History Franchise / UniversalHorror

** ''Universal Monsters: Creature from the Black Lagoon Lives'' (2024) -- Journalist Kate Marsden hunt a notorious serial killer in the heart of the Amazon. Hot on the trail of this madman, she soon encounters an unexpected new threat -- the Creature from the Black Lagoon. Four issue miniseries by Dan Watters and Ram V, with art by Matthew Roberts.

** ''Universal Monsters'' -- a six-part series[[note]]#1 (''Dracula: Return of Evil''); 2 (''The Wolf Man: Blood Moon Rising''); 3 (''Frankenstein: Anatomy of Terror''); 4 (''The Mummy: Book Of The Dead''); 5 (''Creature From the Black Lagoon: Black Water Horror''); 6 (''Bride Of Frankenstein: Vow Of Vengeance'')[[/note]] by Larry Mike Garmon, released by Scholastic for younger readers in 2001-2002. The series begins when an accident with a prototype of an experimental holographic movie projector (borrowed from the Universal Studios theme park) and a lightning storm releases the monsters and other antagonistic characters from the films ''Dracula'' (1931), ''The Wolf Man'' (1941), ''Frankenstein'' (1931), ''The Mummy'' (1932), ''The Creature From the Black Lagoon'' (1954) and ''The Bride of Frankenstein'' (1935) into the real world. Consequently, the escapees have to be hunted down and returned to the films by a trio of 21st century teenagers.

** Jeff Rovin's 1998 book ''Literature/ReturnOfTheWolfMan'', which continued the adventures of Larry Talbot, and itself received two sequels (''The Devil's Brood'' and ''The Devil's Night'') by David Jacobs.
** ''Universal Monsters'' - a six-part series[[note]]#1 (''Dracula: Return of Evil''); 2 (''The Wolf Man: Blood Moon Rising''); 3 (''Frankenstein: Anatomy of Terror''); 4 (''The Mummy: Book Of The Dead''); 5 (''Creature From the Black Lagoon: Black Water Horror''); 6 (''Bride Of Frankenstein: Vow Of Vengeance'')[[/note]] by Larry Mike Garmon, released by Scholastic for younger readers in 2001-2002. The series begins when an accident with a prototype of an experimental holographic movie projector (borrowed from the Universal Studios theme park) and a lightning storm releases the monsters and other antagonistic characters from the films ''Dracula'' (1931), ''The Wolf Man'' (1941), ''Frankenstein'' (1931), ''The Mummy'' (1932), ''The Creature From the Black Lagoon'' (1954) and ''The Bride of Frankenstein'' (1935) into the real world. Consequently, the escapees have to be hunted down and returned to the films by a trio of 21st century teenagers.

*** ''Literature/DraculaAsylum'' (2006) - direct sequel to ''Film/Dracula1931''. Ignores the events of ''Film/DraculasDaughter''.
*** ''Literature/FrankensteinTheShadowOfFrankenstein'' (2006) - {{interquel}} taking place between ''Film/BrideOfFrankenstein'' and ''Film/SonOfFrankenstein''.
*** ''Literature/CreatureFromTheBlackLagoonTimesBlackLagoon'' (2006) - distant sequel to the original ''Creature From the Black Lagoon'' trilogy, set decades later and exploring the origins of the Gill-Man.
*** ''The Mummy: Dark Resurrection'' (2007) - essentially a remake of ''Film/TheMummy1932'' rather than a sequel to any of the previous films.
*** ''The Wolf Man: Hunter's Moon'' (2007) - direct sequel to ''Film/TheWolfMan1941''. Ignores the events of ''Film/FrankensteinMeetsTheWolfMan'' and its three sequels.
*** ''Literature/TheBrideOfFrankensteinPandorasBride'' (2007) - direct sequel to ''Film/BrideOfFrankenstein''.

* ''Creator/FrankDelloStritto'' wrote novels based on the Universal Monsters.
** ''Literature/CarlDenhamsGiantMonsters'' is centered on a old Carl Denham, years after ''Film/KingKong1933'' searching redemption, remembering, and on a final adventure.
** ''Literature/AWerewolfRemembersTheTestamentOfLawrenceStewartTalbot'' is about Larry Talbot, the Wolf Man himself's memories discovered on La Mirada Florida. Basically an autobiography of Lawrence Talbot, showing more development to him, his eventual curse, some adventures between the movies, his "deaths" and finally his anger against Dracula.
** ''Literature/ThePassionOfTheMummy'' is centered many years after ''Film/TheMummysCurse'' and a sequel of the classic mummy series. Has some great and interesting stories, as Kharis, The Mummy himself having a psychic connection with the narrator, showing how Kharis's immortality is a hell to him, evil demon-like immortal women, and connections with some Mummy movies, as Hammer's ones, and the original 1932 film.

* Starting in 2023, Skybound Entertainment (Creator/RobertKirkman's division of Creator/ImageComics) teamed up with Universal to produce reimaginings of the original Universal Horror stable
** ''ComicBook/UniversalMonstersDracula'' (2023-2024) - A retelling of the [[Film/Dracula1931 1931 film]] from the perspective of Dr. Seward and Von Helsing. Four issue miniseries by Creator/JamesTynionIV and Martin Simmonds
** ''Universal Monsters: Creature from the Black Lagoon Lives'' (2024 - ) - Journalist Kate Marsden hunt a notorious serial killer in the heart of the Amazon. Hot on the trail of this madman, she soon encounters an unexpected new threat – the Creature from the Black Lagoon. Four issue miniseries by Dan Watters and Ram V, with art by Matthew Roberts.
** ''Universal Monsters: Frankenstein'' (2024 - ) - Dr. Henry Frankenstein begins his unholy quest to create life by robbing the grave of a decorated police officer to find necessary parts. But little does he know that the corpse has a son who is mourning a father – and that this young boy will forever change Frankenstein’s life. Written by Michael Walsh and art by Matthew Roberts.

* 1944, Jun -- ''The Invisible Man's Revenge''

Back in UsefulNotes/TheSilentAgeOfHollywood and UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfHollywood, several of the studios found a genre to build themselves a reputation for in order to stand out from the competition. In the case of [[Creator/{{Universal}} Universal Pictures]], this genre was {{horror}}. Horror wasn't an obvious choice because of the high-risk-high-reward nature of the genre, but the outcome of five decades of on-and-off commitment is a franchise which cultural impact few can match.

The first horror films that fall under the Universal banner were produced in the early 1910s and are ''Film/DrJekyllAndMrHyde'', ''The Werewolf'', and ''The White Wolf''. These films were all produced by companies that had recently merged or would soon after merge with Universal and represent continuations of their respective line-ups. A lull followed, as horror in films was more of a novelty at this point in time. The catalyst for change were the highly regarded horror films produced by [[UsefulNotes/WeimarRepublic Germany]], notably the ''[[Film/TheGolem Golem]]'' trilogy and ''Film/TheCabinetOfDrCaligari''. Taking a cue, Universal found its own horror footing in the mid 1920s with ''[[Film/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame1923 The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]'' and ''[[Film/ThePhantomOfTheOpera1925 The Phantom of the Opera]]''. These films star Creator/LonChaney, a prolific actor with a reputation for macabre roles, and are the last two Universal films he made, dying five years later in 1930. In the long run, the vacuum he left gave others a chance to make their horror mark. More directly, without Chaney, his two films weren't ideal for sequels or [[UsefulNotes/RiseOfTheTalkies sound remakes]], which meant that it was the third horror hit of the 1920s, ''Theatre/TheCatAndTheCanary'', that received the royal treatment. Its success led to the [[CreatorDrivenSuccessor spiritual do-over]] ''The Last Warning'', Universal's first horror film to come with some sound, and a remake known as ''The Cat Creeps'', Universal's first full sound entry into the genre.

** ''Universal Studios Monsters: Dracula'' on the UsefulNotes/GameBoyColor

* 1333, Mar -- ''Film/MurdersInTheZoo'' (Produced by Paramount, but released as part of the "Universal Cult Horror Collection" by Creator/TurnerClassicMovies in 2012, then in "Universal Horror Collection: Volume 2" by Creator/ShoutFactory in 2019.

* 1956, Dec -- ''Curucu, Beast of the Amazon''(Made by Jewel Productions, published by Universal.)
* ''Film/IslandOfLostSouls'' (1932) (Made and published by Paramount in 1932, but Universal released it on VHS in the 1990s, associating it with the "Universal Monsters" label.)

** ''Universal Monsters: ComicBook/{{Dracula}}'' (2023-24) - A retelling of the [[Film/Dracula1931 1931 film]] from the perspective of Dr. Seward and Von Helsing. Four issue miniseries by Creator/JamesTynionIV and Martin Simmonds

*** ''Creature From The Black Lagoon: Time's Black Lagoon'' (2006) - distant sequel to the original ''Creature From the Black Lagoon'' trilogy, set decades later and exploring the origins of the Gill-Man.

** ''Universal Monsters: Dracula'' (2023-24) - A retelling of the [[Film/Dracula1931 1931 film]] from the perspective of Dr. Seward and Von Helsing. Four issue miniseries by Creator/JamesTynionIV and Martin Simmonds

* Startingn in 2023, Skybound Entertainment (Creator/RobertKirkman's division of Creator/ImageComics) teamed up with Universal to produce reimaginings of the original Universal Horror stable

!!Pinball:

* Bally's ''Pinball/CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon'' is a game based on both the movie itself (in ''3D!'') and attending a drive-in to see the movie.
* ''Pinball/MonsterBash'' is an ensemble game, with the player collecting six of the Universal Monsters to form a rock band.

!!Theme Parks:

* ''Theatre/BeetlejuicesGraveyardRevue'', a {{Crossover}} stage show where ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}'' makes the Universal Monsters into his own rock band.
* ''Theatre/HalloweenHorrorNights'', an annual event at Ride/UniversalStudios Orlando and Hollywood, has featured haunted houses and scarezones based on the classic Universal Horror properties and has been used to promote properties like The Mummy, ''Film/VanHelsing'' and ''Film/TheWolfman2010'' remake as well as properties from other studios. Also notable that the Orlando incarnation of the event has invented [[OriginalGeneration original horror icons]] with detailed backstories that feature heavily in the events and their marketing.
* ''Theatre/UniversalsHorrorMakeUpShow'', a behind-the-scenes presentation at Universal Studios Florida that focuses on how makeup has been used throughout Universal's horror film legacy, including the Classic Monsters films.

!!Trading Cards:

* The Universal Monsters brand has provided fertile ground for trading card manufacturers. Perhaps the most remarkable is the series put out by Kitchen Sink in 1996, which incorporated just about anything remotely horrific that was made by Universal up until 1960. Anyone remember ''The Man Who Reclaimed His Head'' [[note]] Despite the title, ''The Man Who Reclaimed His Head'' was a Universal drama about war profiteering.[[/note]]

*** ''Literature/DraculaAsylum'' (2006) - direct sequel to ''Film/{{Dracula 1931}}''. Ignores the events of ''Film/DraculasDaughter''.

*** ''The Mummy: Dark Resurrection'' (2007) - essentially a remake of ''[[Film/TheMummy1932 The Mummy (1932)]]'' rather than a sequel to any of the previous films.
*** ''The Wolf Man: Hunter's Moon'' (2007) - direct sequel to ''[[Film/TheWolfMan1941 The Wolf Man (1941)]]''. Ignores the events of ''Film/FrankensteinMeetsTheWolfMan'' and its three sequels.
*** ''[[Literature/TheBrideOfFrankensteinPandorasBride The Bride of Frankenstein: Pandora's Bride]]'' (2007) - direct sequel to ''Film/BrideOfFrankenstein''.

Back in UsefulNotes/TheSilentAgeOfHollywood and UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfHollywood, several of the studios found a genre to build themselves a reputation for in order to stand out from the competition. In the case of [[Creator/{{Universal}} Universal Pictures]], this genre was {{horror}}. Horror wasn't an obvious choice because of the high risk, high reward nature of the genre, but the outcome of five decades of on-and-off commitment is a franchise which cultural impact few can match.

The 1947-1952 hiatus was less thorough than the 1936-1938 hiatus. FilmNoir, a genre very closely related to Hollywood's horror, was going strong and the end of the second horror cycle coincides with the rise of horror comics. But what would truly revive the horror film was ScienceFiction. The early Golden Age of Science Fiction coincides with the second horror cycle and matured with the [[UsefulNotes/AtomicBombingsOfHiroshimaAndNagasaki atom bomb]] into the late Golden Age. What separates the two halves is medium: the early age fiction were predominantly magazines, while in the late age every medium welcomed sci-fi. For the film industry in particular, sci-fi was a means to turn the tide. During the postwar economic boom, it became the norm for households to have their own television sets and the audience for the cinema experience thus dwindled. A means to get people back was extras they couldn't get at home, such as [[UsefulNotes/ThreeDMovie 3-D]], scent, vibrating chairs, moving props in the auditorium, and so on. That kind of stuff doesn't combine well with prestige films, so sci-fi took the lead. As it introduced audiences to {{alien inva|sion}}ders, [[NuclearMutant nuclear trouble]], [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever big critters]], horror returned naturally. Prehistoric remnants also reared their heads, which came about due to the long-awaited discovery of the [[NotSoExtinct coelacanth in 1952]] and is the thought behind Universal's final iconic horror film: ''Film/CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon'' in 1954. Other films of note from this era are ''Film/ThisIslandEarth'' in 1955, ''Film/TheMolePeople'' in 1956, and ''Monster on the Campus'' in 1958.

** Literature/ThePassionOfTheMummy'' is centered many years after ''Film/TheMummysCurse'' and a sequel of the classic mummy series. Has some great and interesting stories, as Kharis, The Mummy himself having a psychic connection with the narrator, showing how Kharis's immortality is a hell to him, evil demon-like immortal women, and connections with some Mummy movies, as Hammer's ones, and the original 1932 film.

*** ''The Bride of Frankenstein: [[Literature/PandorasBride Pandora's Bride]]'' (2007) - direct sequel to ''Film/BrideOfFrankenstein''.

*** ''The Bride of Frankenstein: Pandora's Bride'' (2007) - direct sequel to ''Film/BrideOfFrankenstein''.