Monster movies tend to be about man’s arrogant superiority over nature — which is why the plots of classics like Them! and Godzilla center around the damaging after-effects of the atomic age. Others like Frankenstein and The Fly examine man’s God complex and his need to tamper with or recreate life which usually ends with cruelty and
Some of the films and bonus features are included in Universal Classic Monsters: The Essential Collection on Blu-ray, but the set also features films missing from that release. Just in time for Halloween, Universal Studios Home Entertainment has released a box set loaded with scares with the arrival of the Universal Classic Monsters: Complete 30-Film
Although it features a fast pace and some great action sequences, I, Frankenstein fails to live up to the potential of the film’s story elements. The use of a war between gargoyles and demons is great, but Frankenstein’s monster Adam feels too bland to truly matter. The film might have been better if it left