Dracula (1931)

Runtime 1 hr 15 min

Bela Lugosi, Helen Chandler

Tod Browning’s masterpiece is the king of horror movies. Mr Lugosi’s performance in this presentation of the Bram Stoker classic is haunting, and the start or maybe restart of a genre, somewhat eclipsing silent classics like Nosferatu. 

Frankenstein (1931)

Runtime: 1 hr 10 min

Colin Clive, Boris Karloff

Dr Henry Frankenstein is obsessed with playing God, reanimating dead tissue. The tortured monster that he creates brings the Mary Shelley book to life. 

The  Wolfman (1941)

Runtime: 1 hr 10 min

Claude Rains, Lon Chaney, Jr

An estranged son returns to his father’s castle and starts courting a local beauty, but he discounts the local folklore about a wolfman, much to his detriment. 

The Thing 

From Another World  (1951)

Runtime: 1 hr 27 min

Kenneth Stoney, Margaret Sheridan

A tongue in cheek thriller about a visitor from another world wreaking havoc in the arctic. 

Them! (1957)

Runtime: 1 hr 34 min

James Arness, James Whitmore, Edmund Gwen

Atomic bomb testing in the Arizona desert produces giant ants that causes panic in the streets. 

The Haunting (1963)

Runtime: 1 hr 52 min

Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson

Dr Markway attempts to prove a house with a history of strange, tragic deaths is definitely haunted by inviting a group of people touched by psychic phenomena. Forget the blood and gore of the Hammer Films of the late 50’s, 60’s and 70’s; your imagination does the hard work here. 

The Abominable Dr Phibes (1971)

Runtime: 1 hr 34 min

Vincent Price, Joseph Cotton

A truly ingenious and stylish tale unfolds as Dr Phibes wreaks vengeance on those who failed to save the life of his beloved wife after an accident.