Top 10 Horror Movies: 1920's, 30's, 40's, 50's, 60's

[Torgo]

Not doing a Top 10 per year like the other lists I made since there aren't enough horror films from these decades to do it that way.



1920's:

Nosferatu (1922)
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages (1922)
The Phantom Carriage (1921)
The Cat and the Canary (1927
The Hands of Orlac (1924)
The Unknown (1927)
Waxworks (1924)
The Golem (1920)
The Phantom of the Opera (1925)



1930's:

Bride Of Frankenstein (1935)
Vampyr (1932)
Frankenstein (1931)
Freaks (1932)
The Old Dark House (1932)
King Kong (1933)
M (1931)
The Invisible Man (1933)
The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
Thirteen Women (1932)



1940's:

The Wolf Man (1941)
Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein (1947)
The Cat People (1942)
The Curse Of The Cat People (1944)
The Body Snatcher (1945)
I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
Dead of Night (1945)
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
The Undying Monster (1942)
The Lodger (1944)



1950's:

Dementia (1955)
Creature From The Black Lagoon (1954)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Bucket Of Blood (1959)
The Thing from Another World (1951)
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
Night of the Demon (1957)
The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956)
Lake Of The Dead (De dødes tjern; 1958)



1960's:

Night Of The Living Dead (1968)
Psycho (1960)
Cremator (Spalovac mrtvol; 1969)
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Eyes Without A Face (1960)
Peeping Tom (1960)
The Innocents (1961)
Hour of the Wolf (1968)
Spider Baby (1968)
Carnival Of Souls (1962)

[AB]

Great list. I've watched several of these when they used to show horror movies real late at night on one of the local stations. For some reason they stopped, now they show reruns of fairly recent dramas. Wish they'd go back to showing the horror movies.

[Torgo]

Thanks! Same here, it was late at night, or sometimes double featured on Saturdays. Turner Classic Movies occasionally plays a lot of these titles, especially in October.

[Svenfan1234]

I probably can't do 10 each, especially for the 1920s, but I CAN at least give some input into my favorite horror movies from each decade (thanks to Svengoolie showing them).

In no particular order, but by year.

1930s

Frankenstein (1931)
Dracula (1931)
Island of Lost Souls (1932)
Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)
The Invisible Man (1933)
The Black Cat (1934)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Son of Frankenstein (1939)

1940s

The Invisible Man Returns (1940)
The Wolf Man (1941)
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)
The Phantom of the Opera (1943)
House of Frankenstein (1944)
The Uninvited (1944; probably my favorite of the '40s!)
The Time of their Lives (1946)
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)

1950s

Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
The Creature Walks Among Us (1956)
Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956)
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
Curse of the Undead (1959)

1960s

The Brides of Dracula (1960)
The Curse of the Werewolf (1961)
Mr. Sardonicus (1961)
The Shadow of the Cat (1961)
King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
The Phantom of the Opera (1962)
The Kiss of the Vampire (1963)
The Night Walker (1964)

[Torgo]

^Great choices!