10 Favorite Horror Movies Made Before 1960

[Tiggnutz]

10. The Body Snatcher
9. Frankenstein
8. The Bride of Frankenstein
7. M
6. Dracula
5. The Invisible Man
4. Island of Lost Souls
3. The Wolfman
2. The Black Cat
1. Horror of Dracula

[Monster]

1. The Creature From The Black Lagoon
2. The Thing From Another World
3. Revenge of the Creature
4. THEM!
5. Invasion of the Body Snatchers
6. The Fly
7. Godzilla
8. Tarantula
9. It! The Terror From Beyond Space
10. The Blob

[zombie]

1. godzilla king of the monsters
2. house on haunted hill
3. bride of frankenstein
4. the bodysnatcher
5. creature from the black lagoon
6. invasion of the body snatchers
7. i walked with a zombie
8. horror of dracula
9. curse of frankenstein
10. them

[Jigsaw]

None of these are ranked for various reasons, but wanted to make these lists anyways.

By decade:


Silent movies (1913 - 1929): These movies are not ranked in any order, but are all recommended to an extent.

1. Der Student von Prag (1913) - German horror film, often considered one of the first existing horror films.
2. Pikovaya dama (1916) - Horror film from Russia before it became the Soviet Union
3. Unheimliche Geschichten (1919) - German anthology horror film. Uneven but memorable.
4. Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (1920) - Great German addition to the horror genre.
5. Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam (1920) - Classic German horror film, one of the finest silent horror movies.
6. Körkarlen (1921) - Beautiful Swedish film.
7. Schloß Vogelöd (1921) - Perhaps more mystery than horror, this German film is dark and enjoyable.
8. Häxan (1922) - Great Swedish documentary/horror film on witchcraft.
9. Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922) - Needs no introduction. A great German film.
10. Schatten - Eine nächtliche Halluzination (1923) - More unique than enjoyable, this German movie uses shadows to tell a story of murder.
11. Maciste all’inferno (1925) - This Italian movie blends fantasy and horror, as the Devil sends a man to Hell to tempt him to evil.
12. The Phantom of the Opera (1925) - All-around great movie.
13. Kurutta ippêji (1926) - A Japanese film about a man trying to rescue his wife from an insane asylum.
14. Midnight Faces (1926) - Fun murder-mystery that takes place in a Florida mansion.
15. The Magician (1926) - Great plot and fun film.
16. The Cat and the Canary (1927) - Fun horror-comedy murder-mystery. A classic, though drags in the middle.
17. The Unknown (1927) - Tragic movie with a great ending.
18. Seven Footprints to Satan (1929) - Part fantasy, this movie was a fun ride with an interesting twist.
19. The Last Warning (1929) - Basically a slasher, I can't express how good this one was. Sadly a forgotten silent film.


1930's (these are not ranked in any order, but are recommended):

1. The Bat Whispers (1930)
2. Frankenstein (1931)
3. King of the Wild (1931)
4. Murder by the Clock (1931)
5. Svengali (1931)
6. Doctor X (1932)
7. Freaks (1932)
8. Island of Lost Souls (1932)
9. Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)
10. The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932)
11. The Monster Walks (1932)
12. The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
13. Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)
14. Secret of the Blue Room (1933)
15. The Invisible Man (1933)
16. The Ninth Guest (1934)
17. Mad Love (1935)
18. Ye ban ge sheng (1937) - Chinese version of Phantom of the Opera.
19. The Face at the Window (1939)
20. The Gorilla (1939)
21. The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)


1940's

1. The Devil Bat (1940)
2. The Leopard Man (1943)
3. The Mysterious Doctor (1943)
4. Dead of Night (1945)
5. The Body Snatcher (1945)
6. The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
7. The Beast with Five Fingers (1946)
8. The Mask of Diijon (1946)
9. Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)


1950's

1. The Thing from Another World (1951)
2. House of Wax (1953)
3. Man in the Attic (1953)
4. Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
5. Phantom of the Rue Morgue (1954)
6. Them! (1954)
7. Indestructible Man (1956)
8. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
9. Sora no daikaijû Radon (1956)
10. X the Unknown (1956)
11. The Abominable Snowman (1957)
12. The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
13. Bijo to ekitai ningen (1958)
14. Earth vs the Spider (1958)
15. It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958)
16. Macabre (1958)
17. The Blob (1958)
18. The Fly (1958)
19. The Screaming Skull (1958)
20. A Bucket of Blood (1959)
21. Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959)
22. House on Haunted Hill (1959)
23. The Bat (1959)
24. The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
25. The Killer Shrews (1959)
26. The Monster of Piedras Blancas (1959)
27. The Mummy (1959)
28. The Tingler (1959)
29. Tôkaidô Yotsuya kaidan (1959)

[DancesWithWerewolves]

1. M
2. The Hound Of The Baskervilles (1959)
3. The Bride Of Frankenstein
4. The Horror of Dracula
5. Frankenstein (1931)
6. The Wolf Man (1941
7. Freaks
8. Nosferatu (1922)
9. Dracula (1931)
10. Godzilla

[Reign in Blood]

1. M

then lol at this thread.

[DancesWithWerewolves]

1. M

then lol at this thread.

*high five*

M is fucking excellent

[Reign in Blood]

Still have no idea what thread I'm in, but Broncos, and my Broncs brothers, fuck yeah!

[Headhunter]

I don't consider M horror, so Reign can take his list and go home.

[Headhunter]

Still have no idea what thread I'm in, but Broncos, and my Broncs brothers, fuck yeah!

Getting loaded on a Thursday night, really

[Headhunter]

I've watched several of those Universal monster crossover movies recently and I don't remember feeling this way when I was younger but my god, Lon Chaney Jr. has to be one of the worst high profile actors of all time.

[Jason]

I've watched several of those Universal monster crossover movies recently and I don't remember feeling this way when I was younger but my god, Lon Chaney Jr. has to be one of the worst high profile actors of all time.

So? He coined "That's what she said".

[Reign in Blood]

I don't consider M horror, so Reign can take his list and go home.

As long as you're not one of those fucks that considers Silence of the Lambs and shit horror, fine.

[Headhunter]

I've watched several of those Universal monster crossover movies recently and I don't remember feeling this way when I was younger but my god, Lon Chaney Jr. has to be one of the worst high profile actors of all time.

So? He coined "That's what she said".

Had no idea what you were talking about here, now I see. Lawl.

Good Christ does Chaney Jr. suck. His pathetic, pleading disposition every moment he's on screen makes my skin crawl. What a colossal cunt.

[Headhunter]

As for this thread, give me the Frankenstein trilogy, The Mummy (1932) and a whole fuck ton of Hammer horror and weird 50s monster movies.

[Jason]

I've watched several of those Universal monster crossover movies recently and I don't remember feeling this way when I was younger but my god, Lon Chaney Jr. has to be one of the worst high profile actors of all time.

So? He coined "That's what she said".

Had no idea what you were talking about here, now I see. Lawl.

Good Christ does Chaney Jr. suck. His pathetic, pleading disposition every moment he's on screen makes my skin crawl. What a colossal cunt.

Love the delivery.

[Headhunter]

Riveting stuff.

Pretty funny that he ended up playing Dracula once or twice. It's hard to imagine a worse casting than that mopey fuck as Dracula.

[Jason]

Riveting stuff.

Pretty funny that he ended up playing Dracula once or twice. It's hard to imagine a worse casting than that mopey fuck as Dracula.

Rivaled Krusty, to be fair.

[Reign in Blood]

That shit is great. After "stop it, stop it!" and "You can't run away", he drops that line. Split up proper, great for the #MeToo Movement.