80 Years Ago, An Ill-Advised Horror Sequel Marked The End Of An Iconic Era

80 Years Ago, An Ill-Advised Horror Sequel Marked The End Of An Iconic Era

Snap/ShutterstockFrom 1923 until the 1940s, Universal Pictures was home to the first durable horror franchise in cinema history. The most famous era of the Universal Classic Monsters, as we call them now, arguably kicked off in ‘23 with The Hunchback of Notre Dame, followed two years later by The Phantom of the Opera. But it came into its own in 1931 with the double whammy of Dracula and Frankenstein, unleashing a flood of like-minded titles tha…