Jeff Rovin's RETURN OF THE WOLFMAN was the best example of this I have seen. It's a direct sequel to A&C MEET FRANKENSTEIN, for pete's sake. There are plenty of authors with stories to tell about Dracula or Frankenstein separate from the Universal mythos, and that's great, but if it has the Universal logo on it and an obvious depiction of their version of the monster in question, then it should be 100% tied in with the movies, IMO. It's like buying a STAR TREK novel with a still of Shatner and Nimoy on the cover and getting a story about a "Kirk" and "Spock" unrelated to the characters from the TV show. People buying a paperback tie-in to the Universal films are unlikely to be satisfied with a generic story about Dracula that isn't a sequel to either the novel or the film, but merely a different story featuring the character that contradicts both. I read the Dracula novel and would rate it "average". I would have enjoyed it a lot more if the character and settings were clearly those from the Universal Movies, as implied by the cover. How hard would it be to commission or find a novel like that?



Chris Herzog

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