100 Greatest Horror Classics

41 - The Gorilla

When an escaped circus gorilla appears to have gone on a murderous rampage, a threatened attorney calls on the detective trio of Garrity, Harrigan and Mullivan to act as bodyguards. In short order, we discover that there is more to the attorney than meets the eye, and the ape may be innocent after all. When a pretty young heiress faces peril, it's up to our heroic trio to save the day.

Horror · Not Rated · 67 minutes · 1939 · Watched: 11/22/2021
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42 - A Shriek in the Night

Rival reporters Pat Morgan and Ted Rand are always trying to out-scoop each other on stories. The latest involves the mysterious death of a philanthropist who fell to his death after a shriek was heard from his penthouse apartment. The two reporters start out as rivals but combine efforts to solve the crime and write the story when more residents of the apartment building turn up dead.

Horror · Not Rated · 67 minutes · 1933 · Watched: 02/16/2022
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43 - Bloodlust

While vacationing in the tropics, a group of teenagers set said to an apparent deserted island. What they discover when they arrive is that the island is owned by Dr. Balleau, an eccentric man with a passion for big-game hunting. After years of importing game onto the island for sport, Dr. Balleau has set his sights on new quarry, those unfortunate enough to stumble upon his island. Now realizing what they're up against, the teenagers must elude their host in the hopes of making it off the the island alive.

Horror · Not Rated · 68 minutes · 1959 · Watched: 02/17/2022
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44 - The Amazing Mr. X

A phony mystic makes a comfortable living by putting on seances for gullible women to scam them of their money. His most recent victim is a young widow who had lost her husband just two years prior to him meeting her. Things start out normal for our fake swami on his latest scam until the "deceased" husband shows up and threatens to expose the mystic unless a large sum of money is paid.

Horror · Not Rated · 70 minutes · 1948 · Watched: 02/20/2022
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45 - Last Woman on Earth

While vacationing in Puerto Rico, Harold and Evelyn Gern go skin-diving with their friend and attorney Martin Joyce. When they surface from their underwater adventure, the trio discover themselves as the only people left alive on the island. They conclude that an interruption of oxygen in the atmosphere had killed those on the surface leaving them quite alone. Now faced with the possibility of being the last people alive on the planet, the two men turn on each other in order to vie for the attention of Evelyn.

Horror · Not Rated · 71 minutes · 1960 · Watched: 09/08/2022
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46 - The Bat

A mysterious mansion holds secrets and terror for the owner and visitors alike in this thriller based upon a classic stage play. Cornelia Van Gorder has taken up residence in an old mansion that was the scene of some mysterious deaths years ago. The recent owner of the mansion was a banker who had embezzled money and had hidden it somewhere in the mansion, but he was killed before he was able to retrieve it. Now it appears that someone is stalking the mansion to find the money and protect its secrets.

Horror · Not Rated · 80 minutes · 1959 · Watched: 12/23/2022
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47 - House on Haunted Hill

Eccentric Frederick Loren and his wife have invited five guests to a "house" party at the mysterious mansion on Haunted Hill, which is reported to be inhabited by evil spirits. Each guest is given a small coffin holding a gun and is informed that those who remain in the house until sunrise will receive $10,000. Frights and thrills fill the night as nerves are put on edge and the guest's secrets start coming to light.

Horror · Not Rated · 75 minutes · 1959 · Watched: 12/26/2022
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48 - The Last Man on Earth

The film opens on Dr. Robert Morgan awakening to another bleak day of existence. It's been three years since a world-wide plague has changed Earth's population into zombie-like vampires and Dr. Morgan is the only man to survive, due to an immunity he acquired working in Central America years before. Finding food and fuel and looking for other possible survivors is his only existence all the while battling hordes of blood thirsty vampires. Hope springs to life for Dr. Morgan when he is able to cure a young woman of her vampirism through a transfusion of his own blood. Can Dr. Morgan create a cure for the human race before the vampires get him?

Horror · Not Rated · 87 minutes · 1964 · Watched: 01/01/2024
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49 - Dementia 13

Louise Haloran is faced with a dilemma since her husband John has died of a heart attack and she is not included in his mother's will. Traveling to his family's ancestral home in Ireland, Louise hopes to ingrain herself into the family while telling them that John is away on business. Unfortunately, John's family is very dysfunctional due to the drowning death of his little sisters years ago so Louise must deal with some very bizarre behavior and strange happenings.

Horror · Not Rated · 80 minutes · 1963

50 - The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues

The U.S. Government sends a scientist to investigate some mysterious deaths along a stretch of beach on the Pacific Coast. What brings the scientist into the investigation is the radiation burns found on the victims. Arriving at the scene of the deaths, the scientist visits the nearby Pacific College of Oceanography where he meets Professor King and his daughter Lois. While falling for the professor's daughter, our scientist begins to suspect that Professor King's secret research is somehow connected to the radiation and the deaths.

Horror · Not Rated · 72 minutes · 1956

51 - Jamaica Inn

In coastal Cornwall, England, during the early 19th Century, a young woman discovers that she's living with a gang of criminals who arrange shipwrecking for profit.

Horror · Not Rated · 108 minutes · 1939

52 - The Demon

Random people are terrorized by a malevolent man who brings their worst fears to life.

Horror · R · 94 minutes · 1979

53 - Murder in the Red Barn

In 1820's rural England, a young girl is tricked by tales of marriage by a villainous Squire, and when she becomes pregnant, and disappears, a gipsy lad is blamed.

Horror · Not Rated · 59 minutes · 1936

54 - The Ape Man

A scientist is working on a serum derived from gorilla spinal fluid and tests his experimental formula upon himself. Unfortunately, the serum transforms him into a simian-like creature and he desperately attempts to find a cue.

Horror · Not Rated · 64 minutes · 1943

55 - The Ghost

A woman and her lover murder her husband, a doctor. Soon, however, strange things start happening, and they wonder if they really killed him, or if he is coming back from the dead to haunt them.

Horror · R · 97 minutes · 1963

56 - Crimes at the Dark House

A madman kills a man who has just inherited a large estate, then impersonates his victim to gain entrance to the estate so he can murder his enemies.

Horror · Not Rated · 69 minutes · 1940

57 - The Long Hair of Death

In a 15th-century feudal village, a woman is accused of witchcraft and put to death. Her beautiful older daughter knows the real reason for the execution lies in the lord's sexual desire for her mother. After confronting the lord on the matter, she, too, is killed. A much younger daughter is spared and taken in by her mother's killers.

Horror · Not Rated · 96 minutes · 1964