Island of Lost Souls (1932)

Island of Lost Souls (1932)

Edward Parker (Richard Arlen) is tossed overboard by a surly and drunken sea captain at the first port-of-call, the Island of Dr. Moreau. The mysterious doctor (Charles Laughton) isn’t happy with his uninvited guest, but soon changes his mind. The island is inhabited by beast-men created by Moreau and his assistant Montgomery (Arthur Hohl) via

Song at Midnight (1937)

Song at Midnight (1937)

An acting troop, including young lead Sun Xiaoou (Chau-Shui Yee) and his girlfriend Liu Die (Xu Manli), arrives at a dilapidated theater, and are greeted by only Zheng (Wang Weilyi), the guardian of the theater and a hunchback with a monstrous appearance, that no one ever mentions. They set to work on a new opera,

Kisértetek vonata (1933)

Kisértetek vonata (1933)

A Joker pulls the emergency cord to stop the train in order to retrieve his hat that had flown out a window. This causes the train to arrive at the station late, and with no other trains coming until morning, stranding a group of passengers. Besides the Joker, the group include a newly Married Couple,

Cada loco con su tema (1939)

Cada loco con su tema (1939)

Julio César Napoleón (Enrique Herrera) is a high-strung writer of radio thriller plays. His doctor sends him away for a rest, using the name Justiniano Conquián to disguise his fame. However he mistakes an old dark mansion for the sanitarium and he is mistaken for the heir to a fortune, whose name is coincidentally Justiniano

Man Made Monster (1941)

Man Made Monster (1941)

Dan the Electrical Man (Lon Chaney Jr.) is the sole survivor of an electrical accident. He is taken in for study by Dr John Lawrence (Samuel S. Hinds), who has some pretty odd views on electricity. His partner, Dr Paul Rigas (Lionel Atwill), has even stranger views, thinking he can turn people into zombies with

Fährmann Maria (1936)

Fährmann Maria (1936)

The local ferryman meets the personification of death (Peter Voß) one night, and dies on his ferry. The town advertizes for a new ferryman, but there are no local takers as the townspeople fear an evil force roams the other side of the river. Maria (Sybille Schmitz) wanders into town, lacking papers, so is a

Supernatural (1933)

Supernatural (1933)

Black widow Ruth Rogen (Vivienne Osbourne) is executed for her three murders, with her final thoughts ones of revenge on conman Paul Bavian (Allan Dinehart) who betrayed her. Around the same time wealthy Roma Courtney (Carole Lombard) is in deep mourning from the death of her brother. Bavian, thinking he can cheat Roma out of

De Spooktrein (1939)

De Spooktrein (1939)

A Joker pulls the emergency cord to stop the train in order to retrieve his hat that had flown out a window. This causes the train to arrive at the station late, and with no other trains coming until morning, stranding a group of passengers. Besides the Joker, the group include a newly Married Couple,

The Phantom of Crestwood (1932)

The Phantom of Crestwood (1932)

High-class escort Jenny Wren (Karen Morley) intends to retire after blackmailing four of her past clients: banker Priam Andes (H.B. Warner), Eddie Mack (Richard “Skeets” Gallagher), William Jones (Gavin Gordon), and Senatorial candidate Herbert Walcott (Robert McWade). She instructs Andes to invite the other three and their significant others to his lodge for a party,

Mystery of the Wax Museum (1932)

Mystery of the Wax Museum (1932)

Ivan Igor (Lionel Atwill), a master artist of wax figures, is crippled by a fire that destroyed is greatest works. Unable to use his hands, he now oversees a group of sculptors, but his goal is always to recreate what was lost. Luck comes his way when he sees Charlotte (Fay Wray), who would be

The Cat and the Canary (1939)

The Cat and the Canary (1939)

Ten years after the death of eccentric Cyrus Norman, the family converge on his bayou mansion, cared for by Miss Lu (Gale Sondergaard), for the reading of his will by lawyer Crosby (George Zucco). The potential heirs include radio personality Wally Campbell (Bob Hope), beautiful actress Joyce Norman (Paulette Goddard), aunts Susan and Cicily (Elizabeth

Unheimliche Geschichten {Eerie Tales} (1932)

Unheimliche Geschichten {Eerie Tales} (1932)

Zealous reporter Frank Briggs (Harald Paulsen) hears a scream while driving down a road, and hops out to investigate, going to the house of inventor Mörder (Paul Wegener) who had just murdered his wife. This begins a chase that has the two passing through events from Edgar Allan Poe’s The Black Cat and The System