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Subgenre Sampler

 
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…
Place of One's Own, APlace 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 PeopleCurse 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 FrankensteinHouse 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, TheUninvited, 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 ManFrankenstein 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 ZombieI 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…

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