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Classic Horror I'm DYING to see

by fimacd2005-51-878385 • Created 8 years ago • Modified 8 years ago
Any classic horror films from the 1920s - 1940s that have managed to slip through my classic movie net!
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  • 29 titles
  • The Golem (1920)

    1. The Golem

    19201h 31mUnrated
    7.2 (9.1K)
    In 16th-century Prague, a rabbi creates the Golem - a giant creature made of clay. Using sorcery, he brings the creature to life in order to protect the Jews of Prague from persecution.
    DirectorsPaul WegenerCarl BoeseStarsPaul WegenerAlbert SteinrückErnst Deutsch
  • Laura La Plante in The Cat and the Canary (1927)

    2. The Cat and the Canary

    19271h 48mPassed
    7.0 (3.6K)
    Relatives of an eccentric millionaire gather in his spooky mansion on the 20th anniversary of his death for the reading of his will.
    DirectorPaul LeniStarsLaura La PlanteCreighton HaleForrest Stanley
  • Paul Wegener in The Student of Prague (1913)

    3. The Student of Prague

    19131h 23mApproved
    6.4 (2.6K)
    The poor student Balduin sells his mirror image to the satanic sorcerer Scapinelli. He falls in love with a countess and tries to win her over. But his mirror image receives a life of its' own and sabotages Balduin's every move.
    DirectorsHanns Heinz EwersStellan RyeStarsPaul WegenerGrete BergerLyda Salmonova
  • Carmen Cartellieri, Fritz Kortner, Alexandra Sorina, Conrad Veidt, and Robert Wiene in The Hands of Orlac (1924)

    4. The Hands of Orlac

    19241h 32mNot Rated
    7.0 (3.7K)
    A world-famous pianist loses both hands in an accident. When new hands are grafted on, he doesn't know they once belonged to a murderer.
    DirectorRobert WieneStarsConrad VeidtAlexandra SorinaFritz Strassny
  • Peter Lorre and Frances Drake in Mad Love (1935)

    5. Mad Love

    19351h 8mApproved
    7.2 (6.2K)
    In Paris, a demented surgeon's obsession with a British actress leads him to secretly replace her concert-pianist husband's mangled hands with those of a guillotined murderer with a gift for knife-throwing.
    DirectorKarl FreundStarsPeter LorreFrances DrakeColin Clive
  • Lionel Barrymore, Maureen O'Sullivan, Grace Ford, and Frank Lawton in The Devil-Doll (1936)

    6. The Devil-Doll

    19361h 18mApproved
    7.0 (5.3K)
    An escaped convict uses miniaturized humans to wreak vengeance on those who framed him.
    DirectorTod BrowningStarsLionel BarrymoreMaureen O'SullivanFrank Lawton
  • Vampyr (1932)

    7. Vampyr

    19321h 15mApproved
    7.4 (22K)
    A drifter obsessed with the supernatural stumbles upon an inn where a severely ill adolescent girl is slowly becoming a vampire.
    DirectorCarl Theodor DreyerStarsJulian WestMaurice SchutzRena Mandel
  • The Phantom Carriage (1921)

    8. The Phantom Carriage

    19211h 47mNot Rated
    8.0 (15K)
    On New Year's Eve, the driver of a ghostly carriage forces a drunken man to reflect on his selfish, wasted life.
    DirectorVictor SjöströmStarsVictor SjöströmHilda BorgströmTore Svennberg
  • Isle of the Dead (1945)

    9. Isle of the Dead

    19451h 11mNot Rated
    6.5 (5.6K)
    A Greek general takes leave from the 1912 Balkan War to visit a small island in Greece, where his wife is buried. A plague soon breaks out and he is forced to stay when quarantine is declared.
    DirectorMark RobsonStarsBoris KarloffEllen DrewMarc Cramer
  • Bedlam (1946)

    10. Bedlam

    19461h 19mApproved
    6.8 (4.6K)
    Nell Bowen, the protégé of Lord Mortimer, wants to help change the conditions of notorious St. Mary's of Bethlehem Asylum (Bedlam). Though she tries to reform Bedlam, the cruel Master Sims who runs it has her committed there, but ultimately, it's the lunatics who've taken over the asylum.
    DirectorMark RobsonStarsBoris KarloffAnna LeeBilly House
  • Boris Karloff and Marguerite Churchill in The Walking Dead (1936)

    11. The Walking Dead

    19361h 6mApproved
    6.6 (3.4K)
    After hapless pianist and ex-con John Elman is framed for murder, he is resurrected by a scientist after his execution.
    DirectorMichael CurtizStarsBoris KarloffRicardo CortezEdmund Gwenn
  • Mary Philbin and Conrad Veidt in The Man Who Laughs (1928)

    12. The Man Who Laughs

    19281h 50mNot Rated
    7.6 (8.8K)
    When a proud noble refuses to kiss the hand of the despotic King James in 1690, he is cruelly executed and his son surgically disfigured.
    DirectorPaul LeniStarsMary PhilbinConrad VeidtJulius Molnar
  • Irving Pichel and Lilyan Tashman in Murder by the Clock (1931)

    13. Murder by the Clock

    19311h 16m
    6.0 (419)
    An elderly woman installs a horn in her crypt in case she's buried alive.
    DirectorEdward SlomanStarsWilliam 'Stage' BoydLilyan TashmanIrving Pichel
  • White Zombie (1932)

    14. White Zombie

    19321h 9mPassed
    6.2 (12K)
    A young man turns to a witch doctor to lure the woman he loves away from her fiancé, but instead turns her into a zombie slave.
    DirectorVictor HalperinStarsBela LugosiMadge BellamyJoseph Cawthorn
  • Lionel Atwill, Lee Tracy, and Fay Wray in Doctor X (1932)

    15. Doctor X

    19321h 16mUnrated
    6.4 (4.6K)
    A wisecracking New York reporter intrudes on a research scientist's quest to unmask The Moon Killer.
    DirectorMichael CurtizStarsLionel AtwillFay WrayLee Tracy
  • Boris Karloff in The Ghoul (1933)

    16. The Ghoul

    19331h 20mApproved
    5.8 (3.5K)
    An Egyptologist returns from the dead to take revenge on those who have violated his tomb.
    DirectorT. Hayes HunterStarsBoris KarloffCedric HardwickeErnest Thesiger
  • Boris Karloff, Katherine DeMille, and Marian Marsh in The Black Room (1935)

    17. The Black Room

    19351h 8mApproved
    6.9 (2.5K)
    Ignoring an ancient prophecy, evil brother Gregor seeks to maintain his feudal power on his his Tyrolean estate by murdering and impersonating his benevolent younger twin.
    DirectorRoy William NeillStarsBoris KarloffMarian MarshRobert Allen
  • Lionel Barrymore, Maureen O'Sullivan, Grace Ford, and Frank Lawton in The Devil-Doll (1936)

    18. The Devil-Doll

    19361h 18mApproved
    7.0 (5.3K)
    An escaped convict uses miniaturized humans to wreak vengeance on those who framed him.
    DirectorTod BrowningStarsLionel BarrymoreMaureen O'SullivanFrank Lawton
  • Dr. Cyclops (1940)

    19. Dr. Cyclops

    19401h 17mApproved
    6.4 (3.1K)
    A mad scientist working in the South American jungle miniaturizes his colleagues when he feels his megalomania is threatened.
    DirectorErnest B. SchoedsackStarsAlbert DekkerThomas ColeyJanice Logan
  • Boris Karloff, Stanley Brown, Roger Pryor, and Jo Ann Sayers in The Man with Nine Lives (1940)

    20. The Man with Nine Lives

    19401h 14mApproved
    6.5 (1.2K)
    A medical researcher visits the deserted home of a pioneer in cryogenic science who disappeared 10 years earlier and finds him frozen in ice but still alive.
    DirectorNick GrindeStarsBoris KarloffRoger PryorJo Ann Sayers
  • J. Carrol Naish, Lynne Roberts, and Shepperd Strudwick in Dr. Renault's Secret (1942)

    21. Dr. Renault's Secret

    194258mApproved
    6.1 (579)
    Dr. Larry Forbes visits the château of Dr. Robert Renault, uncle of his fiancée Madelon, who is idolized by Renault's assistant, a strange émigré from Java.
    DirectorHarry LachmanStarsJ. Carrol NaishShepperd StrudwickLynne Roberts
  • Raymond Hackett and Helen Twelvetrees in The Cat Creeps (1930)

    22. The Cat Creeps

    19301h 15m
    7.0 (108)
    Disappearances and strange goings-on in a spooky old mansion.
    DirectorsRupert JulianJohn WillardStarsHelen TwelvetreesRaymond HackettNeil Hamilton
  • Alice Terry and Paul Wegener in The Magician (1926)

    23. The Magician

    19261h 23mPassed
    6.8 (929)
    A magician/alchemist, seeking to create life, finds that he needs the "blood of a virgin" to continue his experiments. He sends out his dwarf assistant to pick out the right girl.
    DirectorRex IngramStarsAlice TerryPaul WegenerFirmin Gémier
  • A Page of Madness (1926)

    24. A Page of Madness

    19261h 10mNot Rated
    7.3 (5K)
    A man takes a job at an asylum with hopes of freeing his imprisoned wife.
    DirectorTeinosuke KinugasaStarsMasuo InoueAyako IijimaYoshie Nakagawa
  • The Fall of the House of Usher (1928)

    25. The Fall of the House of Usher

    19281h 12mNot Rated
    7.2 (4.8K)
    Allan visits the sinister Usher family mansion, where his friend Roderick is painting a portrait of his sickly wife Madeline. The portrait seems to be draining the life out of Madeline, slowly leading to her death.
    DirectorJean EpsteinStarsJean DebucourtMarguerite GanceCharles Lamy

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