Title | Director | Cast | Country | Notes |
1940 |
The Ape | William Nigh | Boris Karloff, Maris Wrixon | United States | [4] |
Before I Hang | Nick Grinde | Boris Karloff, Evelyn Keyes, Bruce Bennett | United States | [5] |
Black Friday | Arthur Lubin | Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Stanley Ridges | United States | [6] |
The Devil Bat | Jean Yarbrough | Bela Lugosi, Suzanne Kaaren, Dave O'Brien | United States | [7] |
The Door with Seven Locks | Norman Lee | Leslie Banks, Lilli Palmer, Romilly Lunge | United Kingdom | [8] |
Dr. Cyclops | Ernest B. Schoedsack | Albert Dekker, Thomas Coley, Janice Logan | United States | [9] |
The Ghost Breakers | George Marshall | Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, Willie Best, Richard Carlson | United States | |
The Invisible Man Returns | Joe May | Cedric Hardwicke, Vincent Price, Nan Grey | United States | [11] |
The Mummy's Hand | William Christy Cabanne | Dick Foran, Peggy Moran, Wallace Ford | United States | [12] |
Son of Ingagi | Richard Kahn | Zack Williams, Laura Bowman, Spencer Williams | United States | [13] |
You'll Find Out | David Butler | Kay Kyser, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi | United States | [14] |
1941 |
The Black Cat | Albert Rogell | Basil Rathbone, Hugh Herbert, Broderick Crawford, Bela Lugosi, Gale Sondergaard | United States | [15] |
The Devil Commands | Edward Dmytryk | Boris Karloff, Richard Fiske, Amanda Duff | United States | [16] |
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Victor Fleming | Spencer Tracy, Ingrid Bergman, Lana Turner | United States | [17] |
Horror Island | George Waggner | Dick Foran, Leo Carrillo, Peggy Moran | United States | [18] |
Invisible Ghost | Joseph H. Lewis | Bela Lugosi, Polly Ann Young, John McGuire | United States | [19] |
King of the Zombies | Jean Yarbrough | Joan Woodbury, Dick Purcell, Mantan Moreland | United States | [20] |
The Mad Doctor of Market Street | Joseph H. Lewis | Una Merkel, Lionel Atwill, Nat Pendleton | United States | [21] |
Man Made Monster | George Waggner | Lionel Atwill, Lon Chaney, Jr., Anne Nagel | United States | [22] |
The Monster and the Girl | Stuart Heisler | Ellen Drew, Robert Paige, Paul Lukas | United States | [23] |
Spooks Run Wild | Phil Rosen | Bela Lugosi, Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan | United States | [24] |
The Wolf Man | George Waggner | Lon Chaney, Jr., Warren William, Claude Rains, Ralph Bellamy, Evelyn Ankers | United States | [25] |
1942 |
The Boogie Man Will Get You | Lew Landers | Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre, Jeff Donnell | United States | [26] |
Cat People | Jacques Tourneur | Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Tom Conway, Jane Randolph | United States | [27] |
The Corpse Vanishes | Wallace W. Fox | Bela Lugosi, Luana Walters, Tristram Coffin | United States | [28] |
Bowery at Midnight | Wallace Fox | Bela Lugosi, John Archer | United States |
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Dr. Renault's Secret | Harry Lachman | J. Carrol Naish, John Shepperd, Lynne Roberts, George Zucco | United States | [29] |
The Ghost of Frankenstein | Erle C. Kenton | Lon Chaney, Jr., Cedric Hardwicke, Ralph Bellamy, Lionel Atwill, Bela Lugosi | United States | [30] |
The Mad Monster | Sam Newfield | Johnny Downs, George Zucco, Anne Nagel | United States | [31] |
The Mummy's Tomb | Harold Young | Lon Chaney, Jr., Dick Foran, Elyse Knox, Turhan Bey | United States | [32] |
Night Monster | Ford I. Beebe | Bela Lugosi, Lionel Atwill, Irene Hervey, Ralph Morgan | United States | [33] |
The Undying Monster | John Brahm | James Ellison, Heather Angel, John Howard, Bramwell Fletcher | United States | [34] |
1943 |
The Leopard Man | Jacques Tourneur | Dennis O'Keefe, Margo, Jean Brooks | United States |
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The Ape Man | William Beaudine | Bela Lugosi, Wallace Ford, Louise Currie, Minerva Urecal | United States | [35] |
Captive Wild Woman | Edward Dmytryk | Evelyn Ankers, Acquanetta, John Carradine | United States | [36] |
Carnival of Sinners | Maurice Tourneur | Antoine Balpêtré, Pierre Fresnay, André Bacque | France | [37] |
Dead Men Walk | Sam Newfield | George Zucco, Mary Carlisle, Ned Young, Dwight Frye | United States | [38] |
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man | Roy William Neill | Lon Chaney, Jr., Ilona Massey, Patric Knowles, Lionel Atwill, Bela Lugosi | United States | [39] |
I Walked with a Zombie | Jacques Tourneur | Tom Conway, Frances Dee, James Ellison, Edith Barrett | United States | [40] |
The Mad Ghoul | James Hogan | David Bruce, Evelyn Ankers, George Zucco, Robert Armstrong | United States | [41] |
The Mysterious Doctor | Ben Stoloff | John Loder, Eleanor Parker, Lester Matthews | United States | |
Phantom of the Opera | Arthur Lubin | Claude Rains, Susanna Foster, Nelson Eddy | United States |
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The Return of the Vampire | Lew Landers | Bela Lugosi, Frieda Inescort, Nina Foch, Roland Varno | United States | [44] |
Revenge of the Zombies | Steve Sekely | John Carradine, Robert Lowery, Gale Storm, Veda Ann Borg | United States | [45] |
The Seventh Victim | Mark Robson | Kim Hunter, Tom Conway, Isabel Jewell | United States | [46] |
Son of Dracula | Robert Siodmak | Lon Chaney, Jr., Robert Paige, Louise Allbritton, Evelyn Ankers | United States | [47] |
1944 |
The Climax | George Waggner | Boris Karloff, Susanna Foster, Turhan Bey | United States | [48] |
Crazy Knights | William Beaudine | Billy Gilbert, Maxie Rosenbloom, Shemp Howard | United States | |
Cry of the Werewolf | Henry Levin | Nina Foch, Stephen Crane, Osa Massen | United States | [50] |
The Curse of the Cat People | Gunther von Fritsch, Robert Wise | Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Jane Randolph, Ann Carter | United States |
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The Ghost Catchers | Edward F. Cline | Ole Olsen, Chic Johnson, Gloria Jean | United States | |
House of Frankenstein | Erle C. Kenton | Boris Karloff, J. Carrol Naish, Lon Chaney, Jr., John Carradine | United States | [52] |
Jungle Woman | Reginald Le Borg | Evelyn Ankers, J. Carrol Naish, Samuel S. Hinds | United States | [53] |
The Lady and the Monster | George Sherman | Vera Ralston, Richard Arlen, Mary Nash, Sidney Blackmer | United States | [54] |
The Man in Half Moon Street | Ralph Murphy | Nils Asther, Helen Walker | United States | |
The Monster Maker | Sam Newfield | J. Carrol Naish, Ralph Morgan, Tala Birell | United States | [56] |
The Mummy's Curse | Leslie Goodwins | Lon Chaney, Jr., Peter Coe, Virginia Christine | United States | [57] |
The Mummy's Ghost | Reginald Le Borg | Lon Chaney, Jr., John Carradine, Ramsay Ames, Robert Lowery | United States | [58] |
Return of the Ape Man | Phil Rosen | Bela Lugosi, John Carradine, George Zucco | United States | [59] |
The Soul of a Monster | Will Jason | Rose Hobart, George Macready | United States |
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The Tower of the Seven Hunchbacks | Edgar Neville | Antonio Casal, Isabel de Pomés | Spain | |
The Uninvited | Lewis Allen | Ray Milland, Gail Russell, Ruth Hussey | United States | |
Voodoo Man | William Beaudine | Bela Lugosi, John Carradine, George Zucco | United States | [62] |
Weird Woman | Reginald Le Borg | Lon Chaney, Jr., Anne Gwynne, Evelyn Ankers | United States | [63] |
1945 |
The Body Snatcher | Robert Wise | Boris Karloff, Béla Lugosi, Henry Daniell | United States |
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Dead of Night | Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden, Robert Hamer | Mervyn Johns, Michael Redgrave, Sally Ann Howes, Mary Merrall | United Kingdom | [64] |
Fog Island | Terry O. Morse | George Zucco, Lionel Atwill, Jerome Cowan | United States | [65] |
House of Dracula | Erle C. Kenton | Lon Chaney, Jr., John Carradine, Martha O'Driscoll, Lionel Atwill | United States | [66] |
Isle of the Dead | Mark Robson | Boris Karloff, Ellen Drew, Marc Cramer, Katherine Emery | United States | [67] |
The Jungle Captive | Harold Young | Otto Kruger, Amelita Ward, Phil Brown | United States | [68] |
The Picture of Dorian Gray | Albert Lewin | George Sanders, Hurd Hatfield, Donna Reed | United States | Supernatural horror film[69] |
The Vampire's Ghost | Lesley Selander | John Abbott, Charles Gordon, Peggy Stewart | United States | [70] |
Zombies on Broadway | Gordon Douglas | Alan Carney, Bela Lugosi, Wally Brown | United States | |
1946 |
The Beast with Five Fingers | Robert Florey | Robert Alda, Andrea King, Peter Lorre | United States | [72] |
Bedlam | Mark Robson | Boris Karloff, Anna Lee | United States |
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The Cat Creeps | Erle C. Kenton | Fred Brady, Lois Collier, Paul Kelly | United States | |
The Catman of Paris | Lesley Selander | Carl Esmond, Lenore Aubert, Adele Mara | United States | [74] |
The Devil Bat's Daughter | Frank Wisbar | Rosemary La Planche, John James, Michael Hale | United States | [75] |
The Face of Marble | William Beaudine | John Carradine, Claudia Drake, Robert Shayne | United States | [76] |
The Flying Serpent | Sherman Scott | George Zucco, Ralph Lewis, Hope Kramer | United States | [77] |
House of Horrors | Jean Yarbrough | Robert Lowery, Martin Kosleck, Rondo Hatton | United States | [78] |
The Mask of Diijon | Lew Landers | Erich Von Stroheim, Jeanne Bates, William Wright | United States | [79] |
She-Wolf of London | Jean Yarbrough | Don Porter, June Lockhart, Sara Haden | United States | [80] |
The Spider Woman Strikes Back | Arthur Lubin | Brenda Joyce, Gale Sondergaard, Kirby Grant | United States | |
Strangler of the Swamp | Frank Wisbar | Rosemary La Planche, Robert Barrat, Blake Edwards | United States | |
Valley of the Zombies | Philip Ford | Robert Livingston, Adrian Booth, Ian Keith | United States | [83] |
The Spiral Staircase | Robert Siodmak | Bela Lugosi, George Zucco, Nat Pendleton, Molly Lamont | United States |
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1947 |
The Lost Moment | Martin Gabel | Robert Cummings, Susan Hayward, Agnes Moorehead | United States |
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Scared to Death | Christy Cabanne | Dorothy McGuire, George Brent, Ethel Barrymore | United States |
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1948 |
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein | Charles Barton | Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Lon Chaney, Jr. | United States | Horror comedy[84] |
The Creeper | Jean Yarbrough | Eduardo Ciannelli, Onslow Stevens, June Vincent | United States | [85] |
The Monkey's Paw | Norman Lee | Milton Rosmer, Megs Jenkins | United Kingdom |
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1949 |
Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff | Charles Barton | Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Boris Karloff | United States | Horror comedy |
New Version of the Ghost of Yotsuya | Keisuke Kinoshita | Kinuyo Tanaka, Ken Uehara, Hisako Yamane | Japan | |
The Queen of Spades | Thorold Dickinson | Anton Walbrook, Edith Evans, Ronald Howard | United Kingdom |
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