9 Things Universal's Classic Monsters Reboot Needs To Do

3. Horror Characters Are Not Action Heroes

If you took Underworld, threw in elements of Blade and added a few references to James Whale€™s Frankenstein films, then overbaked it until the result was an indigestible mess, you€™d have I, Frankenstein, a movie that exists to make Blade: Trinity feel good about itself. There are gargoyles, demons and mad scientists, but there€™s never any reason to get involved because it€™s not always clear what€™s going on. The only thing the movie proves is that Frankenstein€™s creature should never ever be rebooted as an action hero. Even more headache inducing is Van Helsing, which reimagines the vampire hunter as a one-dimensional figure who€™s embroiled in another noisy set piece every 5 minutes, but doesn€™t appear to have any personality or motivation. Nor is he is ever in any peril - being an eponymous character is a better defence against vampires than a crucifix.