Horror Movies
Things that go bump in the night, the monster in the closet, the shadow on the wall and the shape under the bed are all part of our subconcious fears that stem from childhood... the fear of the unknown. Horror films tap into that fear and serve up fright-filled nightmares that keep us screaming for more... For that one man cottage industry of fear and suspense, Stephen King films can be found through the 'Special Interest' link, under 'Based on...' or by using the 'Stephen King' link on any of his adaptations. See also 'Classic Horror'.
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1932/1941 Versions) (1941)
Director: Rouben Mamoulian, Victor Fleming
Starring: Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins, Rose Hobart, Spencer Tracy, Ingrid Bergman, Lana...
Appease your inner monster with this classic horror DVD double feature. Fredric March plays the man/monster in the expressionistic, pre-Code 1932 vers... Read more
The Cat and the Canary (1939)
7.3/10
Director: Elliott Nugent
Starring: Bob Hope, Gale Sondergaard, Paulette Goddard, George Zucco, Douglass Montgomery,...
The Cat and The Canary, Elliot Nugents 1939 horror, has a lot more comedy in mind than its silent Paul Leni-directed 1927 original or even the stage... Read more
Revolt of the Zombies (1936)
3.2/10
Director: Victor Halperin
Starring: Dean Jagger
The story is set in Cambodia in the years following WWI. Evil Count Mazovia (Roy D'Arcy) has come into possession of the secret methods by which dead... Read more
Werewolf of London / She-Wolf of London (1935)
Director: Jean Yarbrough, Stuart Walker
Starring: Henry Hull, June Lockhart, Valerie Hobson, Warner Oland, Don Porter, Sara Haden
Universal first added a lycanthrope to its stable of screen monsters with "Werewolf of London" (1935), starring Henry Hull as a botanist who is attack... Read more
The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Director: James Whale
Starring: Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Valerie Hobson, Elsa Lanchester
Dr. Frankenstein (Colin Clive) makes a bride for his creature (Boris Karloff), and all hell breaks loose. Arguably better than the orginal - both emot... Read more
The Ghoul (1933)
5.9/10
Director: T. Hayes Hunter
Starring: Boris Karloff, Cedric Hardwicke, Ralph Richardson
Boris Karloff's first starring film role in his native England, and Britain's first true horror feature, was this tale of a famed Egyptologist who ret... Read more
Vampyr (1932)
7.6/10
Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer
Starring: Julian West, Maurice Schutz, Rena Mandel
With 'Vampyr', Danish filmmaker Carl Theodor Dreyer's brilliance at achieving mesmerizing atmosphere and austere, profoundly unsettling imagery ('The... Read more
The Mummy (1932)
7.2/10
Director: Karl Freund
Starring: Boris Karloff, Zita Johann, David Manners
Boris Karloff's legendary performance has become a landmark in the annals of screen history. As The Mummy, Im-Ho-Tep, he is accidentally revived after... Read more
The Old Dark House (1932)
7.3/10
Director: James Whale
Starring: Boris Karloff, Melvyn Douglas, Charles Laughton
This was one of the most literate and visually striking horror films of the thirties. A classic mix of thrills, scares and laughs from 'Frankenstein'... Read more
White Zombie (1932)
6.4/10
Director: Victor Halperin
Starring: Bela Lugosi, Madge Bellamy, Robert Frazer
A disquieting, poetic horror film about Haiti's cult of the 'walking dead'. Bela Lugosi plays a magician and zombie-master who raises the dead in this... Read more