Classic monster timeline

[Rich]

DRACULA & THE SPANISH VERSION (1931)
FRANKENSTEIN (1931)
THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935)
DRACULA'S DAUGHTER (1936)
SON OF FRANKENSTEIN (1939)
THE WOLF MAN (1941)
GHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN (1942)
FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE WOLFMAN (1943)
SON OF DRACULA (1943)
HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1944)
HOUSE OF DRACULA (1945)

THE MUMMY (1932)
THE MUMMY'S HAND (1940)
THE MUMMY'S TOMB (1942)
THE MUMMY'S GHOST (1944)
THE MUMMY'S CURSE (1944)

The Invisible Man (1933)
The Invisible Man Returns (1940)
The Invisible Woman (1940)
Invisible Agent (1942)
The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944)

Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
Revenge of the Creature (1955)
The Creature Walks Among Us (1956)

WEREWOLF OF LONDON (1935)
SHE-WOLF OF LONDON (1946)

* I don't count the Abbott & Costello crossovers, because I consider them Abbott & Costello movies, not Universal Classic Monster movies despite having the characters in them.

[Bogey]

Mike Scott put this together for me some time back, which I found very helpful:


Not chronological, but maybe something you can work from?


SILENTS:
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)
The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
The Cat and the Canary (1927)
The Man Who Laughs (1928)


DRACULA:
Dracula (1931)
Drácula (193I Spanish)
Dracula's Daughter (1936)
Son of Dracula (1943)
House of Frankenstein (1944)
House of Dracula (1945)


FRANKENSTEIN:
Frankenstein (1931)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Son of Frankenstein (1939)
The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)
House of Frankenstein (1944)
House of Dracula (1945)


THE MUMMY:
The Mummy (1932)
The Mummy's Hand (1940)
The Mummy's Tomb (1942)
The Mummy's Ghost (1944)
The Mummy's Curse (1944)


THE INVISIBLE MAN:
The Invisible Man (1933)
The Invisible Man Returns (1940)
The Invisible Woman (1940)
Invisible Agent (1942)
The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944)


THE WOLF MAN (and other Werewolves):
Werewolf of London (1935)
The Wolf Man (1941)
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)
House of Frankenstein (1944)
House of Dracula (1945)
She-Wolf of London (1946)


PAULA THE APE WOMAN:
Captive Wild Woman (1943)
Jungle Woman (1944)
The Jungle Captive (1945)


KARLOFF AND LUGOSI:
The Old Dark House (1932)
Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)
The Black Cat (1934)
The Raven (1935)
The Invisible Ray (1936)
Night Key (1937)
Tower of London (1939)
Black Friday (1940)
The Black Cat (1941)
The Climax (1944)


HORROR/MYSTERY/THRILLER:
The Cat Creeps (1930 lost film)
Secret of the Blue Room (1933)
Mystery of Edwin Drood (1935)
Life Returns (1935)
The House of the Seven Gables (1940)
Horror Island (1941)
Man Made Monster (1941)
The Mad Doctor of Market Street (1942)
Night Monster (1942)
The Strange Case of Doctor Rx (1942)
The Mad Ghoul (1943)
Phantom of the Opera (1943)
The Cat Creeps (1946)


INNER SANCTUM MYSTERIES:
Calling Dr. Death (1943)
Weird Woman (1944)
Dead Man's Eyes (1944)
The Frozen Ghost (1945)
Strange Confession (1945)
Pillow of Death (1945)


RONDO HATTON:
The Pearl of Death (1944)
The Jungle Captive (1945)
The Spider Woman Strikes Back (1946)
House of Horrors (1946)
The Brute Man (1946)


A&C MEET THE MONSTERS:
Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff (1949)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)


SHERLOCK HOLMES:
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942)
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1943)
Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943)
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)
The Spider Woman (1944)
The Scarlet Claw (1944)
The Pearl of Death (1944)
The House of Fear (1945)
The Woman in Green (1945)
Pursuit to Algiers (1945)
Terror by Night (1946)
Dressed to Kill (1946)


SERIALS:
The Vanishing Shadow (1934)
Flash Gordon (1936)
Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (1938)
The Phantom Creeps (1939)
Buck Rogers (1939)
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940)


1950S SCI-FI / HORROR:
The Strange Door (1951)
The Black Castle (1952)
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953)
It Came from Outer Space (1953)
Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
Cult of the Cobra (1955)
Revenge of the Creature (1955)
Tarantula (1955)
This Island Earth (1955)
The Creature Walks Among Us (1956)
The Mole People (1956)
The Deadly Mantis (1957)
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
The Land Unknown (1957)
Man of a Thousand Faces (1957 Chaney Sr. biopic)
The Monolith Monsters (1957)
Monster on the Campus (1958)
The Thing That Couldn't Die (1958)
Curse of the Undead (1959)
The Leech Woman (1960)

Here is the complete thread:

http://www.universalmonsterarmy.com/forum/index.php?topic=2953.0

[slayergriffith]

Could some do chronological order of the Frankenstein, Dracula, wolfman (including werewolf of London and she-wolf of London), creature, mummy, and invisible man. Including the Abbott and Costello monster films.

THANKS ALOT

[Crazy1van]

If you are that concerned with maintaining continuty, you may want to consider the novel RETURN OF THE WOLF MAN by Jeff Rovin which claims that after ABBOT & COSTELLO, Dracula resurfaced in the Carribean and killed Murder Legendre, where he remained home-based until the 1990s when Larry Talbot was finally resurrected on the isle of La Mirada.  Or you could include MONSTER SQUAD in your timeline, the 1987 film did not, IIRC, give a precice location for its setting, but it was an American town with a swamp nearby, and I've always imagined it was Florida (despite the movie being filmed in CA).

[Speaniestar]

Here's how I view a chronological order of the classic monster film series put together.
The Mummy's Hand
The Inivisible Man
The Invisible Man returns
Frankenstein
Bride of Frankentein
Dracula/Spainish version
Dracula's Daughter
Werewolf of London
Son of Frankenstein
The Mummy's Tomb
The Invisible Woman
The Wolf Man
The Mummy's Ghost
Ghost of Frankenstein
The Invisible Agent
Frankenstein meets the Wolf Man
House of Frankenstein
The Invisible Man's revenge
House of Dracula
Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein
The Mummy's Curse
Abbott and Costello meet the Invisible Man
Abbott and Costello meet The Mummy

Then the timeline could split off into either Return of the Wolf Man or The Monster Squad

[slayergriffith]

I found what i was looking for. This is it:

Dracula (1931)
Dracula (Spanish version) (1931)
Frankenstein (1931)
The Mummy (1932)
The Invisible Man (1933)
Werewolf of London (1935)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Dracula's Daughter (1936)
Son of Frankenstein (1939)
The Invisible Man Returns (1940)
The Invisible Woman (1940)
The Mummy's Hand (1940)
The Wolf Man (1941)
The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)
Invisible Agent (1942)
The Mummy's Tomb (1942)
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)
Son of Dracula (1943)
House of Frankenstein (1944)
The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944)
The Mummy's Ghost (1944)
The Mummy's Curse (1944)
House of Dracula (1945)
She-Wolf of London (1946)
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff (1949)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)
Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
Revenge of the Creature (1955)
The Creature Walks Among Us (1956)

[Crazy1van]

I found what i was looking for. This is it:

Dracula (1931)
Dracula (Spanish version) (1931)
Frankenstein (1931)
The Mummy (1932)
The Invisible Man (1933)
Werewolf of London (1935)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Dracula's Daughter (1936)
Son of Frankenstein (1939)
The Invisible Man Returns (1940)
The Invisible Woman (1940)
The Mummy's Hand (1940)
The Wolf Man (1941)
The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)
Invisible Agent (1942)
The Mummy's Tomb (1942)
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)
Son of Dracula (1943)
House of Frankenstein (1944)
The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944)
The Mummy's Ghost (1944)
The Mummy's Curse (1944)
House of Dracula (1945)
She-Wolf of London (1946)
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff (1949)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)
Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
Revenge of the Creature (1955)
The Creature Walks Among Us (1956)

An excellent list, but you do realize that the movies do not all take place in the years they were released, yes?

[slayergriffith]

An excellent list, but you do realize that the movies do not all take place in the years they were released, yes?

yea, i know. I just like to watch them like that. 

[DrBo]

Real neat list, just like you I like to watch them in order. Here a list I had prepped out after buying my Legacy collection boxset DVDs, plus two of the silent readily availlable (I happen to have them in DVD, but in any case they're easy to find royalty free):

The Universal Monster Legacy

1923
The Hunchback of Notre Dame

1925
The Phantom of the Opera

1931
Dracula
Frankenstein

1932
The Mummy

1933
The Invisible Man

1935
Werewolf of London
The Bride of Frankenstein

1936
Dracula's Daughter

1939
Son of Frankenstein

1940
The Mummy's Hand
The Invisible Woman

1941
The Wolf Man

1942
The Ghost of Frankenstein
The Mummy's Tomb
Invisible Agent

1943
Frankenstein meets the Wolf Man
Son of Dracula

1944
House of Frankenstein
The Mummy's Ghost
The Mummy's Curse
The Invisible Man's Revenge

1945
House of Dracula

1946
She-Wolf of London

1954
Creature from the Black Lagoon

1955
Revenge of the Creature

1956
The Creature Walks Among Us

[marsattacks666]

yea, i know. I just like to watch them like that. 

Btw, Slayergriffith. Very cool picture of Hunters S. T.

[Count_Zirock]

Btw, Slayergriffith. Very cool picture of Hunters S. T.

In Kim Newman's "Anno Dracula," he transplanted Carl Kokchak from 1960's America to 1888 London. So, there's no Kolchak to stake Janos Skorzany in Las Vegas. When I wrote an Anno Dracula-inspired short story, "Tim Burton's Red Reign" (in which Burton directs an adaptation of "Dracula" in 1988-89, starring Jack Nicholson and Michael Keaton), I changed it so that Raoul Duke is covering the Las Vegas motorcycle rally at the same time Skorzany is victimizing showgirls and hookers. The resultant book was called "Blood & Loathing in Las Vegas." I sent Newman a copy of the story and he loved my substitution of Thompson for Kolchak!

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