Best classic Universal Monster movie

I'm fond of "Creature From the Black Lagoon."

FYI, Regal Cinemas is playing all of the Universal classic monster movies in theaters later this month (they're doing one classic horror film for every day of October). I'm thinking of catching a couple of them if I have the time. I went this weekend twice already—saw "Friday the 13th Part III" in 3D, and "A Nightmare on Elm Street" last night. The tickets for them are slightly discounted too compared to the first-run movies currently showing.

I'm partial to the Creature from the Black Lagoon. In the water, he could swim like a swan.

Bride of Frankenstein is my favorite. Dr. Pretorius and Millie, camp classic. I can’t help but have sympathy for The Monster. And of course Elsa!

Go Big or Go Silent

Love the melodramatic score of CFTBL.

The poster art for "The Mummy" is stunning. I honestly would put a framed print of this up in my house, it's that gorgeous.

Creature From the Black Lagoon: In the water she's a very skinny lady!

I never get over the armadillos existing in the decaying crypt of Castle Dracula in Transylvania with the Brides in the 1931 effort.

But nothing touches "Bride of Frankenstein" and "Frankenstein," for the dimension of cinematic intelligence. "Dracula" is wonderful for its stagey/near-19th century feel. Vague and dark.

But I think Tod Browning's masterpiece is "Freaks," and appreciate the commitment and impact of the cast, who were segregated from other people at the studio (a universal at the time), and treated nastily by people on set, NOT by Browning. They all were performers as a consequence of their situations and conditions, and certainly their pay was likely not commensurate with that of others. But the film as such is superb.

It took me until five years ago to learn that Schlitzie was a man.

Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein

Blacula!

Boris Karloff was actually kinda… dare I say, hot?

Anything starring little Edna Mae Durbin...