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Halloween Treat Shows What the Universal Monsters Classics Would Look Like in Color [Video]
What would the Universal Monsters look like in full color? Not that we’re suggesting those classic movies should ever be fully colorized, but it’s an interesting thought nonetheless.
The Twitter account Hammer Horror Films, on that note, shared a little Halloween treat this week, tweeting out a 2-minute video that colorizes select clips from the black & white classics.
The video gives colorized makeovers to all the classic monsters, including Dracula, Frankenstein, The Invisible Man, and the Bride of Frankenstein, and even 1922’s Nosferatu.
Mind you, this is hardly the first time we’ve seen Frankenstein’s monster and the Creature from the Black Lagoon with bright pops of green, but it’s fascinating to see actual clips from the classic movies given the modern day makeover. Bride of Frankenstein looks particularly cool here, as we’ve never seen the character presented in anything but black & white.
Enjoy. And be sure to follow @HorrorHammer1 over on Twitter.
You can’t beat Black and White but seeing the classic Universal Monsters in colour is interesting…… pic.twitter.com/0GOpkNncXt
— Hammer Horror Films (@HorrorHammer1) October 21, 2021
Filming is underway on The Invisible Man director Leigh Whannell’s Wolf Man for Universal and Blumhouse, which will be howling its way into theaters on January 17, 2025.
Deadline reports that Matilda Firth (Disenchanted) is the latest actor to sign on, joining Christopher Abbott (Poor Things), Julia Garner (The Royal Hotel), and Sam Jaeger.
The project will mark Whannell’s second monster movie and fourth directing collaboration with Blumhouse Productions (The Invisible Man, Upgrade, Insidious: Chapter 3).
Wolf Man stars Christopher Abbott as a man whose family is being terrorized by a lethal predator.
Writers include Whannell & Corbett Tuck as well as Lauren Schuker Blum & Rebecca Angelo.
Jason Blum is producing the film. Ryan Gosling, Ken Kao, Bea Sequeira, Mel Turner and Whannell are executive producers. Wolf Man is a Blumhouse and Motel Movies production.
In the wake of the failed Dark Universe, Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible Man has been the only real success story for the Universal Monsters brand, which has been struggling with recent box office flops including the comedic Renfield and period horror movie The Last Voyage of the Demeter. Giving him the keys to the castle once more seems like a wise idea, to say the least.
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