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Actors Dwight Frye and Edward Van Sloanwho played major supporting roles in both films, made several film appearances in this decade. Make- up artist Jack Pierce created several monsters' make-up starting in the s. The Mummy starring Karloff, was produced in Universal began releasing sequels 1931-1946 Bride of Frankenstein and 1931-1946 Daughter The first mainstream 1931-1946 picture appeared, Werewolf of London starring Henry Hull. The end of Universal's first run of horror films came in The monster movies were dropped from Universal Horrors: The Studios Classic Films production schedule altogether and would not re-emerge for another three years. In the meantime, a theater owner revived Dracula and Frankenstein as a resoundingly successful double feature, prompting the studio to re-release the original movies. Son of Frankensteinstarring Basil RathboneBoris Karloff, and Bela Lugosi, was filmed as a result of the unexpected resurgence. The junior Chaney became the studio's leading monster movie actor in the s, just as his father had been two decades earlier, supplanting the s' Karloff and Lugosi by a wide margin in terms of the number of leading roles that he played. Chaney Jr. The studio dropped the "Jr. Son of Dracula featured Chaney Jr. House of Frankenstein and House of Dracula featured many of the monsters from the studio's previous films, with Glenn Strange taking over the Frankenstein's monster role 1931-1946 Karloff, albeit with only tiny increments of screen time in either picture. Abbott and Costello also appeared in other comedy films featuring characters such as the Mummy and the Invisible Man. Creature from the Black Lagoondirected Universal Horrors: The Studios Classic Films Jack Arnoldwas released in Dracula and Frankenstein were re-released as double features in theatres, and were later broadcast in syndication on American Universal Horrors: The Studios Classic Films in as part of the Shock Theater package of Universal monster movies. Universal spent the last half of the decade issuing a number of one-shot monster films. Sincea new collection of stand-alone horror films is being distributed by Universal; it was originally planned as a shared cinematic universe, but those 1931-1946 were later Universal Horrors: The Studios Classic Films. Originally conceived as a cinematic universe that was officially titled the 1931-1946 Universewith multiple crossovers and inter-connectivity between films, the label is now used colloquially by some media outlets to refer to Universal Pictures' rebooted franchises. 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The live show opened in at Universal 1931-1946 Florida and is still in operation. Based on the first two Mummy Universal Horrors: The Studios Classic Films of the remake era, the ride is a roller coaster with dark ride elements. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Redirected from Universal monsters. For other topics, see Dark Universe disambiguation. Horror, suspense and science fiction films made by Universal Studios s—s. Official franchise logo as displayed on home video releases. Universal Pictures. List indicator s This table only includes characters which have appeared in multiple films within this shared universe. A dark grey cell indicates the character was not in the film. A P indicates the character was shown in a photograph. A U indicates a uncredited role. A V indicates a voice-only role. Lon Chaney Jr. Main article: Dracula Untold. Main article: The Mummy film. Main article: The Invisible Man film. All Ears: The Aesthetics of Espionage 1st ed. 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