Universal Pictures’ failed Dark Universe had the potential to bring some of their most iconic movie monsters into the modern day, but following the travesty of the Tom Cruise-led The Mummy in 2017, all thoughts of a straight-up shared monster universe were dropped and the unexpected success of 2020’s reimagining of The Invisible Man has instead led to a line-up of similar stand-alone outings for the horror icons of the 1930s and 1940s.