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Fly, TheFly, The (1958) Aro Favourite
Dir. Kurt Neumann
Feat. David Hedison, Patricia Owens, Vincent Price
Classic B–movie is a hammy horror tale of an obsessed scientist who unwittingly turns himself into a freak of nature.
Revenge Of FrankensteinRevenge Of Frankenstein (1958) Recommended
Dir. Terence Fisher
Feat. Peter Cushing, Francis Matthews, Michael Gwynn
One of the best in the series of six Frankenstein films made by Hammer, with Peter Cushing reprising one of his signature roles as Baron Frank. …
Indestructible ManIndestructible Man (1956)
Dir. Jack Pollexfen
Feat. Lon Jr. Chaney
Homicidal maniac Lon Chaney Jnr is revived, post–execution, by a mad scientist, before going on a revenge–spree. Interesting entry for…
Body Snatcher, TheBody Snatcher, The (1945)
Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi
Quietly creepy Val Lewton production with Boris Karloff as a sinister grave robber who provides bodies for medical research and then blackmails the…
Bride of FrankensteinBride of Frankenstein (1935) Aro Favourite
Dir. James Whale
Feat. Boris Karloff
Boris Karloff meets his match when mad Dr. Frank builds his forlorn monster a mate. Sequel to FRANKENSTEIN is possibly the best horror of the '30s…
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…
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…
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)
Dir. John S. Robertson
Feat. John Barrymore, Charles Lane, Brandon Hurst
The first of many adaptations is this unsettling silent version of Robert Louis Stevenson's novella about a charitable scientist whose…

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