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Who is the greatest Universal Classic Monster?

by YPB Team

Silent-era makeup, pre-Code shocks and a 3-D fish-man from the fifties. One studio built the monster canon; pick the creature that still owns it.

  1. Frankenstein's Monster — ranked #11
    Frankenstein's Monster
    Boris Karloff's flat-headed creature from Universal's 1931 Frankenstein, the studio's defining monster.
    1000pts
  2. Count Dracula — ranked #22
    Count Dracula
    Bela Lugosi's aristocratic vampire from Universal's 1931 Dracula.
    966pts
  3. Dracula's Daughter — ranked #33
    Dracula's Daughter
    Gloria Holden's Countess Marya Zaleska from the 1936 sequel Dracula's Daughter.
    600pts
  4. Creature from the Black Lagoon — ranked #44
    Creature from the Black Lagoon
    The amphibious Gill-man from the 1954 3-D film Creature from the Black Lagoon.
    529pts
  5. The Bride of Frankenstein — ranked #55
    The Bride of Frankenstein
    Elsa Lanchester's hissing bride with the lightning-streaked hair from the 1935 sequel.
    529pts
  6. The Mole People — ranked #66
    The Mole People
    The subterranean creatures from Universal's 1956 B-movie The Mole People.
    448pts
  7. The Wolf Man — ranked #77
    The Wolf Man
    Lon Chaney Jr.'s cursed Larry Talbot from the 1941 film The Wolf Man.
    353pts
  8. The Hunchback of Notre Dame — ranked #88
    The Hunchback of Notre Dame
    Lon Chaney's Quasimodo from Universal's 1923 silent epic.
    353pts
  9. The Invisible Man — ranked #99
    The Invisible Man
    Claude Rains' bandaged, unseen scientist from James Whale's 1933 The Invisible Man.
    353pts
  10. The Mummy — ranked #1010
    The Mummy
    Boris Karloff's revived Egyptian priest Imhotep from the 1932 film The Mummy.
    241pts
  11. The Phantom of the Opera — ranked #1111
    The Phantom of the Opera
    Lon Chaney's disfigured Erik from the 1925 silent The Phantom of the Opera.
    241pts
  12. Mr. Hyde — ranked #1212
    Mr. Hyde
    The brutish alter ego from Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953), Universal's take on Stevenson's monster.
    240pts

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