Your Classic Monster Wish!

[Wolfman]

That Godzilla would have kicked King Kong's ass. Don't get me wrong, I like Kong, but he's never beating Godzilla up.  I knew the fix was in when I saw they were the same size. I mean, come on, Godzilla was like 4 or 5 times bigger, and could have burned him alive. I still refuse to watch that movie again to this day.

JP

[RedKing]

That Universal would find the missing footage and restore Bride of Frankenstein and Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman. I would also love to have seen some of the unmade film projects from Universal, Hammer, Toho and Daiei. Universal: Dracula vs the Wolf Man, Hammer: Vampirella, The Unholy Thirst of Dracula(no idea what the plot was but that title is amazing!), The Captain Kronos series, Toho and Hammer co-production: Nessie, Toho: Batman vs Godzilla,King Kong vs Godzilla:Continuation, Godzilla vs the Space Monsters (Godzilla,Rodan and Varan vs King Ghidorah,Gigan and Megalon), Godzilla vs Mechani-Kong, Godzilla vs Barbaroi(Godzilla fighting a huge alien shapeshifter like Carpenter's Thing), Daiei: Gamera vs the Ice Giant, Gamera vs Garasharp

[Count_Zirock]

^^^ All of this!!!

[Pauspy]

How about some cross-pollination between studios? Gamera vs Godzilla. She-Creature Vs The Creature (a hot date??) I also would have liked to have seen a more convincing battle between King Kong and Mecha Kong in King Kong Escapes (at least avoid having Kong's head apparently grow and shrink in size throughout the movie)

[DoctorDeath]

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

Yeah, that is the only bad thing about it. I really enjoy Carradine's Dracula as well. As a kid, I didn't really understand why Dracula had changed from Lugosi to this other guy, but now I really appreciate Carradine's different take.

[DoctorDeath]

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 completely agree with this one. I hadn't seen Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man until recently and had always looked forward to seeing it. Was VERY much disappointed, especially with the battle.

[Count_Zirock]

I completely agree with this one. I hadn't seen Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man until recently and had always looked forward to seeing it. Was VERY much disappointed, especially with the battle.

Well, Lugosi was 60+ at the time. It made sense for him to play The Monster when he was still speaking with Ygor's brain & voice. And, once he was fully revived, that battle should have been spectacular, even with a stuntman doing most of the fighting for Lugosi. Too bad Universal butchered it in the editing, and then destroyed the cut footage. (Well, there was a war going on. I guess the celluloid got recycled.)

[DoctorDeath]

Well, Lugosi was 60+ at the time. It made sense for him to play The Monster when he was still speaking with Ygor's brain & voice. And, once he was fully revived, that battle should have been spectacular, even with a stuntman doing most of the fighting for Lugosi. Too bad Universal butchered it in the editing, and then destroyed the cut footage. (Well, there was a war going on. I guess the celluloid got recycled.)

Yeah, that was the main problem with the movie. Cutting all of Lugosi's lines just ruined it.

[D.D. Wookie]

That Godzilla would have kicked King Kong's ass. Don't get me wrong, I like Kong, but he's never beating Godzilla up.  I knew the fix was in when I saw they were the same size. I mean, come on, Godzilla was like 4 or 5 times bigger, and could have burned him alive. I still refuse to watch that movie again to this day.

JP

K vs G actually had two endings.  In the American, Kong was the winner, in Japan 'twas the big G.  Finding different copies is the hell of it though.

[Dr. Madd]

House of Kharis, starring the other universals, the Invisible man, the Creature, the Phantom of the Opera and the Metaluna Mutant.

[D.D. Wookie]

To see the original 80 or so minute cut of Mark of the Vampire that's talked about on the commentary.  Apparently 20 minutes were cut from it just before release.

[D.D. Wookie]

Sorry, I have a few more, and one of them isn't monster related, but IS classic, so if this has been covered on the non-monster movie forum, my bad.
1) More of the classic 30's Nancy Drew movies with Bonita Granville and Frankie Thomas.  I have the 4 flick boxset from a few years back and they're so infectiously amusing, I wish there were say at least four more.
2) That Vault of Horror from Amicus would receive an UNCUT dvd release.  The vampire segment with the tap spigot in the person's neck is a still with a black splotch over the spigot, yet the scene is intact in the trailer also on the disc.  WTF?
3) Official dvd releases of Legend of the Werewolf and Dr. Terror's House of Horrors.

[Paul L]

Most of these were covered, but I'm posting this anyway:

1. London After Midnight found, or never lost

2. A proper (Universal) sequel to Dracula, w/Lugosi and/or

3. Lugosi in Dracula's Daughter & the "House of" movies (nothing against Carradine)

4. Lugosi's restored dialog in Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man

5. The restored footage to Night of Dark Shadows

[Rich]

I wish for these Blu-rays from Universal this year:

Werewolf of London & Dracula's Daughter (Double Feature)
Son of Dracula & Son of Frankenstein (Double Feature)
The Ghost of Frankenstein & Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man (Double Feature)
House of Frankenstein & House of Dracula (Double Feature)

Abbott & Costello Meet The Mummy (Blu-ray & DVD Combo Pack)

[Haunted hearse]

"Godzilla meets his mother in law!"