Two bumbling Americans (Abbott and Costello) stumble on the discovery of a lifetime when their search for a mummy leads them to a sacred medallion that holds the key to buried treasure.
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Horror History: Saturday, December 4, 1954: Tony Todd was born
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Read more “Horror History: Saturday, December 4, 1954: Tony Todd was born”Horror History: Friday, March 5, 1954: Creature from the Black Lagoon was released in theaters
In one of the most beloved sci-fi horror classics ever, a mysterious amphibious monster escapes captivity in order to be with a scientist’s beautiful female lab assistant.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, March 5, 1954: Creature from the Black Lagoon was released in theaters”Horror History: Saturday, April 25, 1953: House of Wax was released in theaters
A museum fire turns a handsome man into a human monster who steals the bodies of his victims from the morgue to create life-like wax images.
Read more “Horror History: Saturday, April 25, 1953: House of Wax was released in theaters”Horror History: Thursday, November 20, 1952: The Black Castle was released in theaters
An Englishman enters an Austrian nobleman’s castle, complete with torture chamber and alligator moat.
Read more “Horror History: Thursday, November 20, 1952: The Black Castle was released in theaters”Horror History: Saturday, December 8, 1951: The Strange Door was released in theaters
Screen legends Charles Laughton (Witness for the Prosecution) and Boris Karloff (Black Sabbath) haunt the dungeons of a medieval château in this horrific adaptation of the classic Robert Louis Stevenson (The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde) story. Laughton, the Sire de Maletroit, is an evil French nobleman, so obsessed with hatred of his own brother (Paul Cavanagh, A Bill of Divorcement) that he imprisons him in the castle dungeon. The Sire also tries to destroy the life of his brother’s daughter (Sally Forrest, Not Wanted) by forcing her to marry a rogue (Richard Stapley, The Girl from Rio), but his plans are upset when they fall in love. Aided by Voltan (Karloff), an abused servant, the lovers attempt to escape, but the Sire imprisons them in a cell with closing walls that may spell violent deaths for the young lovers. Directed by Joseph Pevney (Female on the Beach).
Read more “Horror History: Saturday, December 8, 1951: The Strange Door was released in theaters”Horror History: Saturday, March 18, 1950: Brad Dourif was born
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Read more “Horror History: Saturday, March 18, 1950: Brad Dourif was born”Horror History: Tuesday, June 15, 1948: Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein was released in theaters
There’s plenty of hilarious monster mayhem afoot when Abbott and Costello are forced to retrieve Dracula (Bela Lugosi) and the Monster (Glenn Strange) from a secret hideaway island.
Read more “Horror History: Tuesday, June 15, 1948: Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, January 16, 1948: John Carpenter was born
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Horror History: Friday, December 7, 1945: House of Dracula was released in theaters
Wolf Man (Lon Chaney, Jr.) & Dracula (John Carradine) beg Dr. Edelman (Onslow Stevens) to cure them of their killing instincts but Dracula schemes to seduce the doctor’s nurse.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, December 7, 1945: House of Dracula was released in theaters”Horror History: Saturday, September 1, 1945: Isle of the Dead was released in theaters
Boris Karloff stars in this classic horror film about a group of people who seek refuge from the plague on a Baltic Island only to fear that one of their number is a vampire.
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In his last appearance, Lon Chaney, Jr. stars as one of the screen’s most memorable movie monsters: the mummy Kharis from Egypt, who is tormented by his forbidden love for Princess Ananka.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, December 22, 1944: The Mummy’s Curse was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, December 1, 1944: House of Frankenstein was released in theaters
A scientist (Boris Karloff) escapes from prison and revives Dracula (John Carradine), Frankenstein (Glenn Strange), & Wolf Man (Lon Chaney Jr.) to get revenge on his behalf.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, December 1, 1944: House of Frankenstein was released in theaters”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.
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Kharis (Lon Chaney Jr.) is given a sacred potion that grants him eternal life to search for his lost love, Princess Ananka, despite the unending curse that haunts them.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, July 7, 1944: The Mummy’s Ghost was released in theaters”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 Burn, Witch, Burn!). Chaney is an expert on superstition who marries a voodoo-obsessed woman, whose spells might be responsible for his rapid professional rise. The influence of Cat People is as strong as the source novel. Calling Dr. Death, the first in the series, is duller, with a hypnotism-minded Chaney bedeviled by a wanton wife who conveniently dies under mysterious circumstances. Dead Man’s Eyes and the amazingly-titled Pillow of Death are more fun, the former a variation on the old eye-transplant story and the latter a whodunit with lawyer Chaney accused of his wife’s murder.
Read more “Horror History: Wednesday, March 1, 1944: Weird Woman was released in theaters”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, to help his wife.
Read more “Horror History: Monday, February 21, 1944: Voodoo Man was released in theaters”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 grave Aided by a werewolf named Andreas (Matt Willis) and opposed by Lady Jane (Frieda Inescort), who operates an asylum, Tesla goes in search of young ladies to supply him with blood. Also starring Miles Mander, Roland Varno and Academy Award-nominee, Nina Foch.
Read more “Horror History: Thursday, November 11, 1943: The Return of the Vampire was released in theaters”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 to satisfy their unquenchable thirst for human blood.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, November 5, 1943: Son of Dracula was released in theaters”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 the opera and wreak revenge on those who stole his music.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, August 27, 1943: Phantom of the Opera was released in theaters”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
Read more “Horror History: Friday, March 5, 1943: The Ape Man was released in theaters”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 ages in this chilling horror film.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, March 5, 1943: Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man was released in theaters”Horror History: Monday, January 25, 1943: Tobe Hooper was born
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Read more “Horror History: Monday, January 25, 1943: Tobe Hooper was born”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 the sacred tomb of his beloved Princess Ananka.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, October 23, 1942: The Mummy’s Tomb was released in theaters”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.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, May 8, 1942: The Corpse Vanishes was released in theaters”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 scheming and malevolent assistant Ygor (Bela Lugosi).
Read more “Horror History: Friday, March 13, 1942: The Ghost of Frankenstein was released in theaters”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 attacked by a werewolf and then becomes one himself at each full moon.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, December 12, 1941: The Wolf Man was released in theaters”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 good and evil transform him into the violent Mr. Hyde.
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