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Old Comedy Shorts with a bit of Horror

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  • Haunted Spooks (1920)

    1. Haunted Spooks

    192025mPassedShort
    6.6 (1.5K)
    After numerous failed attempts to commit suicide, our hero (Lloyd) runs into a lawyer who is looking for a stooge to stand in as a groom in order to secure an inheritance for his client (Davis). The inheritance is a house, which her scheming uncle "haunts" so that he can scare them off and claim the property.
    DirectorsAlfred J. GouldingHal RoachStarsHarold LloydMildred DavisWally Howe
  • Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel, and Noah Young in Do Detectives Think? (1927)

    2. Do Detectives Think?

    192719mShort
    6.8 (1.2K)
    An escaped convict is out to kill the judge who sentenced him. Two inept detectives are hired to guard the judge.
    DirectorFred GuiolStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyChester A. Bachman
  • Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel in Habeas Corpus (1928)

    3. Habeas Corpus

    192820mPassedShort
    6.6 (995)
    Loony scientist (Carle) hires Laurel and Hardy to raid the cemetery to keep him supplied with dead bodies for his experiments.
    DirectorsJames ParrottLeo McCareyStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyRichard Carle
  • The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case (1930)

    4. The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case

    193030mApprovedShort
    7.1 (2.1K)
    In order to claim an inheritance, the boys present themselves at a creaky, bat-filled mansion on a stormy night.
    DirectorJames ParrottStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyFrank Austin
  • Oliver the Eighth (1934)

    5. Oliver the Eighth

    193427mPassedShort
    7.3 (1.8K)
    Keen to climb the social ladder by marrying a rich widow, Oliver finds the nerve to cheat on his partner Stanley. What he doesn't know is that her favorite hobby is murder--and it looks like he's next. Who can save Oliver the Eighth?
    DirectorLloyd FrenchStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyMae Busch
  • Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel in The Live Ghost (1934)

    6. The Live Ghost

    193421mApprovedShort
    7.3 (1.6K)
    A gruff sea captain, who absolutely detests the word "ghost," is having trouble manning his ship because of the rumor it's...well...haunted. He inveigles Stanley and Oliver into helping him shanghai a crew from the sailors at a dockside bar. The comic duo accomplish this by using one of the funniest devices ever put into a movie, and of course it all goes wrong. Once aboard, the captain warns them that whoever says the word "ghost" will get his head twisted from north to south. After much time at sea and many port stops later, one of the drunken sailors falls into a trough of whitewash, terrorizing Stanley and Oliver into blurting out "ghost" in front of the enraged captain, which brings about the story's Laurel and Hardy trademark "another fine mess" ending.
    DirectorCharley RogersStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyMae Busch
  • Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pryde (1925)

    7. Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pryde

    192521mNot RatedShort
    6.3 (439)
    In Victorian London the esteemed Dr. Pyckle uses himself as a guinea pig when he experiments with a new drug that changes him into a compulsive prankster.
    DirectorsScott PembrokeJoe RockStarsStan LaurelJulie LeonardThe Wonder Dog Pal
  • Go and Get It (1920)

    8. Go and Get It

    19201h 10m
    5.2 (61)
    An intrepid newspaper reporter attempts to solve a series of murders committed by a gorilla carrying the transplanted brain of a human.
    DirectorsMarshall NeilanHenry Roberts SymondsStarsPat O'MalleyWesley BarryAgnes Ayres
  • Buster Keaton in The Haunted House (1921)

    9. The Haunted House

    192121mUnratedShort
    6.9 (3.9K)
    A bank clerk ends up in a seemingly haunted house that is actually a thieves' hideout.
    DirectorsEdward F. ClineBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonVirginia FoxJoe Roberts
  • Buster Keaton, Elsie Ames, Dorothy Appleby, Don Beddoe, Bruce Bennett, Lynton Brent, John Tyrrell, and Evelyn Young in The Spook Speaks (1940)

    10. The Spook Speaks

    194018mApprovedShort
    5.5 (167)
    A magician hires Buster as a housekeeper while he's away.
    DirectorJules WhiteStarsBuster KeatonElsie AmesDon Beddoe
  • Buster Keaton in The Gold Ghost (1934)

    11. The Gold Ghost

    193420mNot RatedShort
    6.1 (308)
    Dumped by his girlfriend, Buster drives west and winds up in a ghost town called Vulture City, where he appoints himself sheriff.
    DirectorCharles LamontStarsBuster KeatonWarren HymerDorothy Dix
  • Lonesome Ghosts (1937)

    12. Lonesome Ghosts

    19379mApprovedShort
    7.5 (3.7K)
    Mickey, Donald and Goofy run the "Ajax Ghost Exterminators" agency. They receive a call from lonely and bored ghosts to come to their house where they are scared silly by the hilarious haunts and taunts of these spirited pranksters.
    DirectorBurt GillettStarsBilly BletcherPinto ColvigWalt Disney
  • Help! (1924)

    13. Help!

    192418mShort
    6.8 (536)
    Max accepts a wager that he cannot remain in a haunted castle for one hour (11 PM to midnight) without crying for help. As soon as he arrives he encounters strange and nightmarish visions, but he is nevertheless on the verge of winning the bet when a phone-call brings startling news . . .
    DirectorAbel GanceStarsMax LinderJean TouloutGina Palerme
  • Ben Blue in The Rummy (1933)

    14. The Rummy

    193320mShort
    4.6 (39)
    After Billy gets discharged for wrecking his Taxi, he takes a job at a Taxidermy business. Ben brings in his flea to be stuffed & loses it. They get locked in at night and are frightened.
    DirectorDel LordStarsBen BlueBilly GilbertJohn Aasen
  • Boo! (1932)

    15. Boo!

    193210mShort
    5.0 (803)
    A wisecracking narrator mocks footage featuring Frankenstein's monster and Count Dracula.
    DirectorAlbert DeMondStarsMorton LowryMae ClarkeLawrence Grant
  • The Skeleton Dance (1929)

    16. The Skeleton Dance

    19296mApprovedShort
    7.6 (7K)
    The clock strikes midnight, the bats fly from the belfry, a dog howls at the full moon, and two black cats fight in the cemetery: a perfect time for four skeletons to come out and dance a bit.
    DirectorWalt DisneyStarsWalt DisneyCarl W. Stalling
  • Hair-Raising Hare (1946)

    17. Hair-Raising Hare

    19467mApprovedShort
    8.0 (3.3K)
    A sneaker-wearing, hairy monster chases Bugs through a castle belonging to an evil scientist.
    DirectorChuck JonesStarMel Blanc
  • The Mad Doctor (1933)

    18. The Mad Doctor

    19337mApprovedShort
    7.6 (1.8K)
    Mickey must save Pluto from a mad doctor's lair.
    DirectorsDavid HandWilfred JacksonStarsPinto ColvigWalt DisneyFlorence Gill
  • The Haunted House (1929)

    19. The Haunted House

    19297mApprovedShort
    7.0 (1.6K)
    Mickey seeks shelter from a storm in a house that turns out to be haunted. The skeletons command him to play the organ; they dance and play along.
    DirectorsWalt DisneyJack KingStarsGeorge MagrillWalt Disney
  • Jeepers Creepers (1939)

    20. Jeepers Creepers

    19399mTV-PGShort
    6.6 (330)
    Police officer Porky is called to investigate strange noises at a house that might be haunted. Before he arrives, we tour the house and hear some evil-sounding cackles, which, it turns out, are coming from a radio one that a ghost was listening to. The ghost then sings the title song while getting ready for a night of haunting, just as Porky arrives. The ghost invites him in with a woman's voice, then disappears. Porky comes in and gets spooked by some flapping curtains. When he comes back in, the ghost puts a couple frogs into a pair of shoes and sets them loose; they collect a hatrack and a curtain, forming a sort of black ghost that ultimately scares Porky upstairs right into the arms of the ghost. He beats a hasty retreat...
    DirectorRobert ClampettStarsMel BlancPinto Colvig
  • Cuckoo Murder Case (1930)

    21. Spooks

    19319mShort
    6.8 (240)
    Flip the Frog finds himself in a house haunted by crazy skeletons.
    DirectorUb Iwerks
  • Betty Boop's Museum (1932)

    22. Betty Boop's Museum

    19327mShort
    6.8 (261)
    Koko takes Betty to the museum, where she's locked in overnight and forced to sing at the skeletons' dance.
    DirectorsDave FleischerWilliam HenningStarsBilly MurrayMae Questel
  • Murder in 3-D (1941)

    23. Murder in 3-D

    19418mApprovedShort
    5.3 (185)
    A man summoned to a mysterious house runs afoul of a witch, The Green Archer and Frankenstein's monster. Both the witch's spider and the archer's arrow are thrown at the man who appears to leave the scene and sit with the movie audience.
    DirectorGeorge SidneyStarsEd PaysonPete Smith
  • The Haunted Mouse (1941)

    24. The Haunted Mouse

    19416mApprovedShort
    6.3 (266)
    A hungry cat makes his way into a ghost town and finds nothing but a spectral mouse.
    DirectorTex AveryStarsMel BlancWalter Tetley
  • The Phantom Ship (1936)

    25. The Phantom Ship

    19368mApprovedShort
    5.9 (255)
    Beans flies to the frozen north with Ham and Ex as stowaways. They explore an old pirate ship where the crew have been frozen in time. A lit stove thaws them out and a chase ensues.
    DirectorJack KingStarsTommy BondBernice HansenShirley Reed

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