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No studio is as closely associated with monster movies as Universal Pictures. Their contributions to the genre during the Golden Age of Hollywood are among the most recognizable in film, with some leaving such an indelible mark on popular culture they eclipsed the popularity of their original novels...
It's a Universal Monster movie and that, for us, is insane that we're making a Universal Monster movie", Radio Silence's Matt Bettinelli-Olpin shared with ComicBook.com. "...Let's make this original movie, it's a standalone movie, there is a monster in it, that much is for sure.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)Without copping to the project's plot or lineage (Dracula's Daughter was a classic Universal horror movie produced in 1936), the studio is noting that the untitled horror feature is in the vein of recent Universal films such as Leigh Whannell's The Invisible Man and the Nicolas Cage starrer Renfield in that it will be a unique take on legendary monster lore and will represent a fresh, new direction for how to celebrate these classic characters.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link){{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)Admittedly, the 1925 version of The Phantom of the Opera is an acquired taste. ...doesn't quite reach the intensity of The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Universal's second monster movie, following the short film Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE was actually produced by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated, before the studio got its name shortened to Universal. Thus, he is really the first Universal monster, making his debut in the 1913 27-minute silent horror film.
Dr. Henry Jekyll of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is considered perhaps one of the first Universal Movie Monsters (though that title technically goes to his alter ego, Edward Hyde) in 1913. At the time, Universal was known as The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated, a name that would soon be shortened to the one moviegoers know and love today.
Whannell wasn't shy about expressing his desire to tackle Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 novel, which was brought to life by Universal in 1913, and starred King Baggot as the titular doctor with a penchant for self-experimentation.