A Short History of Horror Films

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Part III: 1936-1950

A Timeline of Horrors (-1950)

1910 1920 1930 1940 1950

European Tales American of Terror Monsters

A Timeline of Horrors (1950-)

1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000

British Hollywood Video and Euro-Horror Horror Devilry Violence

1 The Decline of the Movie Horrors

After the Monsters (1936-1950)

The Ghost Breakers

The Ghost Breakers, 1940 D: George Marshall A: Bob Hope, Paulette Godard

The Uninvited

The Uninvited, 1941 D: Lewis Allen A: Ray Milland

2 Cat People

Cat People, 1942 D: Jacques Tourneur A: Simone Simon (Irena)

I Walked With a Zombie

I Walked with a Zombie, 1943 D: Jacques Tourneur, P: Val Lewton

Seventh Victim

The Seventh Victim, 1943 D: Mark Robson, P: Val Lewton A: Kim Hunter

3 Curse of the Cat People

The Curse of the Cat People, 1944 D: Robert Wise, Gunther von Fritsch A: Simone Simon (Irena), Julia Dean

Body Snatcher

The Body Snatcher, 1945 D: Robert Wise; S: Robert Louis Stevenson A: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Henry Daniell

Picture of Dorian Gray

The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1945 D: Albert Lewin; N: Oscar Wilde A: George Sanders, Angela Lansbury

4 and Ivan Albright

Dead of Night

Dead of Night, 1945 D: Cavalcanti, Crichton, Dearden, Hamer, S: E.F. Benson, H.G. Wells A: Basil Radford, Michael Redgrave

Strangler of the Swamp

Strangler of the Swamp, 1946 D: Frank Wisbar A: Rosemary LaPlanche

5 The Beast with Five Fingers

The Beast with Five Fingers, 1946 D: Robert Florey, S: William Fryer Harvey A: Peter Lorre

Spiral Staircase

The Spiral Staircase, 1946 D: Robert Siodmak A: Dorothy McGuire, Ethel Barrymore, Elsa Lanchester

Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein

Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, 1948 D: Charles T. Barton A: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Bela Lugosi (Dracula), Lon Chaney Jr. (Wolfman) Glenn Strange (Monster)