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first King Kong in 1987.” Terrifying creatures now are among the theme park’s main attractions as well as cartoon characters. Tey are featured in “Revenge of the Mummy: Te Ride”, “Jurrassic Park: Te Ride”, “Te Simpsons Ride”, “Shrek 4-D”. Tere also are monsters from the Studio’s 80-year horror film legacy. “Universal’s House of Horrors” is a walk through an attraction fea- turing the most fearsome stars. Guests navi- gate the dark passages of a Gothic castle where they encounter twenty movie monsters includ- ing the zombies from “Dawn of the Dead” and “Land of the Dead”, Count Dracula, Te Wolf DOME ENTER AINMEN ENTERTAINMENT 6360 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood NT CENTER wood ARCLIGHT CINEMAS (323) 464-1478 clight RC IGHT 24 HOUR E (323) 461 202 www.24hourfi 461-2024 24 L CORDON (323) 460-4022 Old West town scenes still figure essential in many movie productions. If not for the car is the distance, it could be 1865. A Development by Man, and Frankenstein’s monster. Universal Studios introduced the horror genre to U.S. au- diences in the early years of motion pictures. In the decades that followed many of the world’s greatest movie monsters came “to life” on the studio’s historic back lot. Te Studio Tour transports guests on trams behind the scenes of such landmark movie lo- cations and sets as the plane crash set from .24hourfitness.com ORDON BLEU fitness.com LEU www.hollywoodculinaryarts.com odculinaryarts.com 22 INEMAS www.arclightcinemas.com OUR FITNESSITNESS tcinemas.com 78 BODY FACTOR 3) 469-2639 ODY (323 (323) www HOLLY (323) (323) LYWOOD (323 469-82673) 469 8267 www B H O O 323 ACTORY RY w.bodyfactory.com OLLYWOOD TANS ANS w.hollywoodtan.com 3) 465-8500 120 N. Robertson Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048 Phone: (310) 652-3620 Facsimile: (310) Steven Spielberg’s “War of the Worlds”, the Bates Motel from “Psycho”, the dinosaur- destroyed research laboratory compound from “Jurassic Park: Te Lost Worlds”, the snow-covered town of Whoville from “Dr. Seuss’ Te Grinch Who Stole Christmas”, and Wisteria Lane from television’s “Des- perate Housewives”. Other highlights of the Studio Tour in- clude a vast array of movie sets, themed streets, soundstages and façades featured in thousands 0) 652-8538 of motion picture and television productions. Te tram ride also features flat-screen Hi-Definition television monitors and digital playback providing commentary from film- makers, actors and other notables and rele- vant movie and TV production clips. What would Laemmle’s reaction be if he could experience the wonders of his Universal Studios almost a century later? He’d probably think he’d landed in a Hollywood fantasy be- yond his wildest dreams. DH Continues on page 49 SUMMER 2010 / DISCOVER HOLLYWOOD 37 Photo: Anthony Nelson