Frankenstein Vs. The Mummy... Can I Get A, HELL YA!

The Universal monsters were the trailer blazers of the modern horror movie!

The Universal monsters... These creepy crawly monsters have always been evil, (or in the case of, 'Frankenstein'... 'misunderstood'...) But these monster have always been hell bent on mass destruction, ever since they burst out of the pages of the novels they came from, and on to the big screen!

That is why I have to admit that I was extremely disheartened when I discovered that, 'Universal' (the film studio that not only brought these monster out of the book, not only brought them to prominence, but made them the un-contested horror movie villain/monsters of all time,) are trying to bring these monsters back to the big screen, but... And, 'yes'... I am ashamed to say it, 'as heroes!'

I mean can you imagine? Well I was recently reading an article on: Fangoria, and it looks like not everyone is buying in to the classics becoming... 'Good Guys'!

The movie poster for: Frankenstein Vs. The Mummy (2015)!

What I mean by this is that the movie, Frankenstein Vs. The Mummy (2015) tells the story of: Dr. Victor Frankenstein and Egyptologist Naihla Khalil who are both professors at a medical university. Victor’s latest grisly ‘experiment’ is the reanimated corpse of a sadistic madman and Naihla’s most recent find is the cursed mummy of an evil pharaoh. When the two monsters face off in an epic showdown, no one is safe from the slaughter!

Sounds good yeah? Well enjoy this exclusive clip courtesy of: Fangoria!

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Three Of The Earliest Monsters In Movies And The Books They Came From

Believe it or not, most of the monsters that made the modern horror movies what we have all come to love actually did not get there start in the movies... Yeah, it is true! As a matter of fact, I would say that some of the earliest monsters from the movies, actually got their starts in the imaginations of Victorian era authors like, 'Bram Stoker', or , 'Mary Shelley'!

And so I thought that you guys might enjoy this list of: Three Of The Earliest Monsters In Movies And The Books They Came From!

At number 3: Mr. Hyde.

In 1988, Anthony Perkins did a great job portraying Jack The Ripper as being Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde!

Now for most of you out there, you probably know Mr. Hyde from the role that some actor had... And if you are a big enough fan, you might have even seen Anthony Perkins (Psycho) play the role later in life! But before Anthony Perkins and the multitudes of actors that came before and after had the chance to play the role, the character was one of the central figures in the Robert Louis Stevenson novel: The Strange Case Of Doctor Jekyll And Mr. Hyde (1886)!

A truly horrific classic that has helped shape the world of the horror movie!

At number 2: Frankenstein's Monster.

Boris Karloff as, 'Frankenstein's Monster' in probably the most famous big screen adaption of Mary Shelley's novel!

A slightly more used figure in the world of the horror movie, the first time though Frankenstein's monster came to life was not in James Whale's classic movie but in the pages of the novel that had originally been written by Mary Shelley!

The book that the universal classic was made from!

At number 1: Orlok/Dracula.

Believe it or not, before any of these Dracula's came about, Dracula was first seen in the pages of Bram Stoker's original novel!

Most people tend to forget this, but, 'Dracula' was not the first, 'Dracula' movie to come out... No, no, you see, Bram Stoker's estate would not give them the rights to make the movie, so some inventive German Filmmaker decided to try to change just enough of the story so that they could make it... Thus, before Dracula there was Orlok... But before there was Orlok, there was Dracula in literary form!

5 Original Book Covers For 5 Original Horror Novels

[caption id="attachment_2722" align="aligncenter" width="450"] The modern horror villain![/caption]

We all recognize the modern day horror icons, like, 'Freddy Krueger', 'Jason Voorhees' and the like, we all also recognize those elements of horror that are not really horror but because of their standing still count... Like, 'Twilight'...

Oft times though I have come to realize that over the years a lot of people tend to not just forget about those amazing trailblazing icons of horror that made our modern villains possible... But the stories they came from as well!

So one of the things I like to do is to just kind of help people to remember the fact that if it wasn't for, 'Dracula', 'Team Jacob' & 'Team Edward' from, 'Twilight' would never have existed!

So please enjoy these 5 original book covers from 5 of the most prolific horror novels of all time!

5: Frankenstein Or, The Modern Prometheus (1818).

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="409"] A rare edition of, 'Frankenstein Or, The Modern Prometheus' from 1869![/caption]

4: Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (1886).

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="409"] An early edition of, 'Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde' (1886)![/caption]

3: Dante's Inferno (1308 - 1321).

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="415"] A first edition of the translated, 'Dante's Inferno' circa 1880![/caption]

2: The Picture Of Dorian Gray (1890).

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="409"] A first edition copy of, 'The Picture Of Dorian Gray' circa 1890![/caption]

1: Dracula (1897).

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="500"] A first edition copy of Bram Stoker's 'Dracula (1897)![/caption]