Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Horror: 1602 Films to Rent
Son of Frankenstein / Ghost of Frankenstein (1939)
- Dir. Rowland V Lee, Erle C. Kenton
Feat. Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi…
- A double feature of horrors from Universal Studios, the third and fourth films respectively in the FRANKENSTEIN series.
Son of Frankenstein (1939)…
Dracula's Daughter (1936)
- Dir. Lambert Hillyer
Feat. Gloria Holden, Otto Kruger, Marguerite Churchill…
- Worthy sequel to the Lugosi classic, substitutes female fangster Holden in the lead. Nice atmospherics.
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
- 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…
Werewolf of London / She-Wolf of London (1935)
- Dir. Stuart Walker, Jean Yarbrough
Feat. Henry Hull, Warner Oland, Don Porter…
- A double feature of early 'werewolf' horrors.
Werewolf of London (1935) Dir. Stuart Walker – The first film to feature the 'werewolf'…
Maniac (1934)
- Dir. Dwain Esper
Feat. Horace B. Carpenter, Bill Woods
- Named as one of the "100 Most Amusingly Bad Movies Ever Made" in The Official Razzie Movie Guide, this early sexploitation/horror shocker was loosely…
A Shriek in the Night (1933)
- Dir. Albert Ray
Feat. Ginger Rogers, Lyle Talbot, Harvey Clark…
- A murderer terrorises a quiet neighbourhood, with each victim ominously receiving a polite card before being dispatched. This solidly produced…
Cry of the Bewitched / Vampire Bat, The (1933-1956)
- Dir. Frank Strayer, Alfredo Crevenna
Feat. Fay Wray, Lionel Atwill, Melvyn Douglas…
- A double feature of low–rent but worthy horrors:
The Vampire Bat (1933) Directed by Frank Strayer – An eerie suspenser in which a mad…
Ghoul, The (1933)
- Dir. T. Hayes Hunter
Feat. Boris Karloff, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Ernest Thesiger…
- Creaky, but efficient Karloff outing centres on an Egyptologist who returns from the dead to take revenge on those who have violated his tomb.
Island of Lost Souls (1933)
- 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…
King Kong (1933)
- Dir. Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack
Feat. Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong
- An iconic classic of cinema that literally smashed new ground in terms of special effects, and must have had unwitting audiences of the day…