# Who is the greatest Universal Classic Monster?

> 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.

*By YPB Team · Published September 22, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/who-is-the-greatest-universal-classic-monster*

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## Current results (no votes yet)

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

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