# The best Universal classic monster movies

Dracula, Frankenstein, the Mummy, the Wolf Man and the Gill-man: Universal's monster films ranked, based on SlashFilm, Den of Geek and David Vining's definitive ranking.

- 46 votes · 12 items
- Nov 9, 2023 · Matthew Hill
- https://even.best/en/l/4099/the-best-universal-classic-monster-movies

## Top 10

1. **Bride of Frankenstein (1935)** (6 · ▲7 ▼1) — James Whale's sequel: scary, funny and romantic.
2. **Dracula (1931)** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Bela Lugosi and the start of the world's vampire obsession.
3. **The Invisible Man (1933)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Claude Rains wrapped in bandages, by James Whale.
4. **The Wolf Man (1941)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Lon Chaney Jr. as Larry Talbot.
5. **Frankenstein (1931)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Boris Karloff's creature and the film that made Universal the monster studio.
6. **Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — The most entertaining monster mash of them all.
7. **Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)** (2 · ▲4 ▼2) — The Gill-man and the underwater sequences.
8. **Son of Frankenstein (1939)** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Karloff's last turn as the monster, with Lugosi as Ygor.
9. **Werewolf of London (1935)** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — The first feature-length werewolf film.
10. **The Phantom of the Opera (1925)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Lon Chaney's unmasking, the silent ancestor of the cycle.
11. **The Mummy (1932)** (0 · ▲2 ▼2) — Karloff as Imhotep, awakened in Egypt.
12. **Drácula (1931, Spanish-language version)** (-2 · ▲0 ▼2) — Shot at night on the same sets, with Carlos Villarías.

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