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Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Who played what classic horror monster

It's really a monsters who's who. there is such a revolving door for just who played what and when. who played what classic horror monster is really a challenge, The Frankenstein monster really made the rounds.


Whom do you think did the best job?






  • Frankenstein monster:
Frankenstein - Boris Karloff

Bride of Frankenstein - Boris Karloff

Son of Frankenstein - Boris Karloff

Ghost of Frankenstein - Lon Chaney Jr.

Frankenstein meets the Wolf Man - Bela Lugosi

House of Frankenstein - Glenn Strange

House of Dracula - Glenn Strange

Abbott and Costello meets Frankenstein - Glenn Strange

Hammer version - Christopher Lee









  • Dracula:

Dracula - Bela Lugosi

Son of Dracula - Lon Chaney Jr.

House of Dracula - John Carradine

Abbott and Costello meets Frankenstein - Bela Lugosi

Hammer versions - Christopher Lee



Lugosi also portrayed the count in Mark of the Vampire and Return of the Vampire but not as Count Dracula.






  • Creature from the Black Lagoon:

Creature from the Black Lagoon - Ben Chapman - land/Ricou Browning - underwater

Revenge of the Creature - Tom Hennesy - land/Ricou Browning - underwater

Creature walks amoung us - Don Megowan - land/Ricou Browning underwater








  • The Phantom of the Opera

Original - Lon Chaney Sr.

Remake - Claude Rains

Hammer version - Herbert Lom


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