Subgenre Sampler
Horror: 1659 Films to Buy & Rent
Old 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…
Vampyr (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 Zombie (1932)
- 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…
Dracula (1931)
- 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 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.
Frankenstein (1931)
- 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 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.
Svengali (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, 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 Opera (1928)
- 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…