85 Years Ago, An Iconic Horror Franchise Gave Up On Being Scary

85 Years Ago, An Iconic Horror Franchise Gave Up On Being Scary

Universal PicturesHorror cinema has long been defined by its most famous characters. The output of the Universal monster era, wherein the legendary studio pioneered a new age of big-screen horror, became some of the most recognizable and copied creations in movie history. Dracula, Frankenstein, the Mummy, the Wolf Man, and the Invisible Man were reinterpreted and ripped off countless times, often by Universal itself. And with the Invisible Man, …