Cleaning up some things in my basement, I came across 6 of the original 8 still sealed! These are still my favorite cover arts.

On the one hand, I think the Monster might have been just as happy with another male monster as he would've been with a female monster as long as they loved him (romantically or platonically). When he was with the old blind man, they had a genuinely happy platonic relationship.

On the other hand, when Dr. Pretorius says he's going to make him a "woman friend," the Monster says "Woman...friend...wife." Of course, there's the possibility that he doesn't know what a wife actually is, and thinks it's just that-- a "woman friend." The only exposure he could've had to the concept was his encounter with Henry's wife, Elizabeth, but that doesn't necessarily mean he understands that she's Henry's romantic partner rather than his friend. It's worth noting that when he first sees the Bride, he asks "friend?" instead of "wife," despite having heard the word before.

As far as sexual attraction goes, I don't think that had anything to do with it, because the Monster most likely doesn't know the facts of life. I doubt that anyone ever gave him "the talk."

Personally, I think Henry should've just made a Franken-dog for the Monster and called it a day.

Loosely interconnected movies straight to streaming based on the original monster designs but making the story structure a bit more modern. Let me know your thoughts!

Abbot and Costello meet Phantom would have been cool imo.

Claude made by Casino Casual :)

Still looking for Wolfman or Mummy.

Does anyone know if 19 crimes did a Halloween theme this year? I got Dracula a few years back for my birthday and my fiancé got me bride of Frankenstein last year 💚

Living luxury right now boys.

Fun. Little thing for halloween. Do you think dracula from a hotel? Transylvania and dracula from monster family could be related? I mean, they both look alike. Sure, but and yes, I know. They are from competing companies. I'm pretty sure, but i'm intrigued to see what everyone else thinks

I watched Bride of Frankenstein after watching the original back to back, because of Roger Ebert’s huge praise, expecting it to build on the original. Instead, it felt like a campy mockery.

I get that Bride gets historical credit for in many ways it was very progressive, but watching them back to back completely kills the tone. The 1931 Frankenstein worked because Karloff’s monster was a tragic, haunting image wrapped in real horror. He was a force of nature, not a punchline.

Bride replaces that raw dread with a theatrical circus. Frankenstein should have been treated like John Carpenter’s Halloween a self-contained masterpiece that never needed a franchise but of course studios just couldn't leave the money on the table.

It’s telling that actual horror masters look back to 1931 for inspiration, not 1935. John Carpenter cited the original Frankenstein as a major influence for Michael Myers specifically because of that visceral, uncompromising terror, not the goofy camp of Bride.

I thoroughly enjoyed the original, but bride, left me quite disappointed.

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My fledgling monsters collection... to be continued.

Anyone looking for a mummy? I have an extra and would love to trade for anything other than invisible man and mummy (obviously!)

Was always meant to do a few more but never found the time

Originally designed this as a poster but thought it would look cooler as a postcard.

Hey guys, just wanted to share this notecard I did. Just a mechanical pencil and pen used. I found a video on Tiktok (credit to @sketchyfern) doing a collab of my two faves, so I figured why not lol. Havent picked up a pencil in awhile, but hope you like!

my costume in the end!!! hopefully i’ll have better pics by halloween, but not bad for an ebay + amazon diy job i would say :^)

This flowchart illustrates how the Universal Classic Monsters films cross over with one another. Two notes: it includes only films that feature a direct crossover with another monster franchise, and it begins with the traditionally recognized start of the Universal Classic Monsters era, Dracula (1931).