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Who is the greatest Universal Classic Monster?

By YPB Team4 votes

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. Count Dracula — ranked #11
    Count Dracula
    Bela Lugosi's aristocratic vampire from Universal's 1931 Dracula.
    1000pts
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  2. Frankenstein's Monster — ranked #22
    Frankenstein's Monster
    Boris Karloff's flat-headed creature from Universal's 1931 Frankenstein, the studio's defining monster.
    789pts
  3. Dracula's Daughter — ranked #33
    Dracula's Daughter
    Gloria Holden's Countess Marya Zaleska from the 1936 sequel Dracula's Daughter.
    454pts
  4. The Hunchback of Notre Dame — ranked #44
    The Hunchback of Notre Dame
    Lon Chaney's Quasimodo from Universal's 1923 silent epic.
    454pts
  5. The Wolf Man — ranked #55
    The Wolf Man
    Lon Chaney Jr.'s cursed Larry Talbot from the 1941 film The Wolf Man.
    303pts
  6. The Invisible Man — ranked #66
    The Invisible Man
    Claude Rains' bandaged, unseen scientist from James Whale's 1933 The Invisible Man.
    303pts
  7. The Mummy — ranked #77
    The Mummy
    Boris Karloff's revived Egyptian priest Imhotep from the 1932 film The Mummy.
    303pts
  8. The Mole People — ranked #88
    The Mole People
    The subterranean creatures from Universal's 1956 B-movie The Mole People.
    303pts
  9. The Bride of Frankenstein — ranked #99
    The Bride of Frankenstein
    Elsa Lanchester's hissing bride with the lightning-streaked hair from the 1935 sequel.
    303pts
  10. The Phantom of the Opera — ranked #1010
    The Phantom of the Opera
    Lon Chaney's disfigured Erik from the 1925 silent The Phantom of the Opera.
    206pts
  11. Creature from the Black Lagoon — ranked #1111
    Creature from the Black Lagoon
    The amphibious Gill-man from the 1954 3-D film Creature from the Black Lagoon.
    206pts
  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.
    206pts
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Comments 1

Karloff was billed with a question mark instead of his name in the 1931 opening credits. His Monster sits here with the rest of Universal's catalogue: https://youpick.best/articles/frankenstein-ranked-many-ways

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ypb-teamSep 23
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