In a celebrated quote that is now hard to find its source, Godzilla creator Ishiro Honda once remarked: “Monsters are tragic ...

Whenever Hollywood grows tired of the same old monsters ... in the summer of 1999 that it undeniably changed the game for movie monsters. At last, the cursed high priest Imhotep – originally ...

Off-screen, the monster was the result of a story proposal competition for a Godzilla movie. The winner ... brought the giant lizard back to Hollywood, and along with him came two new adversaries ...

But while the concept of a shared cinematic universe may seem like the latest Hollywood trend ... universe centered around the Universal Monsters, featuring Frankenstein, Dracula, the Wolf ...

But still, Leigh Whannell knew that he needed more than just a guy covered in fur if he was going to update this particular monster. “I watched that original movie,” recalls the filmmaker.

"Hollywood is starting to understand that video games are bigger than movies and music combined ... with a roster of dozens of monsters--some original, but many licensed, too.