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Old Dark House, TheOld Dark House, The (1932)
Dir. James Whale
Feat. Boris Karloff, Melvyn Douglas, Charles Laughton
Seeking refuge from an encroaching storm, six travellers pick the wrong house to take shelter in, with a spooky Boris Karloff, among other terrors in…
VampyrVampyr (1932)
Dir. Carl Dreyer
Feat. Julian West, Henriette Gerard
Seminal psychological horror film makes up for in atmosphere what it lacks in technical sophistication. Dream–like plot concerns a young man…
White ZombieWhite Zombie (1932) Recommended
Dir. Victor Halperin
Feat. Bela Lugosi, Madge Bellamy, Joseph Cawthorn
Creaky but effectively eerie chiller with Bela Lugosi as a voodoo king menacing naive newlyweds in Haiti. The trance–like direction and tiny…
DraculaDracula (1931) Recommended
Dir. Tod Browning
Feat. Bela Lugosi
The role that immortalised Bela Lugosi – the original and most convincing Dracula ever committed to the screen. For sheer gothic ambience, look…
Dracula - The Legacy CollectionDracula - The Legacy Collection (Dracula (1931), Dracula's Daughter, Son of Dracula, House of Dracula,) (1931-1948)
Feat. Bela Lugosi
An excellent set comprising Bela Lugosi's DRACULA and five Universal followups. Includes both the US and Spanish versions of the original film.
FrankensteinFrankenstein (1931) Recommended
Dir. James Whale
Feat. Boris Karloff
Boris Karloff is the definitive incarnation of Mary Shelley's tragic man–monster, while the delicate balance of horror and pathos give the film…
Frankenstein - The Legacy CollectionFrankenstein - The Legacy Collection (Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein, Son of Frankenstein, Ghost of Frankenstein, House of Frankenstein) (1931-1945)
Feat. Boris Karloff
All four of Boris Karloff's FRANKENSTEIN series plus GHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN, in a 3–disc set.
SvengaliSvengali (1931)
Dir. Archie Mayo
Feat. John Barrymore, Marian Marsh, Bramwell Fletcher
Adapted from the novel by George du Maurier, this has a hypnotic maniac (Barrymore) turning his evil gaze on a young model and forcing her to…
Man Who Laughs, TheMan Who Laughs, The (1928)
Dir. Paul Leni
Feat. Conrad Veidt, Mary Philbin, Olga Baclanova
One of the most spectacular (and sophisticated) of the silent epics adapts a historical story by Victor Hugo concerning the destiny of a disfigured…
Phantom of the OperaPhantom of the Opera (1928) Recommended
Dir. Rupert Julian
Feat. Lon Chaney, Mary Philbin, Gibson Gowland
First screen version of the Gaston Leroux novel with Lon Chaney grimacing through his greatest hour as the phantom. The atmosphere is creepy and the…

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