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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…
Leopard Man, The (1943)
Dir. Jacques Tourneur
Feat. Dennis O'Keefe
The final Val Lewton–Tourneur horror collaboration concerns an escaped leopard (apparently) running amok in a small New Mexico town. A slim…
Phantom of the OperaPhantom of the Opera (1943)
Dir. Arthur Lubin
Feat. Claude Rains, Nelson Eddy, Susanna Foster
Technicolour version of the old tale with Claude Rains warbling it up behind the mask. The emphasis here is more on singing than chills, it could be…
Return of the Vampire, TheReturn of the Vampire, The (1943)
Dir. Lew Landers
Feat. Bela Lugosi, Frieda Inescort, Nina Foch
Serving as an unofficial follow–up to DRACULA (1931), Bela Lugosi plays another vampire called Armand Tesla, who encounters with an…

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