Films
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Characters
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Other characters
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Notes
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YEAR
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TITLE
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THE PHANTOM
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COUNT DRACULA
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PROFESSOR VAN HELSING
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HEINRICH “HENRY” VON FRANKENSTEIN
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ELIZABETH FRANKENSTEIN
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THE MONSTER
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YGOR
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THE MUMMIES
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PROFESSOR STEPHEN “STEVE” A. BANNING
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THE INVISIBLE MEN
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LAWRENCE “LARRY” STEWART TALBOT
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THE CREATURE
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CAPTAIN LUCAS
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1925
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The Phantom of the Opera
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Lon Chaney as ERIK
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Lon Chaney was the father of Lon Chaney Jr.
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1931
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Dracula
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Bela Lugosi
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Edward Van Sloan
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Dwight Frye as RENFIELD
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Carlos Villarías played CONDE DRÁCULA in the Spanish-language 1931 film Drácula
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Frankenstein
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Colin Clive
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Mae Clarke
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Boris Karloff
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Dwight Frye as FRITZ
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FRITZ is a hunchback; Elizabeth, whose surname is not disclosed in the film, is not yet married to Frankenstein and, thus, does not yet bear his surname
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1932
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The Mummy
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Boris Karloff as ARDETH BAY / IMHOTEP
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1933
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The Invisible Man
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Claude Rains as DOCTOR JACK GRIFFIN
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E. E. Clive as a CONSTABLE JAFFERS
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Dwight Frye as a reporter
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John Carradine as an informer
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1935
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Bride of Frankenstein
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Colin Clive
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Valerie Hobson
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Boris Karloff
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Elsa Lanchester as the MONSTER’S MATE
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E. E. Clive as the BURGOMASTER
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Dwight Frye as KARL
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John Carradine as a lost hunter
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1936
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Dracula's Daughter
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Edward Van Sloan
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Gloria Holden as COUNTESS MARYA ZALESKA
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E. E. Clive as SERGEANT WILKES
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Edgar Norton as HOBBS
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Here, Sloan’s character’s name has been changed to PROFESSOR VON HELSING
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1939
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Son of Frankenstein
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Boris Karloff
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Bela Lugosi
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Basil Rathbone as BARON WOLF VON FRANKENSTEIN
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Lionel Atwill as INSPECTOR KROGH
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Edgar Norton as THOMAS BENSON
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Although not a hunchback, YGOR’s body is twisted and deformed in a manner visually similar to kyphosis
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1940
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The Invisible Man Returns
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Vincent Price as SIR GEOFFREY RADCLIFFE
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The Mummy’s Hand
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Tom Tyler as KHARIS
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Dick Foran
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1941
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The Wolf Man
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Lon Chaney Jr.
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Claude Rains as SIR JOHN TALBOT
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Bela Lugosi as BELA
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1942
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The Ghost of Frankenstein
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Lon Chaney Jr.
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Bela Lugosi
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Sir Cedric Hardwicke as LUDWIG FRANKENSTEIN
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Lionel Atwill as DOCTOR THEODORE BOHMER
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Dwight Frye as a villager
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During the course of this film, THE MONSTER’s brain is replaced with YGOR’s; he goes blind as a result of the incompatibility of the two blood types
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The Mummy’s Tomb
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Lon Chaney Jr. as KHARIS
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Dick Foran
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Glenn Strange as a farmer
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1943
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Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
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Bela Lugosi
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Lon Chaney Jr.
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Ilona Massey as the BARONESS ELSA FRANKENSTEIN
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Lionel Atwill as the MAYOR
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Dwight Frye as RUDI
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Phantom of the Opera
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Claude Rains as ERIQUE CLAUDIN
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This is a remake of the 1925 film
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Son of Dracula
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Lon Chaney Jr.
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Despite the film’s title, it’s never made crystal clear in the film whether this Count Dracula—who calls himself COUNT ALUCARD—is supposed to be the same Count Dracula who died in the 1931 film or a relative thereof
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1944
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The Invisible Man’s Revenge
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Jon Hall as ROBERT GRIFFIN
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John Carradine as DOCTOR PETER DRURY
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The Mummy’s Ghost
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Lon Chaney Jr. as KHARIS
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John Carradine as YOUSEF BEY
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House of Frankenstein
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John Carradine
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Glenn Strange
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Lon Chaney Jr.
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Boris Karloff as DOCTOR GUSTAV NIEMANN
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Lionel Atwill as INSPECTOR ARNZ
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Count Dracula is referred to as the BARON LATOS
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The Mummy’s Curse
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Lon Chaney Jr. as KHARIS
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1945
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House of Dracula
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John Carradine
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Glenn Strange
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Lon Chaney Jr.
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Onslow Stevens as NOCTOR FRANZ EDELMANN
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Jane Adams as NINA
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Lionel Atwill as INSPECTOR HOLTZ
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NINA is a hunchback; Count Dracula is referred to as the BARON LATOS
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1948
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Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
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Bela Lugosi
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Vincent Price
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Lon Chaney Jr.
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Bud Abbott as CHICK YOUNG
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Lou Costello as WILBUR GREY
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This is a horror comedy; Count Dracula guises as DOCTOR LEJOS
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1951
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Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
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Arthur Franz as TOMMY NELSON
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Bud Abbott as BUD ALEXANDER
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Lou Costello as LOU FRANCIS
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This is a horror comedy; Count Dracula guises as DOCTOR LEJOS
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1954
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Creature from the Black Lagoon
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Ricou Browning (in water)
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Ben Chapman (on land)
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Nestor Paiva
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1955
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Revenge of the Creature
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Tom Hennesy (on land)
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Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
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Edwin Parker as KLARIS
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Bud Abbott as PETE PATTERSON
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Lou Costello as FREDDIE FRANKLIN
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This is a horror comedy
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1956
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The Creature Walks Among Us
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Ricou Browning (in water)
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Don Megowan (on land)
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