Boris Karloff, A strange prehistoric beast lurks in the depths of the Amazonian jungle. Jack Arnold All the latest gaming news, game reviews and trailers. John Barrymore, Both of these vampire classics are spooky, suspenseful, and well worth a watch. Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi. Robert Siodmak Nosferatu is based directly (and illegally) on Stoker’s novel; it's a moody epic that falls under the heading of German Expressionism—not unlike say, The Man Who Laughs. | In 16th-century Prague, a rabbi creates the Golem - a giant creature made of clay. David Manners, Stars: An Egyptologist returns from the dead to take revenge on those who have violated his tomb. | Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi. Top 100 Black and White Films show list info. Director: These are selections that every horror fan should see at least once. Here now are twelve black and white classics, available on Netflix, that I consider unmissable. Robert Paige, Don't Breathe 7. | Relatives of an eccentric millionaire gather in his spooky mansion on the 20th anniversary of his death for the reading of his will. Onslow Stevens, Colin Clive, $3.75M, Not Rated | score: 17 of 42 (39%) required scores: 1, 6, 10, 17, 28 list stats leaders vote Vote print comments. Conrado San Martín, Director: | | | 83 Metascore. Stars: Between the communist menace, the threat of nuclear war, and atomic fallout scares, there was a whole lot for the sci-fi genre to predict, lambaste, or satirize. 12 min | A professor in the film department at a provincial university ... 2. Kurt Neumann A one-stop shop for all things video games. Jeff Morrow, Director: Still, it doesn’t end well for either of these '30s era creatures of the night. | | Frances Drake, Valerie Hobson, Votes: Night of the Living Dead is where many of our standard zombie tropes come from: the fortified farmhouse, the adorable zombie child, infighting among the living, and stupid accidents that cause unnecessary deaths. Director: Warren William, Director: He tells only his son, Billy, where the money is hidden. | Stars: Stars: In addition to being truly startling, unnerving, and frightening, 13 Ghosts also boasts a creepy appearance from Margaret Hamilton (whom they hint at being a witch—hilarious! Charles Ogle, Bela Lugosi, A criminal on the run hides in a circus and seeks to possess the daughter of the ringmaster at any cost. Bela Lugosi, In fairness, we’ll mention that the 1978 remake of this movie (which stars Donald Sutherland, Leonard Nimoy, Jeff Goldblum, and Veronica Cartwright) is also excellent. Some older ones and some newer ones that. | This is a list of horror films released in the 1950s.At the beginning of the 1950s, horror films were described by Kim Newman as being "out of fashion". | Lyda Salmonova, Passed Horror, Sci-Fi. 10. Sure, there were voudon zombies before Romero, but they didn’t shamble, or eat human flesh, heck—they weren’t even dead. 81 min Modern Black and White Movies by RAMPARTisGREAT | created - 04 Oct 2011 | updated - 19 Mar 2015 | Public interesting films of the last 40 years, where b/w aesthetics dominates ! Jackie Joseph, Augustus Phillips, Not Rated It’s probably natural for a doctor to want to uncover the secrets of life and death. There have been so many film versions of Mary Shelly’s novel, but we speak here of the 1931 movie by James Whale. Director: Rate. Otto Kruger, The cast will look awfully familiar to anyone who watches a lot of American International Pictures. April Kent, This list was made by the members of the Horror-movies.ca forums. HORRORSHOW. Leslie Goodwins Gregg Palmer, Not Rated 10 Gems: Black and White Horror Movies show list info. A mad, disfigured composer seeks love with a lovely young opera singer. Patsy Ruth Miller, An Egyptian mummy searches Cairo for the girl he thinks is his long-lost princess. Nestor Paiva, Votes: On the American Film Institute’s (AFI) original ranking of the top 100 American movies, black and white classics made up about 40 percent of the total. 61 min 86 min | Adapted from a novel by Mary Roberts Rinehart. If you think knowing the twist of Psycho will ruin the movie for you—you’re mostly wrong. Audience members back in the day also had a choice to wear colored cellophane glasses to see the ghosts. 1988. Ilona Massey, Dam Sharks 6. $0.03M, Approved We know that this list barely scratches the surface of all the wonderfully scary black & white horror movies out there. After botanist Wilfred Glendon travels to Tibet in search of a rare flower, the Mariphasa, he returns to a London haunted by murders that can only be the work of bloodthirsty werewolves. Stars: Fay Wray, I’ve wanted to write about this film for this series since I started writing about Horror in Black and White a few weeks ago, and today felt like the day. | 10. These are the top ten, must-see black and white horror movies you need to see this Halloween. Action, Adventure, Romance. Fantasy, Horror. Lionel Atwill, Not Rated | Director: A list of 27 films compiled on Letterboxd, including Epidemic (1987), Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989), Begotten (1989), Singapore Sling (1990) and Nadja (1994). | Stars: Robert Wiene Meanwhile, a freakish hunchback falls in love with the gypsy queen. Stars: This was considered revolutionary for the time but the characters still perpetuated negative stereotypes of either being violent or hyper-sexualized. 78 min Director: | | When Scott Carey begins to shrink because of exposure to a combination of radiation and insecticide, medical science is powerless to help him. It’s damn scary and makes excellent use of Bach’s "Toccata and Fugue". The Purge: Election Year 16. | The resurrected Wolf Man, seeking a cure for his malady, enlists the aid of a mad scientist, who claims he will not only rid the Wolf Man of his nocturnal metamorphosis, but also revive the frozen body of Frankenstein's inhuman creation. 60 min Them! Evil Bong; High 5 8. Colin Clive, Like most of his roles, Lon Chaney was allowed to design his own makeup for the role of the Phantom. Director: David Manners, Paperhouse. 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The disappearance of people and corpses leads a reporter to a wax museum and a sinister sculptor. Horror, Sci-Fi. A pure black and white film by E. Elias Merhige has long been a study point for film students. ), and a lovely teenage girl named Medea. | Urge To Kill. Lionel Atwill, Passed Alan Baxter, Passed Howard Vernon, 69 min | It has gained momentum in the “disturbing category” but it’s also noted for just being “really” out there. Roy William Neill Best Black and White Films from the 1930’s to 1960’s. 80 min From horror to science fiction, drama to romance, monochrome features have given us some of cinema’s finest moments. A mad scientist seeks to mingle human blood with that of an ape, and resorts to kidnapping women for his experiments. Boris Karloff, | When Countess Marya Zaleska appears in London, mysterious events occur leading Dr. The iconic House on Haunted Hill brings together a group of people who barely know each other, puts them in a purportedly haunted house, then hands each of them a .38 pistol. John Boles, Passed Drama, Fantasy, Horror. A poor family inherits a house and is completely stoked to go live there. Watch for local cops to tell him that they totally believe him—then turn right around and tell everyone else that he’s a raving loon. Lori Nelson, | | Gross: Stars: It’s easily one of the great horror classics of all time, and marks the inception of our modern concept of zombies. | Stars: Stars: $1.10M, Approved Murnau Jonathan Haze, Night of the Hunter is a classic for a lot of nerdy film fan reasons like inventive cinematography and a haunting score. Randy Stuart, This list is not comprehensive, but instead highlights 70+ exceptional horror films in gloriously creepy black and white. | James Whitmore was such a prolific and decorated star, it’s hard to believe that he ever appeared in a movie... 14 Frankenstein. Patricia Owens, Action, Drama, Horror. William Castle Based on Henry James' excellent novella Turn of the Screw, the 1961 film The Innocents is still terrifying today. Lon Chaney Jr., Roscoe Ates, Passed Deep dive into the darkest, most twisted and thought-provoking horror films ever made. | Stars: His distraught widow moves out of the home they shared, leaving an increasingly tiny Scott to navigate the castle he was once king of. Filmes de terror em Preto & Branco que já vi, especialmente dos da Universal, Unrated Here is a list of ten of the best black-and-white movies of all time. But honestly, there’s not a bad version of this movie in existence. Director: Jane Gail, Not Rated Carlos Villarías, Bela Lugosi, Stars: | The father is hanged for his crimes, and his former cellmate—looking for the money—connives to marry Willa (Winters), the dead robber’s widow. Horror, Mystery, Thriller. | Laura La Plante, Horror fans already know that there is an abundance of classic horror, sans color, that’s still terrifying 50, 70, even 100 years later. | The Sighting 18. | Gross: It’s haunted with roughly one dozen archetypal ghosts. Julie Adams, Director: | Watching Frankenstein will make you feel angry with the doctor, frustrated with the parents of that tiny girl, frightened for Elizabeth, and terribly sad for the monster—who continues to have a bad time despite being the only one who had no choice in the matter. Yet when it comes to the history of cinematography, the medium encapsulates numerous masterpieces and continues to define the film genre today. 16 min Boris Karloff, | | 73 min | | The Eye Of Satan. Blair Witch 2. | When they work best, as with these twenty films, they take us with them and make us wish we hadn’t come along for the ride. Valerie Hobson, Boris Karloff, 75 min This list is contains the best Horror movies from the 60s and older. | $0.41M, Passed Scott and his wife are nice people, so watching them suffer such horror is hard enough. Victor Fleming John Carradine, Unrated The Infernal Cauldron, a hand-painted jewel from 1903, makes this list because it remains breathtaking in its brutal economy and mastery of early special effects. Silent films from the '20s don’t get the play that they should. 67 min Stars: | Gross: 93 min He saves the life of Jean Thatcher, a beautiful young socialite injured in an automobile accident and becomes increasingly attracted to her. Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi. | | 61 min The Innocents is an engrossing film that honestly will keep you on the edge of your seat. | The original Cabinet of Dr Caligari can be seen for free online, or even downloaded legally. Lil Dagover, Not Rated Rupert Julian, | Heleno: O Príncipe Maldito (2011) 4. Stars: | Were there communists lurking secretly in your town, your neighborhood, your own home?!? What’s it about? Director: Richard Carlson, Elizabeth Allan, For National Black Cat Day, we celebrate some of the black felines that made these horror movies so memorable. While black and white horror films might not have the vibrant blood and guts, something must be said for the stark, high-contrast images of classic horror movies… The Wolf Man and Count Dracula beg Dr. Edelman to cure them of their killing instincts but Dracula schemes to seduce the doctor's nurse. | 110 min White Of The Eye. Alfred Hitchcock’s original Psycho is a masterful film, and was followed by three sequels, a remake, and two TV spinoff series, (both called Bates Motel) one of which is about to enter its fifth and final season. The owner of a coal mining operation, falsely imprisoned for fratricide, takes a drug to make him invisible, despite its side effect: gradual madness. | | Planet of the Sharks 15. Lon Chaney Jr., Little Miles seems like a sweet child, if weirdly flirty beyond his years. But the original is always the best, and this one contains some truly impressive special effects for the time. | Ernst Deutsch, Despite the involvement of some world-class talent, the 1960 film doesn’t approach the greatness of the original. | For Lovers Only (2011) 3. Them! George Baker, Lester Matthews, Stars: Philippe Delambre, the now-adult son of "The Fly", does some transportation experimentation of his own. Glenda Farrell, 7. Black cat, “The Tomb of Ligeia” (1965) If you like your horror movies Gothic as hell and starring Vincent Price, then you … | We’ve compiled a list of our fifteen favorite black & white fright flicks that are still legit scary. Note:List is in random order Follow on IG @horrorjunkie103178 Enabling horror junkies and those new to horror to #watchclassichorror. Director: Mary Shelley reveals the main characters of her novel survived: Dr. Frankenstein, goaded by an even madder scientist, builds his monster a mate. This black & white masterpiece we reference here is the 6th film adaptation of the book, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and stars Frederick March. Ingrid Bergman, Magda Mei, Stars: Tod Browning James Whale John Sutton, Approved Keyhole (2011) 5. A list of 27 films compiled on Letterboxd, including Epidemic (1987), Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989), Begotten (1989), Singapore Sling (1990) and Nadja (1994). But wait! 90 min Who in the world names their daughter Medea? Fantasy, Horror. The girl, Flora, seems moody and withdrawn until she her brother comes home, having been expelled. Chimera. Director: | by malthe-tuxen | created - 08 Jan 2019 | updated - 2 weeks ago | Public. 72 min Comedy, Horror, Mystery. Chupacabra Territory 4. | Karen Morley, Spencer Tracy, Lambert Hillyer Mary Philbin, Drama, Fantasy, Horror. 82 min Horror (58) Sci-Fi (27) Drama (18) Fantasy (18) Thriller (13) Mystery (12) Romance (9) Comedy (6) Crime (6) Adventure (4) Action (2) Short (2) War (1) Lon Chaney Jr., Comedy, Horror. Perla Cristal, Passed Old movies ranging from scary Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, George Zucco and many more. Karl Freund Drama, Fantasy, Horror. Over the last few decades, black and white films have been somewhat abandoned. 20 Best Black & White Horror Movies. Director: Stars: The original Norman Bates is an inspired character, played to perfection by Anthony Perkins. Vincent Price, Stars: On this site, black and white features comprise about a third of the database. Terrifie… | 20,799 Black-and-white sound horror more closely approximates our modern world, but it still has a power to unnerve and lash out at us – and to explore the deeper, darker parts of our hearts and minds. | British Horror films - in year order. Views: 8,594 | in last week 15. Billy knows that Powell, the cellmate now posing as an upstanding minister, is only after the cash. | Schindler's List: 1993: No Go Fish: 1994: Yes Nadja: 1994: Yes Woyzeck: 1994: Yes Sátántangó : 1994: Yes Rhythm Thief: 1994: Yes Federal Hill: 1994: Yes Eclipse: 1994: No Ed Wood: 1994: Yes Natural Born Killers: 1994: No Clerks: 1994: Yes The Corridor: 1995: Yes Dead Man: 1995: Yes Institute Benjamenta: 1995: Yes La Haine: 1995: Yes The Addiction: 1995: Yes A Midwinter's Tale (aka In The Bleak … Rouben Mamoulian Creighton Hale, Unmasked Part 25. avg. | Blood Feast 3. | Drama, Mystery, Romance. Brian Donlevy, Director: 74 min But wait again, because there’s tons of money buried in the house! About this list: Because colour ruined everything. James Cruze, Enter scientists, to help. 72 min | 65 min Motorist Martin Delambre attempts to keep evidence of his family's bizarre experiments in teleportation hidden from his wife, who is hiding secrets of her own. Rex Reason, We sure hope not. | Modern film fans sometimes confuse this one with Cabinet of Caligari, a 1960 reboot/sequel written by Robert Bloch. Dream Demon. 71 min Zita Johann, | Drama, Horror, Mystery. Jean Rogers, Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney, Shelley Winters and Lilian Gish also appear in this classic film that was directed by the highly influential Charles Laughton. Many modern black-and-white films are shot in color and converted in post-production. Paul Wegener James Whale Lana Turner, Dick Foran, Joan Crawford, Since both of these movies are based loosely on the same book, we’re making them a single entry. Director: Stars: They looked like Bela Lugosi for crying out loud! 67 min Click one each top black and white film you've seen and then save your score! Louise Allbritton, 10 Best Black And White Horror Movies Ever A lot of people tend to be turned off by black and white movies, which is a shame, because they made some great horror films in the past. | George Waggner The Girl In A Swing. Both are horrible and should be avoided at all costs. Stars: But there is far more to this story than that. Edge Of Sanity. Running Time: 80 mins Black & White Starring: Vincent Price, Agnes Moorehead, Gavin Gordon, Lenita Lane, Darla Hood. Vincent Price, Lair Of The White Worm. 60 min 239 views made by Masonagibson17. 80 min Lon Chaney Jr., | Drama, Horror, Romance. $1.67M, Passed Fredric March, 70 min Victor Halperin They used hypnosis to beguile comely young women in white nighties, ladies who would have been horrified to discover that they had succumbed to a blood-sucking demon spawn. Jack Arnold Stars: Dick Miller, Votes: | This movie also has tons of scares, liars, suspense, double-crosses, and a climactic breaking of the fourth wall. | An eccentric scientist helps a fugitive from the law become invisible, unwittingly giving him the power to exact revenge on his former friends. Assault on ... Ladies in Black (2018) A Long Way Down (2014) Mermaids (1990) Metropolitan (1990) More American Graffiti (1979) New Year's Day (1989) Peter's Friends (1992) Surviving New Year's (2008) Sweet Hearts Dance (1988) Crime/caper/heist. After hapless pianist and ex-con John Elman is framed for murder, he is resurrected by a scientist after his execution. John Carradine, Stars: Ford Beebe Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi. Jesús Franco Director: Bert Roach, G I hope you find something new or … 43,419 But Grant Williams’s spectacular performance and heart-wrenching narration make this film gruesome, terrifying, and profoundly memorable. | | | Crime, Horror, Mystery. 64 min It became instantly iconic, though the film itself went through many more edits and changes over the years. Carl Boese, 1,893 In chronological order, here are 75 films from 1940 onwards which make superb and atmospheric use of black and white photography. Tod Browning, Ice Sharks 12. Richard Denning, | Comments ; Shares. Director: Boris Karloff, In all honesty, this entire list of awesomely scary black & white horror movies could have been nothing but films involving Vincent Price. Horror. Drama, Fantasy, Horror. The go-to source for comic book and superhero movie fans. | Director: Adventure, Crime, Horror. Valéria Vasquez, Approved Cedric Hardwicke, Sidney Fox, Charles Laughton, Lights Out 13. Lionel Atwill, Approved Stars: | Crime, Drama, Horror. Dr. Vollin is a brilliant but unstable surgeon with a morbid obsession for instruments of torture. Mara Corday, Powell has to become more and more evil in his attempts to get the money that rightfully belongs to those poor kids (or failing that, the bank). Cedric Hardwicke, James Whale Madge Bellamy, Director: 71 min 1. Horror. Stars: Marguerite Churchill, Approved M (1931) Directed by Fritz Lang, M is one of the first fine sound films. While black and white horror films might not have the vibrant blood and guts, something must be said for the stark, high-contrast images of classic horror movies… Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi. John Sherwood Stars: William Harrigan, On the American Film Institute’s (AFI) original ranking of the top 100 American movies, black and white classics made up about 40 percent of the total. | She is the author of A Stabbing for Sadie, The Finster Effect, and the chilling Kiss Me Like You Love Me. 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