Monsters will hiss, howl and roar Friday evenings in October at the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt., as four classic Universal Studios monster movies are screened. All will be shown for free at 7 p.m. in the auditorium. Popcorn will be provided, and viewers may bring their own beverages.

The schedule includes:

¢ Today: “Dracula” (1931). Bela Lugosi in his most famous role; based on the Hamilton Deane stage play rather than Bram Stoker’s original novel.

¢ Oct. 14: “Frankenstein” (1931). Boris Karloff plays the monster in this original version of Mary Shelley’s tale. Original release banned in Kansas as immoral.

¢ Oct. 21: “The Mummy” (1932). Karloff again, as a reincarnated Egyptian prince who reincarnates his dead lover in the body of a young woman.

¢ Oct. 28: “The Wolf Man” (1941). Lon Chaney Jr. as Larry Talbot, the victim of a werewolf bite, who becomes a wolf himself when the moon is full.