With a guy like Jason Blum in place, we could see smaller-scale films debut that accurately capture the essences of monsters and characters like Dracula, The Bride of Frankenstein, The Invisible Man, The Wolfman and Van Helsing.
Moreover, there’s an equally strong case to be made that a horror master is needed to correct course and make The Dark Universe feel more like its own beast.
One of the chief issues that plagued The Mummy was the sense that it felt like a run-of-the-mill, big-budget action blockbuster, rather than an old-school monster flick inspired by the films that inspired the universe as a whole.