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  • The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)

    1. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

    19201h 7mNot Rated
    8.0 (74K)
    Hypnotist Dr. Caligari uses a somnambulist, Cesare, to commit murders.
    DirectorRobert WieneStarsWerner KraussConrad VeidtFriedrich Feher
    History of Horror and later mentioned in Best Horror By Decade.
  • Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (1922)

    2. Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror

    19221h 34mNot Rated
    7.8 (120K)
    Vampire Count Orlok expresses interest in a new residence and real estate agent Hutter's wife.
    DirectorF.W. MurnauStarsMax SchreckAlexander GranachGustav von Wangenheim
    History of Horror and later mentioned in Best Horror By Decade.
  • Willem Dafoe and John Malkovich in Shadow of the Vampire (2000)

    3. Shadow of the Vampire

    20001h 32mR71Metascore
    6.9 (47K)
    The filming of Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (1922) is hampered by the fact that its star Max Schreck is taking the role of a vampire far more seriously than seems humanly possible.
    DirectorE. Elias MerhigeStarsJohn MalkovichWillem DafoeUdo Kier
    History of Horror
  • Lon Chaney in The Phantom of the Opera (1925)

    4. The Phantom of the Opera

    19251h 33mPassed
    7.5 (21K)
    A mad, disfigured composer seeks love with a lovely young opera singer.
    DirectorsRupert JulianLon ChaneyErnst LaemmleStarsLon ChaneyMary PhilbinNorman Kerry
    History of Horror
  • Bela Lugosi in Dracula (1931)

    5. Dracula

    19311h 15mPassed71Metascore
    7.3 (62K)
    Transylvanian vampire Count Dracula bends a naive real estate agent to his will, then takes up residence at a London estate where he sleeps in his coffin by day and searches for potential victims by night.
    DirectorsTod BrowningKarl FreundStarsBela LugosiHelen ChandlerDavid Manners
    History of Horror and later mentioned in Best Horror By Decade.

    #6 of the Top 10 Golden Age Horror films of the 1930's (tied with the Spanish version).
  • Boris Karloff, John Boles, Mae Clarke, Colin Clive, and Dwight Frye in Frankenstein (1931)

    6. Frankenstein

    19311h 10mApproved91Metascore
    7.8 (84K)
    Dr Henry Frankenstein is obsessed with assembling a living being from parts of several exhumed corpses.
    DirectorJames WhaleStarsColin CliveMae ClarkeBoris Karloff
    History of Horror and Sequel-A-Thon.

    #5 of the Top 10 Golden Age Horror films of the 1930's.
  • Boris Karloff and Elsa Lanchester in Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

    7. Bride of Frankenstein

    19351h 15mApproved95Metascore
    7.8 (56K)
    Mary Shelley reveals the main characters of her novel survived: Baron Henry Frankenstein, goaded by an even madder scientist, builds his monster a mate.
    DirectorJames WhaleStarsBoris KarloffElsa LanchesterColin Clive
    History of Horror and Sequel-A-Thon.

    #4 of the Top 10 Golden Age Horror films of the 1930's.
  • Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, and Basil Rathbone in Son of Frankenstein (1939)

    8. Son of Frankenstein

    19391h 39mApproved
    7.1 (13K)
    Returning to the ancestral castle long after the death of the monster, the son of Dr. Frankenstein meets a mad shepherd who is hiding the comatose creature. To clear the family name, he revives the creature and tries to rehabilitate him.
    DirectorRowland V. LeeStarsBoris KarloffBasil RathboneBela Lugosi
    History of Horror, Sequel-A-Thon, and later mentioned in Best Horror By Decade.

    #3 of the Top 10 Golden Age Horror films of the 1930's.
  • Boris Karloff and Zita Johann in The Mummy (1932)

    9. The Mummy

    19321h 13mNot Rated
    7.0 (32K)
    A resurrected Egyptian mummy searches Cairo for the girl he believes to be his long-lost princess.
    DirectorKarl FreundStarsBoris KarloffZita JohannDavid Manners
    History of Horror and Sequel-A-Thon 2.

    #8 of the Top 10 Golden Age Horror films of the 1930's.
  • Dick Foran and Peggy Moran in The Mummy's Hand (1940)

    10. The Mummy's Hand

    19401h 7mApproved
    6.0 (5.1K)
    Archaeologists defile the tomb of mummified Kharis, who was buried alive for falling in love with an Egyptian princess.
    DirectorChristy CabanneStarsDick ForanPeggy MoranWallace Ford
    History of Horror and Sequel-A-Thon 2.

    #9 of the Top 10 Golden Age Horror films of the 1940's.
  • Lon Chaney Jr., Turhan Bey, Dick Foran, Wallace Ford, and Elyse Knox in The Mummy's Tomb (1942)

    11. The Mummy's Tomb

    19421h 1mApproved
    5.5 (4.1K)
    The ancient Egypt Mummy, Kharis, is transported from his homeland with the high priest Mehemet to wreak vengeance on the family who has defiled the sacred tomb of his beloved Princess Ananka.
    DirectorHarold YoungStarsLon Chaney Jr.Dick ForanJohn Hubbard
    History of Horror and Sequel-A-Thon 2
  • John Carradine, Lon Chaney Jr., Ramsay Ames, Barton MacLane, and George Zucco in The Mummy's Ghost (1944)

    12. The Mummy's Ghost

    19441h 1mApproved
    5.5 (3.7K)
    Kharis the mummy is given a sacred potion that grants him eternal life to search for his lost love, Princess Ananka, despite the unending curse that haunts them.
    DirectorReginald Le BorgStarsLon Chaney Jr.John CarradineRobert Lowery
    History of Horror and Sequel-A-Thon 2
  • Lon Chaney Jr., Virginia Christine, Peter Coe, and Dennis Moore in The Mummy's Curse (1944)

    13. The Mummy's Curse

    19441hApproved
    5.4 (3.6K)
    Shipped to Louisiana, the mummy Kharis from Egypt roams the bayou, tormented by his forbidden love for Princess Ananka.
    DirectorLeslie GoodwinsStarsLon Chaney Jr.Peter CoeVirginia Christine
    History of Horror and Sequel-A-Thon 2
  • Fredric March in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)

    14. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

    19311h 38mApproved88Metascore
    7.6 (17K)
    Dr. Jekyll faces horrible consequences when he lets his dark side run wild with a potion that transforms him into the animalistic Mr. Hyde.
    DirectorRouben MamoulianStarsFredric MarchMiriam HopkinsRose Hobart
    History of Horror.

    #2 of the Top 10 Golden Age Horror films of the 1930's.
  • Lon Chaney Jr. and Evelyn Ankers in The Wolf Man (1941)

    15. The Wolf Man

    19411h 10mApproved72Metascore
    7.2 (33K)
    Upon his return to his father's estate, aristocrat Larry Talbot meets a beautiful woman, attends a mystical carnival and uncovers a horrifying curse.
    DirectorGeorge WaggnerStarsClaude RainsWarren WilliamRalph Bellamy
    History of Horror.

    #1 of the Top 10 Golden Age Horror films of the 1940's.
  • Bela Lugosi, Lon Chaney Jr., Lionel Atwill, Patric Knowles, Ilona Massey, and Maria Ouspenskaya in Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)

    16. Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man

    19431h 14mApproved51Metascore
    6.4 (11K)
    The resurrected Wolf Man, seeking a cure for his malady, enlists the aid of a mad scientist, who claims he will not only rid the Wolf Man of his nocturnal metamorphosis, but also revive the frozen body of Frankenstein's inhuman creation.
    DirectorRoy William NeillStarsLon Chaney Jr.Ilona MasseyPatric Knowles
    History of Horror, Sequel-A-Thon, and later mentioned in Best Horror By Decade.

    #3 of the Top 10 Golden Age Horror films of the 1940's.
  • Simone Simon in Cat People (1942)

    17. Cat People

    19421h 13mApproved85Metascore
    7.2 (28K)
    An American man marries a Serbian immigrant who fears that she will turn into the cat person of her homeland's fables if they are intimate together.
    DirectorJacques TourneurStarsSimone SimonTom ConwayKent Smith
    History of Horror.

    #7 of the Top 10 Golden Age Horror films of the 1940's.
  • Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)

    18. Creature from the Black Lagoon

    19541h 19mG68Metascore
    6.9 (37K)
    A strange prehistoric beast lurks in the depths of the Amazonian jungle. A group of scientists try to capture the animal and bring it back to civilization for study.
    DirectorJack ArnoldStarsRichard CarlsonJulie AdamsRichard Denning
    History of Horror.

    #2 of the Top 5 Monsters on the Loose.
  • Revenge of the Creature (1955)

    19. Revenge of the Creature

    19551h 22mApproved
    5.6 (7.4K)
    Men capture the Creature from the Black Lagoon and make him an aquarium attraction, from which he escapes.
    DirectorJack ArnoldStarsJohn AgarLori NelsonJohn Bromfield
    History of Horror
  • Jeff Morrow, Gregg Palmer, Rex Reason, and Leigh Snowden in The Creature Walks Among Us (1956)

    20. The Creature Walks Among Us

    19561h 18mApproved
    5.6 (4.4K)
    A scientist captures the Creature and turns him into an air-breather, only for him to escape and start killing.
    DirectorJohn SherwoodStarsJeff MorrowRex ReasonLeigh Snowden
    History of Horror
  • The Tingler (1959)

    21. The Tingler

    19591h 22mApproved
    6.6 (10K)
    An obsessed pathologist discovers and captures a parasitic creature that grows when fear grips its host.
    DirectorWilliam CastleStarsVincent PriceJudith EvelynDarryl Hickman
    History of Horror and later mentioned in Best Horror By Decade.

    #5 of the Top 5 Scientific Disasters.
  • Christopher Lee in Horror of Dracula (1958)

    22. Horror of Dracula

    19581h 22mApproved67Metascore
    7.2 (30K)
    When Jonathan Harker rouses the ire of Count Dracula for accepting a job at the vampire's castle under false pretenses, his friend Dr. Van Helsing pursues the predatory villain.
    DirectorTerence FisherStarsPeter CushingChristopher LeeMichael Gough
    History of Horror, Sequel-A-Thon, and later mentioned in Best Horror By Decade.

    Ties the #1 spot of Cinemassacre's Top 10 Horror Remakes list with The Curse of Frankenstein and The Mummy (1959).
    #3 of the Top 5 Hammer Films.
  • Christopher Lee in Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)

    23. Dracula: Prince of Darkness

    19661h 30mApproved
    6.6 (11K)
    Ten years after his demise, Count Dracula is resurrected by his servant and preys on four unsuspecting English tourists who have taken shelter in his castle.
    DirectorTerence FisherStarsChristopher LeeBarbara ShelleyAndrew Keir
    History of Horror and Sequel-A-Thon
  • Christopher Lee and Veronica Carlson in Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968)

    24. Dracula Has Risen from the Grave

    19681h 32mG66Metascore
    6.5 (8.7K)
    After a Monsignor accidentally brings Count Dracula back from the dead while exorcising his castle, the vampire preys on the holy man's beautiful niece and her friends.
    DirectorFreddie FrancisStarsChristopher LeeRupert DaviesVeronica Carlson
    History of Horror and Sequel-A-Thon.

    #4 of the Top 5 Hammer Films.
  • Christopher Lee in Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970)

    25. Taste the Blood of Dracula

    19701h 31mR
    6.3 (7.3K)
    After killing his disciple, three English gentlemen unwittingly resurrect Count Dracula, who seeks to avenge his servant by making the trio die at the hands of their own children.
    DirectorPeter SasdyStarsChristopher LeeGeoffrey KeenGwen Watford
    History of Horror and Sequel-A-Thon

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