Universal Monsters - Viewing Order

[iceman109]

What's the reason for the Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor being set in 1947 instead of 1946?

 

[JudgeDreddpool]

Technically the McCloud crossover episode could bring in that entire series, which is, by the way, loosely linked to Battlestar Galactica. I'm only listing said crossover episode for simplicity. Just noting that John Carradine did appear in that series as Dracula. In fact, he played Dracula playing John Carradine who plays Dracula.

Real question, but would I need to watch the entirety of McCloud first, or can it just be the Crossover episode?

 

[Maciej Jankowski]

Real question, but would I need to watch the entirety of McCloud first, or can it just be the Crossover episode?

You can watch just the episode. From memory there's nothing in it that should be confusing without watching previous episodes as it's more of an anthology series than a big plot across episodes.

 

[JudgeDreddpool]

You can watch just the episode. From memory there's nothing in it that should be confusing without watching previous episodes as it's more of an anthology series than a big plot across episodes.

Neato.

 

[Pro Bot]

https://screenrant.com/abigail-easter-egg-ready-or-not-le-domas-crossover-setup/Ready or Not is canon... okay then. Another adjacent to list.

 

[Pro Bot]

I actually think that Adrian Griffin from The Invisible Man (2020) is part of the same Grffin family from Classic Monsters. He probably looked into his family history with the serum and made the suit as a more convenient method of becoming invisible. How fun that he's the CEO of Cobalt from Upgrade too.

Speaking of, only three Invisible Man tv shows need to be added and then everything is here... that we're aware of, at least.

 

[iceman109]

Are the 1939 and 2010 Larry Talbots related you think?

 

[Pro Bot]

Sure, works for me. Related to Luke Talbot from Monster Force too.

 

[Megatron]

also in the full media chronology here there is smt called "The Mummy Survives" but idk what that is.

https://dark-universe-universal-monsters.fandom.com/wiki/Timeline

it still misses this thing, "The Mummy Survives".

 

[Megatron]

also it misses the Dark Horse comics!

 

[Megatron]

and that's all, then after adding all of that it's complete.

 

[Megatron]

EDIT: I forgot that there is also an animated series on the mummy from 2001 to 2003 and had 2 seasons.

 

[iceman109]

EDIT: I forgot that there is also an animated series on the mummy from 2001 to 2003 and had 2 seasons.

That's already on the timeline

 

[Megatron]

ok so it still misses the mummy survives and the dark horse comics.

 

[Maciej Jankowski]

ok so it still misses the mummy survives and the dark horse comics.

The Mummy Survives doesn't exist. the dark horse comics are one shot adaptations of the 4 films so they do not really count. the things that we are aware of that are missing on the order are 3 Invisible Man tv shows and 4 Darkman sequel novels.

 

[Pro Bot]

Tarzan and Cheeta are referenced as legitimate real life individuals in The Munsters (2022), which is a (slightly contradictory but still legitimate) prequel to The Munsters (1964-1966) set in 1962 based on a newspaper (damn, their kids and pet dragon grew up very fast). There's also in-universe Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Creature from the Black Lagoon films, and, since Uncle Gilbert has posters around his house, it's possible that he plays the Gillman in the in-universe series, or is simply a fan of it.

 

[Maciej Jankowski]

Tarzan and Cheeta are referenced as legitimate real life individuals in The Munsters (2022), which is a (slightly contradictory but still legitimate) prequel to The Munsters (1964-1966) set in 1962 based on a newspaper (damn, their kids and pet dragon grew up very fast). There's also in-universe Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Creature from the Black Lagoon films, and, since Uncle Gilbert has posters around his house, it's possible that he plays the Gillman in the in-universe series, or is simply a fan of it.

I personally think that it was very much implied that he played Gillman in all 3 Creature feature films.

 

[Pro Bot]

Jack Griffin
1931 - The Invisible Man (1933)
-Played by Claude Rains

Frank Griffin (Jack Griffin's brother)
1940 - The Invisible Man Returns
1948 - Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
-Played by John Sutton

Frank Griffin Jr. (Jack Griffin's nephew/Frank Griffin's son)
1941 - Invisible Agent
-Played by Jon Hall

Robert Griffin
1944 - The Invisible Man's Revenge
-Played by Jon Hall

Arnaud DeFöhn/"Hawley Griffin"
2000 - The Invisible Man (2000 TV Series) [9 Episodes]
-Played by Joel Bissonnette

Adrian Griffin
2020 - The Invisible Man (2020)
-Played by Oliver Jackson-Cohen

Tom Griffin
2020 - The Invisible Man (2020)
-Played by Michael Dorman

 

[iceman109]

In what way would the Griffin brothers from Invisible Man 20 be related to Jack Griffin from Invisible Man 33?

 

[Pro Bot]

I guess the more evil Griffins could be related to Jack directly, while the more heroic Griffins could be directly related to Frank. So, possibly Jack's (great in whatever numbers) grandson.

 

[iceman109]

Shouldn't Curse of the Undead be sometime in the 1800s considering it's a Western?

 

[Pro Bot]

Shouldn't Curse of the Undead be sometime in the 1800s considering it's a Western?

The wild west period includes the 1600s.

Everything we know about is added now, by the way.

 

[barryh]

The wild west period includes the 1600s.

Everything we know about is added now, by the way.

Curse of the Unknown features an (unseen) character's 1860 diary. Maybe "16??" should be "186?".

 

[Pro Bot]

Adrian Griffin "dies" on January 15th, 2020, so The Invisible Man (2020) is before Monster Force.

 

[Maciej Jankowski]

Adrian Griffin "dies" on January 15th, 2020, so The Invisible Man (2020) is before Monster Force.

and the timeline in that film is shown to be so consistent wow. anywhere there's a date it is the correct one

 

[iceman109]

Did you guys know that Invisible Man 20 was filmed in Australia

 

[Pro Bot]

Did you guys know that Invisible Man 20 was filmed in Australia

I did not, nope. The film has a VERY good timeline. Very consistent.

Anyway, don't know if this should be included. I guess so.

 

[JudgeDreddpool]

Everything we know about is added now, by the way.

NICE! Now we can hopefully begin work on a detailed timeline.

 

[Maciej Jankowski]

NICE! Now we can hopefully begin work on a detailed timeline.

Definitely not yet

 

[Maciej Jankowski]

I wonder if they annouce anything UM at CinemaCon.