Universal Monsters remain as popular as ever with the general public, but what's behind their enduring resonance?
Nearly a century after these figures first terrorized movie theaters, the assorted ghouls and beasts that make up the Universal Monsters library are just as recognizable as ever to the general public. It’s an especially impressive feat given that characters like Dracula, Frankenstein’s monster, and others are firmly in the public domain, any movie studio can make new interpretations of these characters.
Universal's Monster Stories Profoundly Resonate With Their Audiences These are the realist answers for why the Universal Monsters have proven so enduring in pop culture and they provide context for why this horror series has never left the general public’s radar. But there are deeper reasons why people can’t get enough of this incarnation of these particular characters. Most notably, many of them work on a deeper level than just nostalgia or delivering quick frights.
Universal's Flexibility With Its Characters Allows Them to Transcend Genre It doesn’t hurt that Universal’s flexibility with these characters allowed them to exist in multiple genres, thus opening up even more possibilities for how wide of an audience these monsters could appeal to. Perhaps you’re not a fan of darker horror films, which would understandably rule out movies like the original Wolf Man.
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