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Doomed to Die

Doomed to Die

Doomed to Die
IMDb: 5.6
68

Shipping magnate Cyrus Wentworth, downcast over a disaster to his ocean liner ‘Wentworth Castle’ (carrying, oddly enough, an illicit shipment of Chinese bonds) is shot in his office at the…

You’ll Find Out

You’ll Find Out

You’ll Find Out
IMDb: 6.2
97

The manager of Kay Kyser’s band books them for a birthday party bash for an heiress at a spooky mansion, where sinister forces try to kill her.

Genre: Comedy, Horror
Devil’s Island

Devil’s Island

Devil’s Island
IMDb: 6.6
62

A French doctor sentenced for treason performs brain surgery on the prison commandant’s daughter.

Genre: Drama, Thriller
Mr. Wong, Detective

Mr. Wong, Detective

Mr. Wong, Detective
IMDb: 6.1
70

A chemical manufacturer is killed just after asking detective James Wong to help him. So Detective Wong decides to investigate this as well as two subsequent murders.

Mr. Wong in Chinatown

Mr. Wong in Chinatown

Mr. Wong in Chinatown
IMDb: 6
71

A pretty Chinese woman, seeking help from San Francisco detective James Lee Wong, is killed by a poisoned dart in his front hall, having time only to scrawl “Captain J”…

Genre: Mystery, Thriller
The Mesmerist

The Mesmerist

The Mesmerist
IMDb: 6.4
16

Made by re-editing a deteriorated nitrate print of The Bells (1926), starring Lionel Barrymore and Boris Karloff, this work shows the fragility of the film image while foreshadowing the Holocaust.

Genre: Drama
The Lost Patrol

The Lost Patrol

The Lost Patrol
IMDb: 6.8
73

A World War I British Army patrol is crossing the Mesopotamian desert when their commanding officer, the only one who knows their destination, is killed by the bullet of unseen…

Genre: Action, War
Frankenstein

Frankenstein

Frankenstein
IMDb: 7.8
71

Dr. Henry Frankenstein attempts to create life by assembling a creature from body parts of the deceased. Aided by his loyal misshapen assistant, Fritz, Frankenstein succeeds in animating his monster,…

The Sorcerers

The Sorcerers

The Sorcerers
IMDb: 6.3
87

The great hypnotist Professor Montserrat has developed a technique for controlling the minds, and sharing the sensations, of his subjects. He and his wife Estelle test the technique on Mike…

Genre: Horror
Mad Monster Party?

Mad Monster Party?

Mad Monster Party?
IMDb: 6.6
95

When Dr Frankenstein decides to retire from the monster-making business, he calls an international roster of monsters to a creepy convention to elect his successor. Everyone is there including Dracula,…

Cauldron of Blood

Cauldron of Blood

Cauldron of Blood
IMDb: 4.1
95

A blind sculptor works on his magnum opus unaware that the skeletons he has been using for armatures are the remains of the victims of his evil wife and that…

Genre: Horror
Black Sabbath

Black Sabbath

Black Sabbath
IMDb: 7.1
92

Three short tales of supernatural horror. In “The Telephone,” a woman is plagued by threatening phone calls. In “The Wurdalak,” a family is preyed upon by vampiric monsters. In “The…

Genre: Horror
The Terror

The Terror

The Terror
IMDb: 5
81

A young officer in Napoleon’s army pursues a mysterious woman to the castle of an elderly Baron.

Genre: Horror, Thriller
The Comedy of Terrors

The Comedy of Terrors

The Comedy of Terrors
IMDb: 6.7
84

An undertaker who hasn’t had any ‘customers’ in a long time is forced to pay one year’s back-rent. To get money he starts to kill people, which brings absurd results.

Genre: Comedy, Horror
Son of Frankenstein

Son of Frankenstein

Son of Frankenstein
IMDb: 7.1
99

One of the sons of Frankenstein finds his father’s monster in a coma and revives him, only to find out he is controlled by Ygor who is bent on revenge.

House of Frankenstein

House of Frankenstein

House of Frankenstein
IMDb: 6.3
71

An evil scientist and a hunchback escape from prison and encounter Dracula, the Wolf Man and Frankenstein’s Monster.

The Mummy

The Mummy

The Mummy
IMDb: 7.1
73

An ancient Egyptian priest named Imhotep is revived when an archaeological expedition finds his mummy and one of the archaeologists accidentally reads an ancient life-giving spell. Imhotep escapes from the…

Genre: Horror
The Ghoul

The Ghoul

The Ghoul
IMDb: 5.9
80

Professor Morlant, a British Egyptologist, seeks immortality through the power of a jewel buried in the tomb of an Oriental idol. Upon his death, Morlant returns to earth to seek…

Genre: Horror, Mystery
The Bride of Frankenstein

The Bride of Frankenstein

The Bride of Frankenstein
IMDb: 7.8
75

Bride of Frankenstein begins where James Whale’s Frankenstein from 1931 ended. Dr. Frankenstein has not been killed as previously portrayed and now he wants to get away from the mad…

Grip of the Strangler

Grip of the Strangler

Grip of the Strangler
IMDb: 6.3
78

A researcher investigating a notorious serial killer who was hanged 20 years earlier seemingly becomes possessed by the long dead strangler.

Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery
The Strange Door

The Strange Door

The Strange Door
IMDb: 6.3
81

The wicked Alain plots an elaborate revenge against his younger brother Edmund, leading to a deadly confrontation in his dungeon deathtrap.

Genre: Horror, Thriller
The Raven

The Raven

The Raven
IMDb: 7
61

A brilliant but deranged neurosurgeon becomes obsessively fixated on a judge’s daughter who in no way wants him. With the help of an escaped criminal whose face he has surgically…

Genre: Crime, Horror
Targets

Targets

Targets
IMDb: 7.4
90

Peter Bogdanovich’s startling debut feature is both a brilliantly constructed thriller and a disturbingly prescient look at the rise of mass shootings in America. In his last serious dramatic role,…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
The Criminal Code

The Criminal Code

The Criminal Code
IMDb: 7
97

After young Robert Graham commits a murder while drunk and defending his girlfriend, he is prosecuted by ambitious Mark Brady and sentenced to 10 years. Six years later, Brady becomes…

Genre: Crime, Drama
Isle of the Dead

Isle of the Dead

Isle of the Dead
IMDb: 6.5
71

On a Greek island during the 1912 war, several people are trapped by quarantine for the plague. If that isn’t enough worry, one of the people—a superstitious old peasant—suspects a…

Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff

Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff

Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
IMDb: 6.9
84

Lost Caverns Hotel bellhop Freddie Phillips is suspected of murder. Swami Talpur tries to hypnotize Freddie into confessing, but Freddie is too stupid for the plot to work. Inspector Wellman…

Genre: Comedy, Horror
The Boogie Man Will Get You

The Boogie Man Will Get You

The Boogie Man Will Get You
IMDb: 5.9
66

A young divorcee tries to convert a historic house into a hotel despite its oddball inhabitants and dead bodies in the cellar.

Genre: Comedy, Horror
Before I Hang

Before I Hang

Before I Hang
IMDb: 6.1
62

A physician on death row for a mercy killing is allowed to experiment on a serum using a criminals’ blood, but secretly tests it on himself. He gets a pardon,…

The Black Room

The Black Room

The Black Room
IMDb: 7
70

In a 16th-century European town, the ruling family has been given a prophecy that, should there ever be twin boys born, the younger will murder the older; so is dismayed…

The Devil Commands

The Devil Commands

The Devil Commands
IMDb: 6.2
65

A scientist kills innocent victims in his efforts to communicate with his late wife.

The Man with Nine Lives

The Man with Nine Lives

The Man with Nine Lives
IMDb: 6.6
74

Dr. Leon Kravaal develops a potential cure for cancer, which involves freezing the patient. But an experiment goes awry when authorities believe Kravaal has killed a patient. Kravaal freezes the…

Tap Roots

Tap Roots

Tap Roots
IMDb: 6.5
109

Set at the beginning of the Civil War, Tap Roots is all about a county in Mississippi which chooses to secede from the state rather than enter the conflict. The…

Genre: Drama, War, Western
Black Friday

Black Friday

Black Friday
IMDb: 6.3
70

University professor George Kingsley is struck by gangsters while crossing the street, leaving him with brain damage and one of the gangsters, Cannon, paralyzed. Kingsley’s friend Dr. Sovac attends to…

The Invisible Ray

The Invisible Ray

The Invisible Ray
IMDb: 6.6
79

Dr. Janos Rukh discovers a certain type of radium that has almost magical healing properties. But the element has a dangerous side, too, and it has already started affecting Rukh….