Compared to fellow classic monsters like vampires and werewolves, mummies don’t have a huge pop-culture presence. The undead creatures are closely associated with Egyptian history and the burial practices of ancient pharaohs, which can make them less flexible for storytelling purposes.

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Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X So, we put our heads together and came up with our top casting choices for the five most famous Universal Pictures movie monsters. You might be scratching ...

But owning the Universal Monsters comes with some pitfalls that the studio hasn’t been able to navigate. They’re not specific enough to prevent other studios from making very similar movies. They’re deeply familiar with a genre that trades on shock value.

Whether it’s horror staples like Dracula and Frankenstein from the Universal Monsters classics or the destructive Cloverfield monster from modern classics, everyone loves a good monster movie. The subgenre has been a staple of cinema for over 100 years ...