I think the only scene that was trying for scary (and did make me jump a little) was the first appearance of Charles Dance's Master Vampire. After that it's pretty much action based like you said. As I said on Facebook, I have no real preference for how the Universal Monsters movies should be done, nor did I have any expectations going into the movie, so I wouldn't be surprised if that contributed in my enjoyment of it.

I might be able to know how some of you guys feel if The Invisible Man movie winds up sucking. Assuming they get that far. Dracula Untold already seems to have mixed reviews.