They fell out of grace and favour long before I was born, and I'm 45! No wonder this movie and universe flopped!
Someone ought to tell James Rolfe that Universal monsters SUCK, since he seems so enamoured of them.
Terrible, terrible idea.
shareWell Dracula is always popular. I also enjoyed the 2010 Wolfman film fairly well, and of course the '99 Mummy spawned an entire franchise. Van Helsing was also a pretty big hit in 2004, grossing $300 million.
You may be right about some of the lesser monsters like the Invisible Man and the Creature from the Black Lagoon, but the A-listers have always been popular.
Yeah, but most of those movies were CRAP.
The '99 Mummy is one of my favorite films of all time (though I'll agree the sequels are poor). And like I said I also enjoyed The Wolfman fairly well.
Haven't seen Dracula Untold or Van Helsing, but I've heard more good about Van Helsing than bad.
As for The Mummy (2017), I thought it was enjoyable enough to buy it on Blu-Ray. Not a GREAT film, or as good as the '99 film, but a fun and well-made movie that has a lot of excellent visuals.
Lots of people care. Just because you are an old piece of crap doesn't mean the rest of us have to hate them.
shareI'm close to your age, but I like these old monsters because some of the happiest hours of my youth were spent watching "Creature Features" on late night TV.
I always thought that this "Dark Universe" was a good idea for a franchise, because fun, scary, campy, entertaining films could still be made using these old properties. If it hasn't worked, it's because all the movies they made were terrible, which is a pity and isn't the fault of the source material. It's like the DCEU comic franchuse: the basic idea is good, it's the execution that sucks.
Agreed 100000000%
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