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Subgenre Sampler

 
Mighty Joe YoungMighty Joe Young (1949) Recommended
Dir. Ernest B. Schoedsack
Feat. Terry Moore, Ben Johnson, Robert Armstrong
Worthy successor to KING KONG, reunites many of the cast and crew, with a compellingly different slant on the 'Giant Ape' premise. Here, Armstrong…
Queen of SpadesQueen of Spades (1949) Recommended
Dir. Thorold Dickinson
Feat. Anton Walbrook, Dame Edith Evans, Yvonne Mitchell
Expressionistic ghost story in which an obsessive army officer in 18th Century Russia becomes convinced an elderly countess has gained the ability to…
Beast with Five FingersBeast with Five Fingers (1946)
Dir. Robert Florey
Feat. Robert Alda, Andrea King, Peter Lorre
Psychological horror with Peter Lorre hamming it up as only he can when spooked and stalked by the severed hand of a maddened pianist.
BedlamBedlam (1946)
Dir. Mark Robson
Feat. Val Lewton, Boris Karloff, Anna Lee
Meticulous though a trifle tame Val Lewton (CAT PEOPLE) production frequents the drawing rooms and asylums of 18th century London. Boris Karloff is…
Spiral Staircase, TheSpiral Staircase, The (1946)
Dir. Robert Siodmak
Feat. Dorothy McGuire, Ethel Barrymore, George Brent
This creaky staircase descends into a spooky mansion of cantankerous matriarchs, mute nymphettes, 'weak' stepsons and impending murder. Dated, yes,…
Vincent Price DoubleVincent Price Double (The Bat, Shock!) (1946-1959)
Dir. Crane Wilbur, Alfred L. Werker
Feat. Vincent Price, Agnes Moorehead, Gavin Gordon
A double feature of B–grade Vincent Price horrors. SHOCK! (1946) – Dir. Alfred L. Werker. This concerns a murderous psychiatrist…
Body Snatcher, TheBody Snatcher, The (1945)
Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi
Quietly creepy Val Lewton production with Boris Karloff as a sinister grave robber who provides bodies for medical research and then blackmails the…
Dead of NightDead of Night (1945) Aro Favourite
Dir. Alberto Cavalcanti, Robert Hamer, Basil Dearden
This model of the horror portmanteau film remains unsurpassed by modern all–comers, with five strong, scary short stories that converge quite…
House of DraculaHouse of Dracula (1945)
Dir. Erle C. Kenton
Feat. Lon Jr. Chaney, John Carradine, Onslow Stevens
Actually a sequel to HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN, with a scientist attempting to rectify the monstrous villains of the Universal Studios horror movies.
Isle of the DeadIsle of the Dead (1945)
Dir. Mark Robson
Feat. Boris Karloff, Ellen Drew
Boris Karloff stars in this Val Lewton "superstitious chiller" about a group of plague–ridden people quarantined on a tiny Greek…

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