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Seventh Victim, TheSeventh Victim, The (1943) Recommended
Dir. Mark Robson
Feat. Tom Conway, Jean Brooks, Isabel Jewell
One of the finest of producer Val Lewton’s low–budget RKO horror films, here investing a tale of satanists at work in NYCs Greenwich Village…
Son of DraculaSon of Dracula (1943)
Dir. Robert Siodmak
Feat. Lon Jr. Chaney, Robert Paige, Louise Allbritton
The toothsome Count (not the son, despite the title), here played by Lon Chaney Jnr, sinks fangs into a selection of Southern belles and their…
Cat PeopleCat People (1942) Recommended
Dir. Jacques Tourneur
Feat. Simone Simon, Jack Holt, Kent Smith
Producer Val Lewton's most celebrated low–budget horror evokes a disturbing atmosphere of repression and menace with shadows, music and the…
Black Cat, TheBlack Cat, The (1941)
Dir. Albert S. Rogell
Feat. Basil Rathbone, F. Hugh Herbert, Broderick Crawford
A curious genre hybrid for the time, both haunted house movie and comedy (with the help of comedy actor Bob Hope), adapting the Edgar Allan Poe story…
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
Dir. Victor Fleming
Feat. Spencer Tracy, Ingrid Bergman, Lana Turner
Handsomely produced version of the Robert Louis Stevenson's classic, in which a mild doctor transforms himself by night into a murderous maniac.
Wolf Man, TheWolf Man, The (Wolfman) (1941)
Dir. George Waggner
Feat. Lon Jr. Chaney, Bela Lugosi, Claude Rains
Universal horror classic has Lon Chaney Jnr. bitten by werewolf Bela Lugosi among the foggy glades of Alpine–set English villages.
Ghost Breakers, TheGhost Breakers, The (1940)
Dir. George Marshall
Feat. Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, Richard Carlson
THE CAT AND THE CANARY stars Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard reunite for this middling chiller with Goddard inheriting a haunted mansion on a small…
Killer Bats (The Devil Bat) (1940)
Dir. Jean Yarbrough
Feat. Bela Lugosi, Dave O'Brien
Although fairly low–tech in its special effects this short horror boasts a committed performance from Lugosi, as a doctor who is developing…
Cat and the Canary, TheCat and the Canary, The (1939)
Dir. Elliott Nugent
Feat. Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard
Bob Hope lends his charm to this playful remake of 1927 expressionist silent film about siblings who inherit an uncle's fortune but must first prove…
Dark Eyes of LondonDark Eyes of London (Human Monster; Dead Eyes of London) (1939)
Dir. Walter Summers
Feat. Bela Lugosi, Hugh Williams, Greta Gynt
Weirdly atmospheric chiller has Bela Lugosi using his blind disciples as pawns in an elaborate murder/insurance scam.

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