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most evil of the universal monsters

posted 10 years ago by crakatoot
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thought they made a lot of horror films, only 8 of the Universal monsters are truly iconic;

Phantom of the Opera- Chaney
Dracula - Lugosi
Frankenstein Monster - Karloff
Mummy - Karloff again
Invisible Man - Rain
Bride of Frankenstein - Lancaster
Wolf Man - Chaney Jr.
The Creature from the Black Lagoon - Chapman/ Browning

there all monsters in there way but who is the most evil. Well to me i think it has to be Dracula. yes there is something tragic bout him, just as there is something tragic about all Vampries but that aside Dracula is truly evil. He kills for gain. he goes to london casue he wants more victims. hes not crazy like the invsible man, or an animal like the Creature or the Wolfman. or misunderstood like Frankestien or his bride. the Mummy and the phantom kill for selfish gain but they don't have the intensity like Dracula. what do u think.

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[–] Horror_Metal 10 years ago

I agree with Dracula being the most evil with The Mummy (both Imhotep and Kharis) being a close second. The rest either can't control themselves, act on instinct rather than actually being evil, or are confused and misunderstood.

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[–] ForTheNonce 8 years ago

Interestingly, the Bride is the only one who never kills anyone.

[–] CovertThunder 8 years ago

I agree that Dracula would be the most evil, he has to kill to sustain his own life and he absolutely revels in it. The Mummy I think is a close second, he only wanted his lost love but was willing to kill to get it.

Everyone else was a monster because they generally couldn't help it. The Phantom of the Opera was deformed, so that probably affected him growing up. The Creature was just that, a creature in its natural habitat that had never seen humans before. Lawrence Talbot didn't want to be the Wolf Man, and onscreen we see him being psychologically tortured by it.

Frankenstein's Monster is actually the one monster on this list who could probably be considered a monster the least. He was created by someone who had little respect for the creation of life, and even though the Monster had the mentality of a child Dr. Frankenstein treated it like a moron and tried to have it killed so he could start over. In the Bride of Frankenstein, Frankenstein's Monster tries to further become a normal person like everyone else (the scene with the blind man is still touching) but is rejected by society. The Monster even decides to kill himself, the Bride and Dr. Pretorius because he understands he doesn't belong in the world and doesn't feel the need to try any longer, and that the research being done is much too dangerous for the world, the same world that rejected him and tried to destroy him. And to top it off, the Monster decides to let the same Dr. Frankenstein that tried to destroy him leave and have a happy life with his wife rather than die as well.

For being some of the top Universal Monsters, there's a hell of a difference between Dracula and Frankenstein's Monster that I didn't notice before.

Can't be too careful with all those weirdos running around.