A Short History of Horror Films 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) 6.