Universal monsters or Hammer monsters?

[Meule]

Too difficult to choose, I love 'em both

Hammer for boobs.

This is a pretty strong point tho

[Meule]

Even in my customs I can't choose

[PNGwynne]

^Hey--you've Teenage Frankenstein in there, too! Cool!!!

[Mr.Krusher]

Meule - I'm floored sir....WOW! Brilliant usage of the Neptunian's hands and feet...when I got my Neptunian in the mail, thats the FIRST thing that I thought of - Creature custom!

WHY is the only Creature from that era so damned hard to find?? ....Its not fair ...

Did someone else OTHER than Azrak make a Creature? (I almost got the jiggler, one of my favorite toys of all time, but the bidding approached $50...)

[lepage]

^Hey--you've Teenage Frankenstein in there, too! Cool!!!

Yeah I thought that would be a great figure to make. Would anyone else dig one of those?

[lepage]

Hammer for me please, without a second thought. Lee and Cushing are unmatched, and the Prowse version of Frankenstein's Monster is FAR more effective than the Karloff version, in my humble opinion.

Though there is ONE Monster from Universal's stable that I prefer over ALL others though:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OE1dEoaLthw

(Watch all of these if you are a fan...very cool documentary...)

I am with you!

[lepage]

Did Hammer actually have any monsters? The films were updated versions of the Universal films and monsters from other studios.

I'm trying to think of a monster that Hammer invented for it's films.

It sounds like your saying Universal invented those characters!? I think it is nieve to believe that had Universal not made those films that no one else eventually would have. They are after all based on classic literature.

[Gorn Captain]

It sounds like your saying Universal invented those characters!? I think it is nieve to believe that had Universal not made those films that no one else eventually would have. They are after all based on classic literature.

True, and there were versions previous to the Universals, like Edison's Frankenstein. I love the Universals versions, but some others were just as good.
I disagree that Hammer just updated Universal, because the make-ups were totally different, and the original source material dates back well before Universal (and all the way into mythology and folk lore). Curse of the Werewolf had a totally different story line, for example.
And Hammer had some superior actors on board: Cushing and Lee were excellent.

Some of our more recent versions, like Coppola's Dracula and the recent Wolfman with Del Toro were good, too, so there's hope that we'll still have new "takes" on the genre in the works....

Now if only someone could nuke those Twilight abominations....

[HardyGirl]

I like the Universal Monsters as well!

[Meule]

Did Hammer actually have any monsters? The films were updated versions of the Universal films and monsters from other studios.

I'm trying to think of a monster that Hammer invented for it's films.

If you only take Frankenstein, Dracula, the Mummy and the Wolfman into account, then NO, Hammer didn't "invent" any monsters. But neither did Universal.
There was a Frankenstein movie in 1910, Nosferatu (first Dracula movie) was released in 1922, Phantom of the Opera (1925), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920) and The Werewolf (1913).

Hammer did however come up with The Reptile and Countess Dracula

[The Toyroom]

Hammer did however come up with The Reptile and Countess Dracula

But Universal had Dracula's Daughter and Son of Dracula

[Meule]

But Universal had Dracula's Daughter and Son of Dracula

But they didn't have Ingrid Pitt

[Earth 2 Chris]

I think Carmilla was adapted before Hammer did "The Vampire Lovers", but I've never seen it.

Hammer definitely did a lot for Van Helsing. Peter Cushing made him a compelling hero, not just a wise old man with a thick accent.

Chris

[PNGwynne]

Yeah, Cushing's Van Helsing & Baron Frankenstein are a lot more compelling than Hammer's Dracula or any monster creation. Maybe it was just Cushing...

I'm no Lee-hater (his Monster has pathos, Kharis is great, and Duc de Richlieu-whew!), but Drac is so one-dimensional. An exciting novelty in the first film, but 1-D.

FVH's Ferdy Mayne, Willman's coldly autocratic cultist Ravna, and even the creepily fey Baron Meister are more interesting.

[Werewolf]

Phantom of the Opera (1925),

That was Universal.