News reporter Walter Garrett (Wayne Morris) discovers the dead body of Angela Merrova (Lya Lys), but when she turns up alive, though strangely pale, he is fired. He goes to his friend, Dr. Mike Rhodes (Dennis Morgan), for help, which prompts Rhodes to investigate strange murders where the victims all had “type 1” blood. This
The Return of the Vampire (1944)
In 1918, Lady Jane Ainsley (Frieda Inescort) assists in the staking of the vampire, Armand Tesla (Bela Lugosi), which frees his werewolf slave, Andreas (Matt Willis). Twenty-three years later, a German bomb opens Tesla’s grave and the stake is removed, returning him to un-life. He quickly puts Andreas under his thrall, and sets out to
Revenge of the Creature (1955)
Another expedition up the Amazon finds a gill man, subdues it, and takes it to an aquarium. There it is gawked at by the public and experimented on until it escapes, taking a beautiful graduate student (Lori Nelson) with him. Quick Review: While it is questionable to place Creature from the Black Lagoon as a
Son of Frankenstein (1939)
Baron Wolf Frankenstein (Basil Rathbone), the son of the late doctor Frankenstein, travels to “Middle Europe,” with his wife Elsa (Josephine Hutchinson) and son Peter (Donnie Dunagan), to take possession of the family castle. Like his father, he is a scientist and experimenter, and he has a fanatical desire to prove that his father was
The Uninvited (1944)
A brother and sister (Ray Milland, Ruth Hussey) purchase a beautiful seaside house for far less than it is worth from Commander Beech (Donald Crisp). Beech’s granddaughter Stella (Gail Russel) is obviously unhappy about the sale, thinking of the house as hers, the only connection to her dead mother. It seems Stella’s father was an
Vampyr (1932)
The Walking Dead (1935)
Gangsters assassinate a judge and frame an ex-con, John Ellman (Boris Karloff). Two witnesses are too frightened to testify until it is too late and he is electrocuted, but fanatic scientist Evan Beaumont (Edmund Gwenn) resurrects him. Ellman comes back without his memory, but with knowledge of who is responsible for his death. Soon, the
Werewolf of London (1935)
Botonist Wilfred Glendon (Henry Hull) is bitten by a werewolf while searching for a rare moon-blossoming plant in Tibet. Upon his return to London, he is approached by Dr. Yogami (Warner Oland) and warned that there are now two werewolves in London, and the only hope for both are the flowers from the strange planet,
The Wolf Man (1941)
Zombies on Broadway (1945)
When, as a publicity stunt, Jerry Miles and Mike Streger (Wally Brown & Alan Carney) advertise they will have a real zombie at the opening of the new club, The Zombie Hut, their boss, an ex-gangster (Sheldon Leonard), makes them travel to the island of St. Sebastian to find one.