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A Shriek in the NightA Shriek in the Night (1933)
Dir. Albert Ray
Feat. Ginger Rogers, Lyle Talbot, Harvey Clark
A murderer terrorises a quiet neighbourhood, with each victim ominously receiving a polite card before being dispatched. This solidly produced…
Cry of the Bewitched / Vampire Bat, The (1933-1956)
Dir. Frank Strayer, Alfredo Crevenna
Feat. Fay Wray, Lionel Atwill, Melvyn Douglas
A double feature of low–rent but worthy horrors: The Vampire Bat (1933) Directed by Frank Strayer – An eerie suspenser in which a mad…
Ghoul, TheGhoul, The (1933)
Dir. T. Hayes Hunter
Feat. Boris Karloff, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Ernest Thesiger
Creaky, but efficient Karloff outing centres on an Egyptologist who returns from the dead to take revenge on those who have violated his tomb.
Island of Lost SoulsIsland of Lost Souls (1933) Recommended
Dir. Erle C. Kenton
Feat. Charles Laughton, Bela Lugosi, Richard Arlen
First screen version of H.G. Wells' fascinating novel features the delightfully loony Charles Laughton as Dr. Moreau, the exiled scientist obsessed…
King KongKing Kong (1933) Aro Favourite
Dir. Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack
Feat. Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong
An iconic classic of cinema that literally smashed new ground in terms of special effects, and must have had unwitting audiences of the day…
Mystery of the Wax MuseumMystery of the Wax Museum (1933)
Dir. Michael Curtiz
Feat. Fay Wray, Glenda Farrell, Frank McHugh
An early horror which formed the basis of Vincent Price's HOUSE OF WAX. Containing its own grisly twists on the 'waxing' process, this is well worth…
Black Cat, The (1934) / The Raven / The Mummy (1932-1935)
Dir. Edgar G. Ulmer, Lew Landers
Feat. Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff
Notable debut of B–movie legend Ulmer, pits Bela Lugosi against Boris Karloff's formibable architect of evil. Bizarre sets and a dreamy,…
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932) Recommended
Dir. Rouben Mamoulian
Feat. Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins
Lurid and expressionistic 30s version of Stevenson's novel, and still the best, with Fredric March (who won an Oscar) as the idealist Doctor who…
FreaksFreaks (1932) Aro Favourite
Dir. Tod Browning
Feat. Wallace Ford, Leila Hyams
The only film in history to exploit real–life 'mutants' is actually a sensitive and fascinating piece of cinema history. Perhaps misunderstood…
Mummy, TheMummy, The (1932)
Dir. Karl Freund
Feat. Boris Karloff
Boris Karloff gives a famously restrained performance, in one the great Universal Studios horrors. Story of the bandage–man's rise from the…

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