‘Frankenstein Meets The Wolfman’ (1943).
According to a recent survey I’ve just made up, 90% of males like horror movies because it makes them feel protective towards their partners. I figure this is more than probably true, because as Doctor Lovecraft of the Innsmouth University once stated horror is often about reinforcing gender roles.
Which no doubt explains why so many horror movies since nineteen-umpteen have attractive young women carried-off by werewolves, vampires, apes and what-have-you.
It is understandable this fear of having a loved one being abducted by some Universal Monster causes individuals to feel protective towards their partner especially in the most grim and horrific storylines as exemplified by the following.
The Curse of the Werewolf’ (1961).
‘The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari’ (1920).
‘Man-Made Monster’ (1941).
‘The Mummy’s Tomb’ (1942).
‘Dracula’ (1931).
‘Invaders from Mars’ (1953).
‘Creature from the Black Lagoon’ (1954).
‘King Kong’ (1933).
‘Robot Monster’ (1953).
‘The Wolfman’ (1941).
‘The Monster and the Girl’ (1941).
‘The Mole People’ (1956).
‘The Evil of Frankenstein’ (1963).
Captive Wild Woman’ (1943).
‘I Was A Teenage Frankenstein’ (1956).
‘The Plague of the Zombies’ (1966).
‘Forbidden Planet’ (1956).
‘Frankenstein’s Daughter’ (1958).
‘The Day the World Ended’ (1955).
‘The Man From Planet X’ (1951).
‘This Island Earth’ (1955).
‘Plan 9 From Outer Space’ (1959).
‘Monster on the Campus’ (1958).
‘The Neanderthal Man’ (1953).
‘I Was A Teenage Werewolf’ (1957).
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