}} <!-- Dec 22 -->
|-
| 1945
! scope=row| ''[[House of Dracula]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| <ref name=dracula4>{{cite video |title=House of Dracula |medium=VHS |publisher=[[MCA Home Video]] |year=1991}}</ref><ref name=dracula04/><ref name="complete" />{{sfn|Weaver|Brunas|Brunas|2007|p=501}} <!-- Dec 7 -->
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1946
! scope=row| ''[[House of Horrors]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| <ref name=horrors>{{cite video |title=House of Horrors |medium=VHS |publisher=[[MCA Home Video]] |year=1991}}</ref>{{sfn|Weaver|Brunas|Brunas|2007|p=525}} <!--Mar 29 -->
|-
! scope=row| ''[[She-Wolf of London (film)|She-Wolf of London]]''
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| <ref name=wolfman04/><ref name="complete" />{{sfn|Weaver|Brunas|Brunas|2007|p=539}} <!--May 17 -->
|-
| 1948
! scope=row| ''[[Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein]]''
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| <ref name="complete" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/25390-BUD-ABBOTTANDLOUCOSTELLOMEETFRANKENSTEIN?sid=f016cb31-3857-4389-8f73-b84e0f82c726&sr=2.911371&cp=1&pos=0|publisher=American Film Institute|title=Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein|accessdate=July 14, 2021}}</ref> <!-- Jun 15 -->
|-
| 1951
! scope=row| ''[[Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man]]''
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| <ref name="complete" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/50001-ABBOTT-ANDCOSTELLOMEETTHEINVISIBLEMAN?sid=cd410d68-abc0-48f4-b477-b34684c1b0e0&sr=17.264997&cp=1&pos=0|publisher=American Film Institute|title=Abbott and Costello Meet The Invisible Man|accessdate=July 14, 2021}}</ref> <!-- April -->
|-
| 1954
! scope=row| ''[[Creature from the Black Lagoon]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| <ref name=creature>{{cite video |title=Creature from the Black Lagoon |medium=VHS |publisher=[[MCA Home Video]] |year=1991}}</ref><ref name=creature99>{{cite video |title=Creature from the Black Lagoon |medium=DVD |publisher=[[Universal Studios Home Video]] |year=1999}}</ref><ref name=creature04>{{cite video |title=Creature from the Black Lagoon: The Legacy Collection |medium=DVD |publisher=[[Universal Studios Home Video]] |year=2004}}</ref><ref name=essential/><ref name="complete" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/51168-CREATURE-FROMTHEBLACKLAGOON?sid=749ae352-1688-4fe0-a84c-31b95df17fae&sr=14.600882&cp=1&pos=0|publisher=American Film Institute|title=Creature from the Black Lagoon|accessdate=July 14, 2021}}</ref> <!-- March -->
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1955
! scope=row| ''[[Revenge of the Creature]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| <ref name=creature2>{{cite video |title=Revenge of the Creature |medium=VHS |publisher=[[MCA Home Video]] |year=1991}}</ref><ref name=creature04/><ref name="complete" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/51635-REVENGE-OFTHECREATURE?sid=c70fd42c-fa17-4374-9d8f-b66a616b562f&sr=11.697663&cp=1&pos=0|publisher=American Film Institute|title=Revenge of the Creature|accessdate=July 14, 2021}}</ref> <!--May -->
|-
! scope=row| ''[[Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy]]''
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| <ref name="complete" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/51418-ABBOTT-ANDCOSTELLOMEETTHEMUMMY?sid=c2b24ab8-1ca2-4e19-92f3-1ac9f013a302&sr=16.303974&cp=1&pos=0|publisher=American Film Institute|title=Abbott and Costello Meet The Mummy|accessdate=July 14, 2021}}</ref> <!--June 1955 -->
|-
| 1956
! scope=row| {{sort|Creature Walks Among Us, The|''[[The Creature Walks Among Us]]''}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| <ref name=creature3>{{cite video |title=The Creature Walks Among Us |medium=VHS |publisher=[[MCA Home Video]] |year=1991}}</ref><ref name=creature04/><ref name="complete" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/51792-THE-CREATUREWALKSAMONGUS?sid=d6f0dd20-804f-4bdf-9923-0ae5bbba337e&sr=15.2395525&cp=1&pos=0|publisher=American Film Institute|title=The Creature Walks Among Us|accessdate=July 14, 2021}}</ref> <!--April -->
|}

===Literature===
[[Universal Pictures]] collaborated with a number of publishing companies to produce a variety mediums of literature, featuring the Universal Monsters characters, including novels, young adult fiction, graphic novels, comic books, and limited series.

====Novels====
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+ Universal Monsters novels
|-
!scope="col" style="width:35%;"|Title
!scope="col"|Author
!scope="col"|Publication date
!scope="col"|Publisher
!scope="col"|Notes
!scope="col"|Ref(s)
|-
!scope="row"|''Return of the Wolfman''
| [[Jeff Rovin]]
| {{start date|1998|10|01}}
| Berkley Boulevard Books
| {{N/A}}
| <ref name="Rovin_AB">{{cite web|url=https://www.abebooks.com/first-edition/Return-Wolf-Man-Jeff-Rovin-Berkley/31212780313/bd|work=AbeBooks|title=Return of The Wolf Man|author=Rovin, Jeff|accessdate=August 17, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Return of The Wolf Man |url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20817.Return_of_The_Wolf_Man?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=W0b73EHxKe&rank=36 |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=Goodreads |language=en}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|''Universal Monsters - Dracula: Return of Evil''
| rowspan="6"| Larry Mike Garmon
| rowspan="3" | {{start date|2001|01|01}}
| rowspan="6"| [[Scholastic Corporation|Scholastic, Incorporated]]
| rowspan="6"| Part of Larry Mike Garmon's ''Universal Monsters'' series
| <ref name="Garmon_AB">{{cite web|url=https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=31516411467&searchurl=ds%3D20%26kn%3Dlarry%2Bmike%2Bgarmon%26rollup%3Don%26sortby%3D17&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp0-_-title5|work=AbeBooks|title=Dracula: Return of Evil|author=Garmon, Larry Mike|accessdate=August 17, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Return of Evil: Dracula (Universal Monsters) |url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13901.Return_of_Evil?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=jiy0x5V8xB&rank=10 |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=Goodreads |language=en}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|''Universal Monsters - The Wolf Man: Blood Moon Rising''
| <ref name="Garmon_AB2">{{cite web|url=https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=31476012710&searchurl=ds%3D20%26kn%3Dlarry%2Bmike%2Bgarmon%26rollup%3Don%26sortby%3D17&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp0-_-title3|work=AbeBooks|title=The Wolf Man: Blood Moon Rising|author=Garmon, Larry Mike|accessdate=August 17, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Wolf Man (Universal Monsters) |url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/102409.The_Wolf_Man?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=jiy0x5V8xB&rank=5 |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=Goodreads |language=en}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|''Universal Monsters - Frankenstein: Anatomy of Terror''
| <ref name="Garmon_AB3">{{cite web|url=https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30829977802&searchurl=ds%3D20%26kn%3Dlarry%2Bmike%2Bgarmon%26rollup%3Don%26sortby%3D17&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp0-_-title2|work=AbeBooks|title=Frankenstein: Anatomy of Terror|author=Garmon, Larry Mike|accessdate=August 17, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Frankenstein: Anatomy of Terror (Universal Monsters) |url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/504650.Frankenstein?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=jiy0x5V8xB&rank=7 |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=Goodreads |language=en}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |''Universal Monsters - Creature from the Black Lagoon: Blackwater Horror''
| {{start date|2002|01|01}}
| <ref name="Garmon_AB5">{{cite web |url=https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=22914281079&searchurl=ds%3D20%26kn%3Dlarry%2Bmike%2Bgarmon%26rollup%3Don%26sortby%3D17&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp0-_-title7 |work=AbeBooks |title=Creature from the Black Lagoon: Blackwater Horror |author=Garmon, Larry Mike |accessdate=August 17, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Black Water Horror: A Tale of Terror for the 21st Centu… |url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/338768.Black_Water_Horror?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=jiy0x5V8xB&rank=8 |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=Goodreads |language=en}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |''Universal Monsters - The Mummy: Book of the Dead''
| {{start date|2002|02|01}}
| <ref name="Garmon_AB4">{{cite web |url=https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=31746937204&searchurl=ds%3D20%26kn%3Dlarry%2Bmike%2Bgarmon%26rollup%3Don%26sortby%3D17&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp0-_-title1 |work=AbeBooks |title=The Mummy: Book of the Dead |author=Garmon, Larry Mike |accessdate=August 17, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Garmon |first1=Larry Mike |url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/197335.Book_Of_The_Dead?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=jiy0x5V8xB&rank=3 |title=The mummy |last2=Garmon |first2=Larry Mike |date=2002 |publisher=Scholastic Inc |others=Copyright Paperback Collection (Library of Congress) |isbn=978-0-439-30346-0 |series=Universal Studios monsters |location=New York |oclc=ocm48888321}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|''Universal Monsters - Bride of Frankenstein: Vow of Vengeance''
| {{start date|2002|09|01}}
| <ref name="Garmon_AB6">{{cite web|url=https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=31795944169&searchurl=ds%3D20%26kn%3Dlarry%2Bmike%2Bgarmon%26rollup%3Don%26sortby%3D17&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp0-_-title6|work=AbeBooks|title=Bride of Frankenstein: Vow of Vengeance|author=Garmon, Larry Mike|accessdate=August 17, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Garmon |first1=Larry Mike |url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35259.Universal_Monsters_06?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=jiy0x5V8xB&rank=11 |title=Vow of vengeance: the Bride of Frankenstein |last2=Garmon |first2=Larry Mike |date=2002 |publisher=Scholastic |others=Copyright Paperback Collection (Library of Congress) |isbn=978-0-439-40229-3 |series=Universal Studios monsters |location=New York |oclc=ocm50524982}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|''Dracula: Asylum''
| Paul Witcover
| {{start date|2006|02|22}}
| rowspan="6"| [[Dark Horse Comics]]
| {{N/A}}
| <ref name="Witcover_DHC">{{cite web|url=https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/10-739/Dracula-Asylum-Novel|work=Dark Horse Comics|title=Dracula: Asylum|author=Witcover, Paul|accessdate=August 17, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Dracula : Asylum |url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44103.Dracula_?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=kel2ROZtZy&rank=1 |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=Goodreads |language=en}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|''Frankenstein: The Shadow of Frankenstein''
| [[Stefan Petrucha]]
| {{start date|2006|08|15}}
| {{N/A}}
| <ref name="Petrucha_DHC">{{cite web|url=https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/10-936/Frankenstein-The-Shadow-of-Frankenstein-Novel|work=Dark Horse Comics|title=Frankenstein: The Shadow of Frankenstein|author=Petrucha, Stefan|accessdate=August 17, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Frankenstein (The Shadow Of Frankenstein #1) |url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24630.Frankenstein?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=yBYYmRVJRI&rank=1 |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=Goodreads |language=en}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|''Creature from the Black Lagoon: Time's Black Lagoon''
| [[Paul Di Filippo]]
| {{start date|2006|09|19}}
| {{N/A}}
| <ref name="Di Filippo_DHC">{{cite web|url=https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/10-770/Creature-from-the-Black-Lagoon-Times-Black-Lagoon-Novel|work=Dark Horse Comics|title=Creature from the Black Lagoon: Time's Black Lagoon|author=Di Filippo, Paul|accessdate=August 17, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Creature From The Black Lagoon: Times Black Lagoon |url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/635824.Creature_From_The_Black_Lagoon?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=nvX1C65eET&rank=1 |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=Goodreads |language=en}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |''The Wolf Man: Hunter's Moon''
| [[Michael Jan Friedman]]
| {{start date|2007|10|16}}
| {{N/A}}
| <ref name="Friedman_DHC">{{cite web |url=https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/10-773/The-Wolf-Man-Hunters-Moon-Novel |title=The Wolf Man: Hunter's Moon |work=Dark Horse Comics |author=Friedman, Michael Jan |accessdate=August 17, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Friedman |first=Michael Jan |url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/392639.The_Wolf_Man?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=Worz8F4qbb&rank=1 |title=Wolf man: hunter's moon |date=2007 |publisher=Dark Horse Books |others=Copyright Paperback Collection (Library of Congress) |isbn=978-1-59582-134-8 |series=Dark Horse Books horror/media tie-in |location=Milwaukie, OR |oclc=155691212}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |''The Mummy: Dark Resurrection''
| Michael Paine
| {{start date|2007|11|13}}
| {{N/A}}
| <ref name="Paine_DHC">{{cite web |url=https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/13-068/The-Mummy-Dark-Resurrection-Novel |work=Dark Horse Comics |title=The Mummy: Dark Resurrection |author=Pain, Michael |accessdate=August 17, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Mummy: Dark Resurrection |url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/212733352-the-mummy?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=gH3CjgmR01&rank=1 |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=Goodreads |language=en}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|''The Bride of Frankenstein: Pandora's Bride''
| [[Elizabeth Hand]]
| {{start date|2007|12|25}}
| {{N/A}}
| <ref name="Hand_DHC">{{cite web|url=https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/10-769/The-Bride-of-Frankenstein-Pandoras-Bride-Novel|title=The Bride of Frankenstein: Pandora's Bride|work=Dark Horse Comics|author=Hand, Elizabeth|accessdate=August 17, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Bride of Frankenstein, Volume 1: Pandora's Bride |url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/72467.The_Bride_of_Frankenstein_Volume_1?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=qXFvS5qfPB&rank=1 |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=Goodreads |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|}

====Comics====
==== Dark Horse Comics (1993–2006) ====
{| class="wikitable"
|+[[Dark Horse Comics]] series
!Title
!Publication date
!Writer
!Pencilller
!Inker
!Colorist
!Letterer
!Editor
!Designer
|-
!''Universal Monsters: Frankenstein''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Universal Monsters: Frankenstein :: Profile :: Dark Horse Comics |url=https://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/92-522/Universal-Monsters-Frankenstein |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=www.darkhorse.com}}</ref>
|May 1, 1993
| colspan="4" |[[Denis Beauvais]]
|
| rowspan="4" |Dan Thorsland
| rowspan="4" |Scott Tice
|-
!''Universal Monsters: Creature from the Black Lagoon''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Universal Monsters: Creature from the Black Lagoon :: Profile :: Dark Horse Comics |url=https://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/92-474/Universal-Monsters-Creature-from-the-Black-Lagoon |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=www.darkhorse.com}}</ref>
|August 1, 1993
|Steve Moncuse
|[[Arthur Adams (comics)|Arthur Adams]]
|[[Terry Austin (comics)|Terry Austin]]
|[[Matt Hollingsworth]]
|Lois Buhalis
|-
!''Universal Monsters: Dracula''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Universal Monsters: Dracula :: Profile :: Dark Horse Comics |url=https://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/92-477/Universal-Monsters-Dracula |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=www.darkhorse.com}}</ref>
|October 1, 1993
|[[Dan Vado]]
| colspan="3" |Jonathan D. Smith
|Clem Robins
|-
!''Universal Monsters: The Mummy''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Universal Monsters: The Mummy :: Profile :: Dark Horse Comics |url=https://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/93-109/Universal-Monsters-The-Mummy |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=www.darkhorse.com}}</ref>
|November 1, 1993
|[[Dan Jolley]]
| colspan="2" |[[Tony Harris (artist)|Tony Harris]]
|Matt Hollingsworth
|Lois Buhalis
|-
!''Universal Monsters: Cavalcade of Horror''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Universal Monsters: Cavalcade of Horror TPB Collection :: Profile :: Dark Horse Comics |url=https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/10-767/Universal-Monsters-Cavalcade-of-Horror-TPB-Collection |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=www.darkhorse.com}}</ref>
|January 11, 2006
| colspan="7" |
|}

==== Skybound Entertainment (2023–present) ====
{| class="wikitable"
|+[[Skybound Entertainment]] series
!Title
!Writer
!Pencilller
!Inker
!Colorist
!Letterer
!Editor
!Designer
!Premiere date
!Finale date
|-
!''Universal Monsters: Dracula''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Salmon |first=Will |date=2023-07-18 |title=Dracula bites back in the first of a new series of Universal Monsters comics from Skybound |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/dracula-bites-back-in-the-first-of-a-new-series-of-universal-monsters-comics-from-skybound/ |access-date=2023-08-21 |website=gamesradar |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=First Comics News |date=2023-07-14 |title=James Tynion IV & Martin Simmonds Launch Universal Monsters: Dracula Comic Book Series |url=https://www.firstcomicsnews.com/james-tynion-iv-martin-simmonds-launch-universal-monsters-dracula-comic-book-series/ |access-date=2023-08-21 |language=en-US}}</ref>
|[[James Tynion IV]]
| colspan="3" |Martin Simmonds
|Rus Wooton
| rowspan="4" |Alex Antone
| rowspan="4" |Jillian Crab
|October 25, 2023
|January 24, 2024
|-
!''Universal Monsters: <br>Creature from the Black Lagoon Lives!''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kit |first=Borys |date=2024-01-12 |title='Creature from the Black Lagoon' Comic Book Coming from Robert Kirkman's Skybound Entertainment (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/creature-from-the-black-lagoon-comic-1235786821/ |access-date=2024-01-13 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref>
|[[Ram V]] <br> [[Dan Watters]]
| colspan="2" |Matthew Roberts
|[[Dave Stewart (artist)|Dave Stewart]] (1-2) <br> [[Patricia Mulvihill|Trish Mulvihill]] (3-4)
|D. C. Hopkins
|April 24, 2024
|July 24, 2024
|-
!''Universal Monsters: Frankenstein''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schedeen |first=Jesse |date=2024-02-29 |title=Universal Monsters: Frankenstein Reimagines the Iconic Movie Monster |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/universal-monsters-frankenstein-reimagines-the-iconic-movie-monster |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=IGN |language=en}}</ref>
| colspan="3" |Michael Walsh
|Toni-Marie Griffin
|Becca Carey
|August 28, 2024
|November 27, 2024
|-
!''Universal Monsters: The Mummy''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Salmon |first=Will |date=2024-12-13 |title=Universal Monsters: The Mummy resurrects the undead fiend for a "horrifyingly romantic" new series |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/comics/image-comics/universal-monsters-the-mummy-announcement/ |access-date=2024-12-13 |website=gamesradar |language=en}}</ref>
| colspan="3" |[[Faith Erin Hicks]]
|[[Lee Loughridge]]
|Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou
|March 26, 2025
|TBA
|}

===Theme park attractions===
* '''[[Universal Monsters Live Rock and Roll Show]]''': This live show has played under several different names across the [[Universal Destinations & Experiences|Universal Parks & Resorts]], and features several Universal Monsters alongside the title character of the horror-comedy film ''[[Beetlejuice]]''.
* '''[[Universal's Halloween Horror Nights]]''': Since 1991 at Universal Parks & Resorts the theme park attraction have featured characters from the Universal Classic Monsters franchise. From 2006 to 2014, the characters also appeared in the year-round walk-through attraction, [[Universal's House of Horrors]], at [[Universal Studios Hollywood]]. The franchise is also the central theme of [[Universal Orlando's Horror Make-Up Show|Universal's Horror Make-Up Show]]. The live show opened in 1990 at [[Universal Studios Florida]] and is still in operation.<ref name="Park_ITM">{{cite web|url=https://insidethemagic.net/2017/10/alive-universal-studios-classic-monster-cafe-gets-updated-new-life-ghoulishly-gorgeous/|work=Inside the Magic|title=It's Alive! Universal Studios' Classic Monster Café gets updated with new life – and is ghoulishly gorgeous|author=Gavin, Michael|publisher=JAK Schmidt, Inc.|access-date=September 7, 2024|date=October 24, 2017}}</ref>
* '''''[[Revenge of the Mummy|Revenge of the Mummy: The Ride]]''''': Opening in 2004 at Universal Studios Florida and Universal Studios Hollywood, the roller coaster with [[dark ride]] elements is based on the first two ''Mummy'' films of the remake era.<ref name="Park_TNYT">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/09/business/technology-high-tech-mummy-ride-aims-combine-fright-factor-with-roller-coaster.html|work=The New York Times|author=Stellin, Susan|title=TECHNOLOGY; High-Tech Mummy Ride Aims to Combine the Fright Factor With Roller Coaster Thrills|date=February 9, 2004|accessdate=September 7, 2024}}</ref>
* '''[[Universal Epic Universe]]''': A theme park attraction based on the concept and title of cancelled shared universe of films opened in May 2025, as a part of [[Universal Destinations & Experiences]]'s planned expansion of the [[Universal Orlando|Orlando]] park location. Thematically inspired by each of its films, the park serves as a modern day follow-up to the original films, where attendees can explore a town named Darkmoor Village. This attraction features the great-great-granddaughter of [[Victor Frankenstein|Henry Frankenstein]] named Victoria, who has continued to follow in the mad scientist footsteps of her family and has begun creating monsters of her own. Visitors attending the park can see the events of a plot unfold, where her latest experiment which was intended to bring all of the Universal Monsters under her control backfires as a result of Dracula's revolt. The Dark Universe includes attractions, locales from the films, a number of rides, and a combination of [[Haunted attraction (simulated)#Haunted house, mansion or castle|actors]], [[animatronics]], [[special effect]]s, and cutting-edge technology that was developed for the park.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Universal Orlando |url=https://www.universalorlando.com/web/en/us/theme-parks/epic-universe?__source=sm..TWITTER..UniversalORL&campaign=Epic%20Universe&post_id=14998142118 |access-date=2024-10-17 |website=Universal Orlando Resort |language=en}}</ref><ref name="EpicUniverse_Deadline">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2024/06/dark-universe-orlando-rides-details-photos-1235978661/|work=Deadline|title=Dark Universe Revealed: New World At Universal Orlando's Epic Universe Will Include Werewolf Coaster & Frankenstein's Experiment Gone Awry|author=Tapp, Tom|date=June 20, 2024|accessdate=September 7, 2024}}</ref> The location includes Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster, Wolf Man, Bride of Frankenstein, Creature from the Black Lagoon, The Mummy, Invisible Man, and various others from the studio's films.<ref name="Park_Universal">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HTnjAUp4rU|work=Universal Orlando Resort|publisher=Universal|title=Introducing Dark Universe at Universal Epic Universe|date=June 20, 2024|accessdate=September 7, 2024}}</ref>
* '''[[Universal Horror Unleashed]]''': A haunted house attraction featuring characters from the Universal Classic Monsters franchise will open on August 14, 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 19, 2025 |title=BREAKING: Universal Horror Unleashed Opening Date Announced, Tickets Now on Sale |url=https://wdwnt.com/2025/02/breaking-universal-horror-unleashed-opening-date-announced-tickets-now-on-sale/ |first=Lauren |last=Shahan |access-date=April 2, 2025 |website=WDW News Today |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/universal-horror-unleashed-las-vegas-haunted-houses-1236050104/ |title=Universal Plans Year-Round Haunted Houses Based on 'Exorcist' and 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre' |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |first=Alex |last=Weprin |date=October 31, 2024 |access-date=November 4, 2024}}</ref>

==Influence on unrelated media==
The Universal Monsters have been attributed with directly influencing the horror genre and its filmmakers in the decades that followed,<ref name="Legacy_TDC">{{cite web|url=https://sites.cortland.edu/dragon-chronicle/2023/10/30/how-universals-classic-monsters-paved-the-way-for-modern-horror/|work=State University of New York: The Dragon Chronicle|title=How Universal's Classic Monsters Paved the Way for Modern Horror|author=Oliva, Andrew|date=October 30, 2023|accessdate=October 5, 2024}}</ref> as well as also retroactively adding additional depth to the source material for the characters.<ref name="Legacy_CBR">{{cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/universal-classic-monster-movies-influenced-novel-source-material/|work=Comic Book Resources|title=How Universal's Monster Movies Retroactively Changed the Source Material|author=Bishop, Ben|date=October 11, 2022|accessdate=October 5, 2024}}</ref><ref name="Legacy_Collider">{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/invisible-man-boris-karloff/|work=Collider|title=The Invisible Man Was Almost Played by a Different Universal Monster Icon|author=Mosley, Matthew|date=November 4, 2023|accessdate=December 18, 2024|quote=No studio is as closely associated with monster movies as Universal Pictures. Their contributions to the genre during the Golden Age of Hollywood are among the most recognizable in film, with some leaving such an indelible mark on popular culture they eclipsed the popularity of their original novels...}}{{better source|date=March 2025|reason=Per
[[WP:RSP/VALNET]]}}</ref> The popularity of the franchise inspired decades of horror films that followed,<ref name="Legacy_SF">{{cite web|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/1034769/the-15-best-universal-monster-movies-ranked/|work=SlashFilm|title=The 15 Best Universal Monster Movies, Ranked|author=Colangelo, BJ|date=October 2, 2022|accessdate=December 18, 2024}}</ref> including leading to various unrelated media based on the characters and adapting in a variety of means.<ref name="Legacy_SR">{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/movies-pay-homage-universal-monsters-horror-munsters/|work=ScreenRant|title=The Munsters: 10 Movies That Pay Homage to the Universal Monster Movies|author=Theis, Gabriel|date=August 24, 2024|accessdate=October 5, 2024}}{{better source|date=March 2025|reason=Per
[[WP:RSP/VALNET]]}}</ref>

* '''[[The Munsters|''The Munsters'' franchise]]''' (1964–2022): A comedic sitcom formatted [[parody]] of horror, where a family of benign monsters navigate their existence among normal American experiences. Produced in collaboration with [[Universal Television]], the franchise was able to employ the copyrighted designs of the Universal Monsters for the Munster family.<ref name="Munsters_ref">{{cite video|year=2003|title=The Munsters: America's First Family of Fright|medium=Television production}}</ref> Versions of Frankenstein's Monster, Count Dracula, the Gill-Man, Dr. Frankenstein, The Wolf Man, Phantom of the Opera, Bride of Frankenstein, and Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde feature throughout its installments.<ref name="Munsters_BD">{{cite web|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/tv/3731286/the-munsters-six-classic-monsters-that-appeared-in-the-original-series-and-movies/|work=Bloody Disgusting|title="The Munsters" – Six Classic Monsters That Appeared in the Original Series and Movies|author=DiVincenzo, Alex|date=September 22, 2022|accessdate=October 6, 2024}}</ref>
* '''''[[Mad Monster Party?]]''''' (1967): Developed by [[Rankin/Bass Animated Entertainment|Rankin/Bass Productions Inc.]] as a [[stop motion|stop-motion]] [[Animation|animated]] [[Musical film|musical]] [[Comedy film|comedy]], the adaptation features incarnations of Universal Monsters with distinct variations to avoid copyright, including: Dr. Frankenstein (voiced by [[Boris Karloff]]), Frankenstein's Monster, Bride of Frankenstein, Count Dracula, the Wolf Man, The Mummy, Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde, Creature from the Black Lagoon, Hunchback of Notre-Dame, and Invisible Man among various other monster-themed characters. Directed by [[Jules Bass]], with a script written by Len Korobkin and [[Harvey Kurtzman]], based on an original story from [[Arthur Rankin Jr.]], the plot centers around Dr. Frankenstein's invitation for all monsters to attend a retirement celebration at Castle Frankenstein to name is successor.<ref name="MadMonsterParty_SF">{{cite web|url=https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/there-is-truly-no-better-time-to-watch-mad-monster-party|work=Syfy|title=There is truly no better time to watch 'Mad Monster Party', the 'Rudolph' of Halloween|author=Grebey, James|date=October 26, 2022|accessdate=October 6, 2024}}</ref> The feature-length film has been cited as a [[Cult film|cult classic]] in the decades since its release.<ref name="MadMonsterParty_USAT">{{cite web|url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/popcandy/post/2009/10/must-see-halloween-classic-mad-monster-party/1|work=USA Today|title=Must-see Halloween classic: 'Mad Monster Party'|author=Matheson, Whitney|date=October 5, 2009|accessdate=October 6, 2024}}</ref>
* '''''[[Young Frankenstein]]''''' (1974): A horror comedy film directed by [[Mel Brooks]], from a script he co-wrote with [[Gene Wilder]], it is a parody of the ''[[Frankenstein (Universal film series)|Frankenstein]]'' films produced by [[Universal Pictures]] in the 1930s and 1940s, most notably ''[[Frankenstein (1931 film)|Frankenstein]]'' (1931), ''[[Bride of Frankenstein]]'' (1935), ''[[Son of Frankenstein]]'' (1939) and ''[[The Ghost of Frankenstein]]'' (1942). Released by [[20th Century Studios|20th Century Fox]], the plot follows Dr. Fredrick Frankenstein (Wilder), the grandson of the infamous Victor Frankenstein, who distances himself from his Frankenstein lineage but eventually resumes his grandfather's experiments in reanimating the dead. To recreate the atmosphere of the original films, the film was shot entirely in [[Black and white|black-and-white]], employed 1930s-style opening credits, used wipes and irises for scene transitions, and even used the original lab equipment by [[Kenneth Strickfaden]] from the original 1931 film.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sherlock |first=Ben |date=June 15, 2021 |title=Young Frankenstein: 9 Ways It's A Spot-On Parody Of Universal Monster Movies |url=https://screenrant.com/young-frankenstein-best-universal-monster-movie-parody/ |access-date=April 11, 2025 |website=Screen Rant}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Vorel |first=Jim |date=October 27, 2021 |title=ABCs of Horror 2: "Y" Is for Young Frankenstein (1974) |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/horror-movies/young-frankenstein-1974-review-gene-wilder-mel-brooks-marty-feldman |access-date=April 11, 2025 |website=Paste Magazine}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Du Bose |first=Thomas |date=2022 |title=Young Frankenstein (film) |url=https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/film/young-frankenstein-film |access-date=April 11, 2025 |website=EBSCO Information Services}}</ref>
* '''''[[The Monster Squad]]''''' (1987): A horror comedy film directed by [[Fred Dekker]], from a script he co-wrote with [[Shane Black]], the film centers on a group of pre-teens who form a Universal Monsters fan club called the "Monster Squad" and they must protect their hometown against a group of monsters, led by Count Dracula, who are in search of a magic amulet that will give them the power to take over the world. Released through [[TriStar Pictures]], the film features modernized versions of the Universal Monsters, including Count Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster, the Wolf Man, the Mummy, and the Gill-Man.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lussier |first=Germain |date=August 14, 2017 |title=The Monster Squad Is the Only Dark Universe We Ever Needed |url=https://gizmodo.com/the-monster-squad-is-the-only-dark-universe-we-ever-nee-1797827434 |access-date=April 9, 2025 |website=Gizmodo}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Robley |first=Les Paul |date=March 1988 |title=Director Fred Dekker on resurrecting The Monster Squad; Winning homage to past Universal monsters |url=https://archive.org/details/cinefantastique_1970-2002/Cinefantastique%20Vol%2018%20No%202-3%20%28March%201988%29/page/n111/mode/2up |access-date=April 9, 2025 |work=Cinefantastique |pages=112-113}}</ref>
* '''''[[Darkman]]''''' (1990): A superhero horror film directed and co-written by [[Sam Raimi]] about a scientist who works to develop synthetic skin but is burned alive and left for dead by mobsters. He then adopts the identity of a vigilante named Darkman to seek revenge on those who disfigured him. The film drew inspiration from films like ''[[The Phantom of the Opera (1925 film)|The Phantom of the Opera]]'' (1925), ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923 film)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]'' (1923), and the Universal horror films of the 1930s and 1940s, as well as pulp characters like [[The Shadow]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cruse |first=Daniel |date=March 26, 2024 |title=Sam Raimi Created His Own Universal Monster with ‘Darkman’ |url=https://collider.com/sam-raimi-darkman/ |access-date=April 11, 2025 |website=Collider}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dietsch |first=Drew |date=July 30, 2020 |title='Darkman' Deserves to Be Recognized as One of Universal's Greatest Monsters [We Love '90s Horror] |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3625761/darkman-deserves-recognized-one-universals-greatest-monsters-love-90s-horror/ |access-date=April 11, 2025 |website=Bloody Disgusting}}</ref>
* '''''[[Frankenweenie (2012 film)|Frankenweenie]]''''' (2012): A stop-motion animated film directed by [[Tim Burton]], from a script written by [[John August]], the film is a feature-length remake of his [[Frankenweenie (1984 film)|1984 short film of the same name]] and is a parody and homage to the 1931 film ''[[Frankenstein (1931 film)|Frankenstein]]''. Released by [[Walt Disney Pictures]], it follows a young boy who uses the power of electricity to resurrect his dead dog, but his peers discover what he has done and bring their own deceased pets back to life, resulting in mayhem. The film also features references and homages to other classic monster films, including the Universal Monsters.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vitale |first=Micaela Pérez |date=October 11, 2023 |title=Frankenweenie: Revisiting Tim Burton's Personal Ode to Horror Classics |url=https://movieweb.com/31-days-of-horror-day-11-frankenweenie/ |access-date=April 10, 2023 |website=MovieWeb}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nunez |first=JP |date=July 29, 2021 |title=Eight Ways Frankenweenie Pays Tribute to Classic Monster Movies |url=https://horrorobsessive.com/2021/07/29/eight-ways-frankenweenie-pays-tribute-to-classic-monster-movies/ |access-date=April 10, 2025 |website=Horror Obsessive}}</ref>
* '''[[Hotel Transylvania|''Hotel Transylvania'' franchise]]''' (2012–2022): A series of [[Children's film|family]] comedy films, which expanded into a franchise with other media. Produced by [[Sony Pictures Animation]] and released through [[Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group #Sony Pictures Releasing|Sony Pictures Releasing]], the production studio included various famous monster characters, while utilizing comedically designed variations of those synonymous with the Universal Monsters as to avoid conflicts with copyright laws.<ref name="HotelTransylvania_Variety">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2012/film/markets-festivals/hotel-transylvania-1117948225/|work=Variety|title=Hotel Transylvania|author=Debruge, Peter|date=September 7, 2012|accessdate=January 1, 2025}}</ref> Those based on the Universal Monsters characters include: Dracula ([[Adam Sandler]]{{efn|Brian Hull voiced the character in ''[[Hotel Transylvania: Transformania]]''.}}), Dracula's Daughter ([[Selena Gomez]]), Frankenstein's Monster ([[Kevin James]]{{efn|Brad Abrell voiced the character in ''Hotel Transylvania: Transformania''.}}), Bride of Frankenstein ([[Fran Drescher]]), Wolf Man ([[Steve Buscemi]]), the Mummy ([[CeeLo Green]]{{efn|Green portrayed the character in ''[[Hotel Transylvania (film)|Hotel Transylvania]]'' only.}} and [[Keegan-Michael Key]]), Invisible Man ([[David Spade]]), Invisible Woman ([[Chrissy Teigen]]), Quasimodo ([[Jon Lovitz]]), the Gill-Man ([[Chris Parnell]]), Phantom of the Opera (Lovitz), She-Wolf ([[Molly Shannon]]), and Van Helsing ([[Jim Gaffigan]]).<ref name="HotelTransylvania_SR">{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/hotel-transylvania-universal-monsters-characters-appearance-comparison/|work=ScreenRant|title=How Hotel Transylvania's Monsters Compare To Universal's|author=Curtis, Ian|date=January 19, 2022|accessdate=January 1, 2025}}</ref><ref name="HotelTransylvania_MW">{{cite web|url=https://movieweb.com/hotel-transylvania-family-movies/|work=MovieWeb|title=Hotel Transylvania: What Makes the Franchise Unique Amongst Family Movies|author=Fink, Richard|date=June 9, 2022|accessdate=January 1, 2025}}{{better source|date=March 2025|reason=Per
[[WP:RSP/VALNET]]}}</ref>{{better source|date=January 2025|reason=Per [[WP:VALNET]], as discussed on talk page}}<ref name="HotelTransylvania_TLAT">{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-xpm-2012-aug-31-la-et-mn-sneaks-scary-animation-20120902-story.html|work=The Los Angeles Times|title='Hotel Transylvania', 'Frankenweenie' have monster animation|author=King, Susan|date=August 31, 2012|accessdate=January 1, 2023}}</ref>
* '''''[[The Shape of Water]]''''' (2017): Directed by [[Guillermo del Toro]], from a script he co-wrote with [[Vanessa Taylor]] which was based on an original story by del Toro, the project initially entered development as a [[#Potential projects|''Creature from the Black Lagoon'' remake]]. Universal ultimately passed on del Toro's script, which would go on to earn various awards and recognition.<ref name="Creature_THR" />

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