Dark Universe: 10 Ways The Monster Mash-Up Can Redeem Itself
4. Experiment With Tone
Although horror should always be at the heart of Dark Universe, horror comes in many forms and this presents an opportunity for Universal to get creative.
Marvel Studios are the masters when it comes to cinematic world building, and they have found success by mixing and matching genres and experimenting with tone.
For example, the Iron Man movies are action affairs, while Ant-Man lays on the comedy thick and Guardian of the Galaxy contains elements of sci-fi.
The shared monster universe promises to explore chilling and unsettling concepts in the likes of Bride of Frankenstein, while the Invisible Man could work B-movie traditions into the mix and Phantom of the Opera could even be a dark musical.