Subgenre Sampler
Horror > Classics: 184 Films to Buy & Rent
- Dracula (1931)
- Dir. Tod Browning
Feat. Bela Lugosi
- The role that immortalised Bela Lugosi – the original and most convincing Dracula ever committed to the screen. For sheer gothic ambience, look…
- Dracula - The Legacy Collection (Dracula (1931), Dracula's Daughter, Son of Dracula, House of Dracula) (1931-1945)
- Feat. Bela Lugosi
- An excellent set comprising Bela Lugosi's DRACULA and the three followups. Includes both the US and Spanish versions of the original film.
- Frankenstein (1931)
- Dir. James Whale
Feat. Boris Karloff
- Boris Karloff is the definitive incarnation of Mary Shelley's tragic man–monster, while the delicate balance of horror and pathos give the film…
- Frankenstein - The Legacy Collection (Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein, Son of Frankenstein, Ghost of Frankenstein, House of Frankenstein) (1931-1945)
- Feat. Boris Karloff
- All four of Boris Karloff's FRANKENSTEIN series plus GHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN, in a 3–disc set.
- Svengali (1931)
- Dir. Archie Mayo
Feat. John Barrymore, Marian Marsh, Bramwell Fletcher…
- Adapted from the novel by George du Maurier, this has a hypnotic maniac (Barrymore) turning his evil gaze on a young model and forcing her to…
- Man Who Laughs, The (1928)
- Dir. Paul Leni
Feat. Conrad Veidt, Mary Philbin, Olga Baclanova
- One of the most spectacular (and sophisticated) of the silent epics adapts a historical story by Victor Hugo concerning the destiny of a disfigured…
- Phantom of the Opera (1928)
- Dir. Rupert Julian
Feat. Lon Chaney, Mary Philbin, Gibson Gowland
- First screen version of the Gaston Leroux novel with Lon Chaney grimacing through his greatest hour as the phantom. The atmosphere is creepy and the…
- Cat and the Canary, The (1927)
- Dir. Paul Leni
Feat. Laura La Plante, Tully Marshall
- Seminal haunted house flick centres around the gathering of greedy contestants to the will of a rich relative. Imaginative thrills are executed with…
- Unknown, The (1927)
- Dir. Tod Browning
Feat. Lon Chaney, Joan Crawford, Nick De Ruiz…
- Lon Chaney is fantastically expressive in this Grand Guignol inspired silent horror, from frequent collaborators Chaney and director Tod Browning, in…
- Nosferatu (1922)
- Dir. F.W. Murnau
Feat. Max Schreck, Alexander Granach
- Max Schreck is unforgettable as the titular vampire in this exquisitely chilling, silent forerunner to Lugosi's Dracula. A milestone of early…