100 Greatest Classic Horror Films
Here it is... The ultimate reference point for your viewing of classic terror films, personally compiled by me in order of preference... This list is by no means definitive though. I have yet to see so many of classic slices of horror hokum. And would a definitive list really include so many Sherlock Holmes films? Or so many poverty row pictures? I'll revise the list a year from now to see how my tastes, opinions and experiences have evolved. But until then - seek out some of these wonderful old movies. You won't regret it at all!
1. Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
2. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932)
3. The Body Snatcher (1945)
4. Nosferatu – Eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)
5. Psycho (1960)
6. The Invisible Man (1933)
7. The Old Dark House (1932)
8. Son of Frankenstein (1939)
9. The Wolf Man (1941)
10. The Haunting (1963)
11. Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
12. The Black Cat (1934)
13. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)
14. House of Usher (1960)
15. Frankenstein (1931)
16. White Zombie (1932)
17. The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
18. Frankenstein Must be Destroyed (1969)
19. The Phantom of the Opera (1929)
20. Dracula’s Daughter (1936)
21. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
22. Dracula (Spanish Version; 1931)
23. The Mummy (1932)
24. The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)
25. The Scarlet Claw (1944)
26. The Plague of the Zombies (1966)
27. Pit and the Pendulum (1961)
28. Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)
29. House of Wax (1953)
30. The Raven (1935)
31. King Kong (1933)
32. Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
33. Creature From the Black Lagoon (1954)
34. Son of Dracula (1943)
35. The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
36. Young Frankenstein (1974)
37. The Pearl of Death (1944)
38. Dracula (1979)
39. The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
40. Vampyr – Der Traum des Allan Grey (1932)
41. Frankenstein Created Woman (1967)
42. The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
43. Phantom of the Opera (1943)
44. The Spider Woman (1944)
45. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
46. The Curse of the Werewolf (1961)
47. Mark of the Vampire (1935)
48. The Fly (1958)
49. Bluebeard (1944)
50. Village of the Damned (1960)
51. Dracula (1958)
52. Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1943)
53. Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)
54. Tales of Terror (1962)
55. Cat People (1942)
56. The Son of Kong (1933)
57. Dracula (1931)
58. The Woman in Green (1944)
59. House of Dracula (1945)
60. House of Frankenstein (1944)
61. Freaks (1932)
62. Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)
63. Rasputin: The Mad Monk (1966)
64. The Vampire Bat (1932)
65. The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
66. The Comedy of Terrors (1964)
67. House on Haunted Hill (1958)
68. Terror by Night (1946)
69. The Mummy (1959)
70. Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)
71. Frankenstein and the Monster From Hell (1973)
72. Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956)
73. The City of the Dead (1960)
74. Dracula Has Risen From the Grave (1968)
75. Tarantula (1955)
76. Dressed to Kill (1946)
77. 13 Ghosts (1960)
78. Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff (1949)
79. Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943)
80. Dr. Cyclops (1940)
81. The House of Fear (1945)
82. The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
83. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)
84. It Came From Outer Space (1953)
85. The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
86. Carnival of Souls (1962)
87. Children of the Damned (1963)
88. The Raven (1963)
89. The Ghoul (1933)
90. Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970)
91. The Evil of Frankenstein (1964)
92. The Gorilla (1939)
93. The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)
94. The Terror (1963)
95. Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942)
96. Scars of Dracula (1970)
97. Invisible Ghost (1940)
98. The Ape (1940)
99. Pursuit to Algiers (1946)
100. She-Wolf of London (1946)
P.S: This list is better by far than anything Channel Four has yet to compile. Don't you dare listen to those corporate hacks!
1. Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
2. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932)
3. The Body Snatcher (1945)
4. Nosferatu – Eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)
5. Psycho (1960)
6. The Invisible Man (1933)
7. The Old Dark House (1932)
8. Son of Frankenstein (1939)
9. The Wolf Man (1941)
10. The Haunting (1963)
11. Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
12. The Black Cat (1934)
13. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)
14. House of Usher (1960)
15. Frankenstein (1931)
16. White Zombie (1932)
17. The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
18. Frankenstein Must be Destroyed (1969)
19. The Phantom of the Opera (1929)
20. Dracula’s Daughter (1936)
21. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
22. Dracula (Spanish Version; 1931)
23. The Mummy (1932)
24. The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)
25. The Scarlet Claw (1944)
26. The Plague of the Zombies (1966)
27. Pit and the Pendulum (1961)
28. Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)
29. House of Wax (1953)
30. The Raven (1935)
31. King Kong (1933)
32. Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
33. Creature From the Black Lagoon (1954)
34. Son of Dracula (1943)
35. The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
36. Young Frankenstein (1974)
37. The Pearl of Death (1944)
38. Dracula (1979)
39. The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
40. Vampyr – Der Traum des Allan Grey (1932)
41. Frankenstein Created Woman (1967)
42. The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
43. Phantom of the Opera (1943)
44. The Spider Woman (1944)
45. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
46. The Curse of the Werewolf (1961)
47. Mark of the Vampire (1935)
48. The Fly (1958)
49. Bluebeard (1944)
50. Village of the Damned (1960)
51. Dracula (1958)
52. Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1943)
53. Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)
54. Tales of Terror (1962)
55. Cat People (1942)
56. The Son of Kong (1933)
57. Dracula (1931)
58. The Woman in Green (1944)
59. House of Dracula (1945)
60. House of Frankenstein (1944)
61. Freaks (1932)
62. Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)
63. Rasputin: The Mad Monk (1966)
64. The Vampire Bat (1932)
65. The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
66. The Comedy of Terrors (1964)
67. House on Haunted Hill (1958)
68. Terror by Night (1946)
69. The Mummy (1959)
70. Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)
71. Frankenstein and the Monster From Hell (1973)
72. Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956)
73. The City of the Dead (1960)
74. Dracula Has Risen From the Grave (1968)
75. Tarantula (1955)
76. Dressed to Kill (1946)
77. 13 Ghosts (1960)
78. Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff (1949)
79. Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943)
80. Dr. Cyclops (1940)
81. The House of Fear (1945)
82. The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
83. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)
84. It Came From Outer Space (1953)
85. The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
86. Carnival of Souls (1962)
87. Children of the Damned (1963)
88. The Raven (1963)
89. The Ghoul (1933)
90. Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970)
91. The Evil of Frankenstein (1964)
92. The Gorilla (1939)
93. The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)
94. The Terror (1963)
95. Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942)
96. Scars of Dracula (1970)
97. Invisible Ghost (1940)
98. The Ape (1940)
99. Pursuit to Algiers (1946)
100. She-Wolf of London (1946)
P.S: This list is better by far than anything Channel Four has yet to compile. Don't you dare listen to those corporate hacks!
posted by James C. Swanton at 3:09 PM
5 Comments:
This is a wonderful list of horror classics! What are your thoughts about the re-makes of some of these films?
It's not often that a remake has nothing at all going for it - even virtual blasphemy like the 1999 remake of "The Haunting" has marvellous set design, for example. Now and again, a horror remake will top the original - for example, I prefer 1953's "House of Wax" to the earlier "Mystery of the Wax Museum" (1933) on which it was based. But on the whole, they're a dreadful waste of time. If the 2005 'remake' of "House of Wax" truly had no storyline connection or otherwise to the original, why steal the title? It's just going to invite some unfair comparison.
The only time that remakes are completely unpredictable is when they trace themselves right back to the original source material. Just look at all the versions of "Dracula" we have floating around, all based on a Victorian novella. The 1958 Hammer version, acceptably a remake of the 1931 classic, is far better - and the 1979 version better still. Yet none of these can compare with the 1922 "Nosferatu," arguably the first screen version of Stoker's book.
Yep. Screwy, screwy world.
Hello James.
I have seen few of these film but i am sure they are truly masterpeices of the horror genre. One day I shall watch them all ... but not today.
Mille mercis, voilà de quoi passer quelques bons moments. Maintenant, la même mais avec les films modernes.
One is utterly taken aback at such advanced vocabulary from a peasant like yourself.
Would thou give me the pleasure of joining me for a spot of light lunch at the palace?
You may bow.
HRH Daffith
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