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Subgenre Sampler
Isle 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…
Place of One's Own, A (1945)- Dir. Bernard Knowles
Feat. James Mason, Margaret Lockwood, Dennis Price… - Elegant Victorian ghost story has an elderly couple James Mason and Margaret Lockwood buy a house possessed by a spirit who begins to fascinate their…
Curse of the Cat People (1944)- Dir. Gunther V Fritsch, Robert Wise
Feat. Simone Simon - Sequel of worth to the original Val Lewton psychological chiller, again with the feline Simone Simon, here haunting the imagination of a small girl…
House of Frankenstein (1944)- Dir. Erle C. Kenton
Feat. Boris Karloff, J. Carrol Naish, Lon Jr. Chaney… - Genuinely odd horror film in the Universal Studios stable, has scientist Karloff rolling out a monster freakshow of the 'classics', including…
Uninvited, The (1944)- Dir. Lewis Allen
Feat. Ray Milland, Ruth Hussey, Donald Crisp… - Classic tale of the macabre with Ray Milland discovering that the reason they are able to purchase a beautiful gothic seacoast mansion very cheaply…
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)- Dir. Roy Neill
Feat. Lon Jr. Chaney, Patric Knowles, Ilona Massey… - Unique 'dual sequel', following both THE WOLF MAN and GHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN. In this episode, the hairy Chaney seeks out the Doctor for a cure, but…
Ghost on the Loose (1943)- Dir. William Beaudine
Feat. Bela Lugosi, Ava Gardner, Leo Gorcey - At the 'Ed Wood' end of the horror–comedy canon, this has Lugosi haunting the suburban house of some newlyweds. Also stars screen…
I Walked with a Zombie (1943)- Dir. Jacques Tourneur
Feat. James Ellison, Frances Dee, Tom Conway - Incandescent spook story about a nurse who unleashes historical and spiritual demons when called out to a Caribbean island. Its scare value may have…
- Leopard Man, The (1943)
- Dir. Jacques Tourneur
Feat. Dennis O'Keefe - The final Val Lewton–Tourneur horror collaboration concerns an escaped leopard (apparently) running amok in a small New Mexico town. A slim…
Phantom of the Opera (1943)- Dir. Arthur Lubin
Feat. Claude Rains, Nelson Eddy, Susanna Foster - Technicolour version of the old tale with Claude Rains warbling it up behind the mask. The emphasis here is more on singing than chills, it could be…
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