A Brief, Disturbing History of Universal Monsters

Although itโ€™s long been said that Sherlock Holmes, Mickey Mouse and Superman are the most familiar characters in fiction โ€“ especially if we take into account all the variants of those characters โ€“ โ€ฆ

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That's a much better movie than I was expecting, though.

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qnd it's over! A classic! and for a reason, not bad at all, even ground breaking in its time. Another great monsterdon y'all


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Normally when I hate the humans in one of these it's because they're 70s style sleazeballs. These ones are just evil.

(And for maximum annoyance, when they're not being evil, the dialogue works great for establishing them as Scientists(tm))

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Creature fucks off to freshwater. Nothing is wrapped up. Nothing is explained.

Go fuck yourself, audience.

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Hopefully the real monsters, er "scientists" fucked off back to their universities.

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ooh i didnt know #Dracula made a guest star appearance in this film! ๐Ÿฆ‡

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"Let him go. We'll follow him back to his family, and kill them all."

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If a speargun wouldn't work, why do you think a rock would, mister smartypants PhD paleontologist

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