Your Classic Monster Wish!

[Pauspy]

Ok, if you had one wish that had to do with classic horror movies, their stars, etc. What would it be? Would you wish that London After Midnight was never lost? That the "spider" scene in King Kong had not been edited out? That Lugosi was given more credit for his talent when he was alive? How would YOU re-write monster history?

[DoctorDeath]

I wish that Lugosi would have appeared in Dracula's Daughter and Son of Dracula. There is simply no reason why that shouldn't have happened, but Universal just didn't care about Lugosi. Those films would be much more strong if he had been a part of them.

[neonnoodle]

I'd agree with both of those, DD!

As far as the spider pit sequence, I'm glad they cut it out because it most likely was wayyyyy too much, but I wish it hadn't been lost.  Seeing the real thing would be cool.  The recreation was impressive but I still would love to see the actual scene.

[Unknown Primate]

I wish FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE WOLF MAN hadn't been so chopped up and dialogue edited out.  AND, that the actual fight was longer!I also wish The Monster's part was way more substantial in HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN.

[Paladin]

I wish FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE WOLF MAN hadn't been so chopped up and dialogue edited out.  AND, that the actual fight was longer!I also wish The Monster's part was way more substantial in HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN.

I'll go along with this. A mediocre skirmish that should have really been a hell-raising brawl.

[horrorhunter]

Interesting Topic!
     This would have happened later than what most would consider the classic monster era, but, here goes:

(circa 1969) "Werewolf On Blood Island"
     Waldemar Daninsky (Paul Naschy) travels to Blood Island in search of another rare herb to cure his lycanthropy. His ship leaves without him because of the bloody rampage of the Beast Of Blood (Chloriphyl Monster). Daninsky, along with two beautiful native girls (natch!), manages to survive by his heroic skill until that fateful first full moon. The Werewolf's rampage finally crosses that of the Beast Of Blood armed with an axe and severed head (of one of the afore mentioned lovelies). And, need I say it?....Mayhem ensues!
     
     This would have been awesome to see at a drive-in in the summer of '69.

[neonnoodle]

Yes, sure!  "Werewolf on Blood Island" would have been a hoot...2 famous low-rent (but respected) cheeseball monsters slugging the heck out of each other, right on your local drive-in screen.  Quite a wishful idea!~

[Skeletron]

I wish Willis O'Brien had been able to make his planned King Kong vs Frankenstein movie. The idea eventually got turned into King Kong vs Godzilla, and much as I like that movie, the concept art for the planned film looks amazing:

[Dr. Madd]

My monster list-

1. That Karloff had continued to play the monster all the way to Abbott and Costello, and that the Monster had continued to be as he was in "Bride"
2. That Dracula Vs. Frankenstein was made in 1936, and starred Lugosi and Karloff and actually had a good fight scene with a clear winner.
3. That Anne Rice had become a Pharmacist instead of irrevocably damaging the Vampire Genre.
4. A movie based on the Story of Ygor.
5. London After Midnight remains long enough to move to DVD.

[CreepysFan]

 

  Not centered on a Universal classic, but still my main wish/regret.

       

    That Hammer never carried out their plans for the VAMPIRELLA movie back in the late Seventies. 

[Earth 2 Chris]

Let's see...

- A true sequel to the Wolf Man, minus the addition of the endless "Frankenstein monster needs a new brain" subplot

- Despite that, I'd love to see "Frankenstein vs. the Wolf Man" as it was ORIGINALLY filmed

- Lugosi as Dracula in EVERY Universal film, including House of Frankenstein and Dracula, with a bigger role for Drac in HOF because of this

- A mid-50s monster rally that threw in the Creature AND Kharis the Mummy. Hey, we can dream, right?

- A sequel or continuation of Hammer's "Curse of the Werewolf"

- A Dracula/Karnstein crossover film with Lee and Ingrid Pitt!

Chris

[neonnoodle]

John Cusack in a quirky mood as Young Van Helsing.

[Monster Bob]

I wouldn't have minded actually being there when the laboratory scene was shot for BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN...

[Skeletron]

Alternately, it also would have been awesome had Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter, which was intended to be the first in an ongoing series, been successful enough for that to become a reality. Same goes for Chamber of Horrors.

[zombiehorror]

I wish that Lugosi would have appeared in Dracula's Daughter and Son of Dracula. There is simply no reason why that shouldn't have happened, but Universal just didn't care about Lugosi. Those films would be much more strong if he had been a part of them.

But then he probably would have been in House of Dracula and House of Frankenstein which would have taken the role away from Carradine!