Universal Monster Bash..
28. movie-frankenstein-meets-the-wolf-man-wallpaper-preview.jpg FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE WOLFMAN (1943)
The most atmospheric opening of any Universal horror movie.
Poor Bela. Totally unsuitable for the role of the monster and having all his dialogue taken away as well. Chaney Jr continues in his role as Lawrence Talbot, looking for Dr Frankenstein's diary so he can die and be free of turning in to The Wolfman.
29. s-l640.jpg HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1944)
Dr Niemann (Boris Karloff) and friend Daniel (J. Carrol Naish) escape from prison and seek to continue the work of Dr Frankenstein. Taking cover under the guise of a travelling horror show, they first encounter Count Dracula (John Carradine), whose skeleton body is part of the show.
As we continue on, Niemann and Daniel arrive at the ruins of Castle Frankenstein, flooded from the previous movie. Here we encounter the Wolfman and the Frankenstein Monster preserved in ice.
Glenn Strange takes over the role of the Monster and looks much better in the role than Lugosi in the previous film. Lon Chaney JR moping around again in his quest to get rid of the beast within him. At least gypsy girl Ilonka (Elena Verdugo) gets him to smile once.
30. unnamed (1).jpg HOUSE OF DRACULA (1945)
Count Dracula is back and seeks a cure for his vampirism from Dr Edelmann.
Lawrence Talbot arrives as well for a cure for his Wolfman alter ego. Tired of the time it will take for a cure and with the moon about to rise, Talbot tries to end it all by jumping off a cliff. Talbot is washed in to a nearby cave,
Here we find the remains of Dr Niemann and the body of the Monster from the end of the previous film. Dracula is up to tricks and transfuses his blood into Dr Edelmann who randomly turns mad. While sane, Edelman drags Dracula's coffin into the sunlight.
Talbot undergoes an operation and is seemingly cured of his Wolfman alter ego. Edelman, now mad again, unleashes the Frankenstein monster and it all ends in a fiery finale.
This marked the end of the era of those Universal Monsters until resurrected three years later in the comedy Abbott and Costello movie.
Universal's next new monster would continue in the 1950s with The Creature From The Black Lagoon.