Horror History: Monday, July 17, 1944: Return of the Ape Man was released in theaters
Scientist Lugosi transplants Carradine’s brain into the body of recently discovered Missing Link, thereby creating a horrific human ape.
Horror History: Friday, July 7, 1944: The Mummy’s Ghost was released in theaters
Kharis (Lon Chaney Jr.) is given a sacred potion that grants him eternal life to search for his lost love,
Horror History: Wednesday, March 1, 1944: Weird Woman was released in theaters
Weird Woman is probably the best of the bunch, an adaptation of Fritz Leiber’s novel Conjure Wife (later filmed as
Horror History: Monday, February 21, 1944: Voodoo Man was released in theaters
A mad doctor (Bela Lugosi) and his helpers (John Carradine, George Zucco) lure girls to his lab for brain work,
Horror History: Thursday, November 11, 1943: The Return of the Vampire was released in theaters
Matt Willis stalks the streets of World War II London when German bombing releases vampire Armand Tesla (Lugosi) from his
Horror History: Friday, November 5, 1943: Son of Dracula was released in theaters
Count Alucard, the son of Dracula, (Lon Chaney, Jr.) and Katherine, now a disciple of the evil Count, set out
Horror History: Friday, August 27, 1943: Phantom of the Opera was released in theaters
A crazed composer (Claude Rains) transforms into a masked phantom who schemes to make a young soprano the star of
Horror History: Friday, March 5, 1943: The Ape Man was released in theaters
Crazed Dr. James Brewster, aided by his colleague Dr. Randall, has managed to transform himself into a hairy, stooped-over ape-man
Horror History: Friday, March 5, 1943: Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man was released in theaters
Hollywood’s best-known monsters–the resurrected Wolf Man (Lon Chaney, Jr.) and Frankenstein’s inhuman creation (Bela Lugosi)–collide in a fight for the
Horror History: Monday, January 25, 1943: Tobe Hooper was born
Happy Birthday, Mr. Hooper!
Horror History: Friday, October 23, 1942: The Mummy’s Tomb was released in theaters
Ancient Egyptian Mummy, Kharis (Lon Chaney Jr.) and High Priest Mehemet (Turhan Bey) wreak vengeance on the family who defiled
Horror History: Friday, May 8, 1942: The Corpse Vanishes was released in theaters
Bela Lugosi revels in his role as European horticulturalist Dr. Lorenz in this outlandish tale of horror and dementia.
Horror History: Friday, March 13, 1942: The Ghost of Frankenstein was released in theaters
Dr. Frankenstein’s (Sir Cedric Hardwicke) plans to replace the brain of his monster (Lon Chaney Jr.) are hijacked by his
Horror History: Friday, December 12, 1941: The Wolf Man was released in theaters
Lon Chaney Jr. stars in this horror masterpiece– featuring elaborate settings and a chilling score– about a man who is
Horror History: Tuesday, August 12, 1941: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was released in theaters
Spencer Tracy stars in this Robert Louis Stevenson classic about 19th century medical doctor whose experiments into the nature of
Horror History: Friday, May 2, 1941: The Black Cat was released in theaters
Set in the old dark Winslow house, The Black Cat is a frightening mystery thriller starring Basil Rathbone, Bela Lugosi
Horror History: Friday, April 25, 1941: Invisible Ghost was released in theaters
The town’s leading citizen becomes a homicidal maniac after his wife deserts him.
Horror History: Friday, September 20, 1940: The Mummy’s Hand was released in theaters
In this frightening chiller masterpiece, an expedition of American archaeologists travels to Egypt in search of the undiscovered tomb of
Horror History: Sunday, February 4, 1940: George Romero was born
Happy Birthday, Mr. Romero!
Horror History: Friday, January 12, 1940: The Invisible Man Returns was released in theaters
A man framed for murder uses a serum to become invisible, then escapes to find the killer.
Horror History: Wednesday, August 2, 1939: Wes Craven was born
Happy Birthday Mr. Craven!
Horror History: Friday, January 13, 1939: Son of Frankenstein was released in theaters
Set 25 years after the explosive death of Frankenstein, this critically acclaimed sequel to the original horror classic stars screen
Horror History: Wednesday, December 29, 1937: Barbara Steele was born
Happy Birthday Ms. Steele!
Horror History: Monday, May 11, 1936: Dracula’s Daughter was released in theaters
When Countess Marya Zaleska (Gloria Holden) appears in London, mysterious events occur leading Dr. Von Helsing (Edward Van Sloan) to
Horror History: Saturday, March 14, 1936: The Walking Dead was released in theaters
Boris Karloff plays a wrongly executed man who returns from the dead with a vengeance.
Horror History: Monday, July 8, 1935: The Raven was released in theaters
A brilliant surgeon obsessed with Edgar Allan Poe saves the life of a beautiful dancer and goes mad when he
Horror History: Friday, April 26, 1935: Mark of the Vampire was released in theaters
The master of fangs, Bela Lugosi and Lionel Barrymore star in this horror-spoof about a policeman who hires vaudeville actors
Horror History: Saturday, April 20, 1935: Bride of Frankenstein was released in theaters
Mary Shelley reveals the main characters of her novel survived: Dr. Frankenstein (goaded by an even madder scientist) builds his
Horror History: Tuesday, August 14, 1934: Vampyr was released in US theaters
With Vampyr, Danish filmmaker Carl Theodor Dreyer channeled his genius for creating mesmerizing atmosphere and austere, unsettling imagery into the
Horror History: Monday, May 7, 1934: The Black Cat was released in theaters
American honeymooners Joan and Peter Allison are held captive in a mausoleum against their will by a Black Mass high