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The Last Voyage of the Demeter is unfortunately another financial misfire for the Universal Monsters, which have been largely unable to find box office success in recent years. Universal has been having a hell of a time reintroducing audiences to the classic titans of the genre, with films including The Wolfman (2010), Dracula Untold (2014), The Mummy (2017), and now Renfield and The Last Voyage of the Demeter failing to breathe new box office life into these silver screen icons of terror. Where do these classic monsters go from here? The Universal Monsters brand isn't looking all that strong, but the key to their future may be found in Leigh Whannell's 2020 box office hit The Invisible Man. Made for just $7 million, the forward-thinking remake of a classic horror tale was set up for success in a way these other Universal Monsters reboots were not, and perhaps Universal should be learning some important lessons from their own success story just three years ago. Smaller movies have a better chance at turning a profit, and that seems particularly true with these Monsters. Up next, Radio Silence...will be directing an untitled monster thriller [Abigail] for Universal, which is reportedly a take on Dracula's Daughter. Stay tuned for more.
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...[better source needed]
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){{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) 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.[better source needed]
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.[better source needed]