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“It is one of the strangest tales ever told. It deals with the two great mysteries of creation: life and death. I think it will thrill you. It may shock you. It might even horrify you. So, if any of you feel that you do not care to subject your nerves to such a strain, now’s your chance to uh, well––we warned you…”

Tomorrow, we begin a marathon of reviews. Each day in March, The Cinema King will be looking at an early – if not the very first – cinematic universe. It’s not Star Wars or The Avengers, though its inhabitants are just as colorful. It’s not Alien or Predator, but you wouldn’t have those series without the dangers of… the Universal Classic Monsters. Stay tuned for thirty reviews in thirty-one days as we linger in the graveyards and haunt the mausoleums for… Monster March.

Rather than go through the films in chronological order, which would be predictable and too easy by half, each day of the week will focus on one of the seven corners of the Universal Monsters cinematic universe.

Mummy Monday
3/1: The Mummy (1932)
3/8: The Mummy’s Hand (1940)
3/15: The Mummy’s Tomb (1942)
3/22: The Mummy’s Ghost (1944)
3/29: The Mummy’s Curse (1944)
 
Transylvania Tuesday
3/2: Dracula (1931)
3/9: Drácula (1931)
3/16: Dracula’s Daughter (1936)
3/23: Son of Dracula (1943)
3/30: House of Dracula (1945)
 
Wolf Man Wednesday
3/3: The Wolf Man (1941)
3/10: Werewolf of London (1935)
3/17: Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)
3/24: House of Frankenstein (1944)
3/31: She-Wolf of London (1946)
 
See-Thru Thursday
3/4: The Invisible Man (1933)
3/11: The Invisible Man Returns (1940)
3/18: Invisible Agent (1942)
3/25: The Invisible Man’s Revenge (1944)
 
Franken-Friday
3/5: Frankenstein (1931)
3/12: Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
3/19: Son of Frankenstein (1939)
3/26: Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)
 
Deep Sea Saturday
3/6: Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
3/13: Revenge of the Creature (1955)
3/27: The Creature Walks Among Us (1956)
 
Silly Sunday
3/7: The Invisible Woman (1940)
3/14: Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
3/21: Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)
3/28: Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)
 
The fun begins tomorrow with The Mummy, starring Boris Karloff. Until then, heed the words of Professor Van Helsing:

“When you get home tonight and the lights have been turned out and you are afraid to look behind the curtains — and you dread to see a face appear at the window — why, just pull yourself together and remember that after all, there are such things as vampires!”