HDC Presents: 100 Years of Horror

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For those who lost the 40s list, here it is again. It will be up for the next 9-10 days as we debate over the final slots for the 20s and take the 30s up. Feel free to send me a PM listing your choices from this period.


LAST SET OF THE FIRST ERA - THE 40s

Here's the third set of films, through 1940 up to 1949.

Again, those films which did not get even a single vote on IMDB have been omitted.

A few noteworthy short films (some animated) have been added again.


Choose 20 from the following and send me your PM:

A Light in the Window (1942)
And Then There Were None (1945)
Bedlam (1946)
Before I Hang (1940)
Black Friday (1940)
Black Magic (1944)
Bluebeard (1944)
Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
Calling Dr. Death (1943)
Captive Wild Woman (1943)
Castle Sinister (1948)
Cat People (1942)
Crazy Knights (1944)
Cry of the Werewolf (1944)
Daughter of Darkness (1948)
Dead Man's Eyes (1944)
Dead Men Walk (1943)
Dead of Night (1945)
Devil Bat's Daughter (1946)
Devil Monster (1946)
Dr. Cyclops (1940)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
Dr. Renault's Secret (1942)
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1943)
Dragonwyck (1946)
Fog Island (1945)
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)
Ghost Catchers (1944)
Gildersleeve's Ghost (1944)
Hangover Square (1945)
Hay muertos que no hacen ruido (1946)
Herencia macabra (1940)
Horror Island (1941)
House of Darkness (1948)
House of Dracula (1945)
House of Frankenstein (1944)
House of Horrors (1946)
I Married a Witch (1942)
I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
Invisible Ghost (1941)
Isle of the Dead (1945)
Jungle Woman (1944)
King of the Zombies (1941)
La herencia de la Llorona (1947)
La main du diable (1943)
La torre de los siete jorobados (1944)
Lady of Burlesque (1943)
Le loup des Malveneur (1943)
Linnaisten vihreä kamari (1945)
Man in Black (1949)
Man Made Monster (1941)
Man with Two Lives (1942)
Master Minds (1949)
Night Monster (1942)
Nijiotoko (1949)
O Louco (1945)
Old Mother Riley's Ghosts (1941)
One Body Too Many (1944)
Phantom of the Opera (1943)
Pillow of Death (1945)
Rebecca (1940)
Return of the Ape Man (1944)
Revenge of the Zombies (1943)
Sanbon yubi no otoko (1947)
Secret Beyond the Door... (1947)
She-Wolf of London (1946)
Son of Dracula (1943)
Son of Ingagi (1940)
Sortilèges (1945)
Spooks Run Wild (1941)
Spuk im Schloß (1947)
Strange Confession (1945)
Strangler of the Swamp (1946)
The Ape (1940)
The Ape Man (1943)
The Beast with Five Fingers (1946)
The Black Cat (1941)
The Body Snatcher (1945)
The Boogie Man Will Get You (1942)
The Brute Man (1946)
The Catman of Paris (1946)
The Climax (1944)
The Corpse Vanishes (1942)
The Creeper (1948)
The Curse of the Wraydons (1946)
The Devil Bat (1940)
The Devil Commands (1941)
The Door with Seven Locks (1940)
The Face of Marble (1946)
The Fall of the House of Usher (1949)
The Feathered Serpent (1948)
The Flying Serpent (1946)
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)
The Ghost Breakers (1940)
The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)
The Ghost Ship (1943)
The Ghost Train (1941)
The Greed of William Hart (1948)
The Headless Woman (1947)
The Hidden Hand (1942)
The Invisible Man Returns (1940)
The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944)
The Jade Mask (1945)
The Jungle Captive (1945)
The Lady and the Monster (1944)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1949 Animated Short)
The Leopard Man (1943)
The Living Ghost (1942)
The Lodger (1944)
The Mad Doctor of Market Street (1942)
The Mad Ghoul (1943)
The Mad Monster (1942)
The Mask of Diijon (1946)
The Monkey's Paw (1948)
The Monster and the Girl (1941)
The Monster Maker (1944)
The Mummy's Curse (1944)
The Mummy's Ghost (1944)
The Mummy's Hand (1940)
The Mummy's Tomb (1942)
The Mysterious Doctor (1943)
The Night Comes Too Soon (1947)
The Night Has Eyes (1942)
The Phantom Speaks (1945)
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
The Portrait (1948)
The Queen of Spades (1949)
The Red House (1947)
The Return of the Vampire (1944)
The Seventh Victim (1943)
The Snow Man (1940 Animated Short)
The Soul of a Monster (1944)
The Spider Woman Strikes Back (1946)
The Spiral Staircase (1945)
The Strange Case of Doctor Rx (1942)
The Tell-Tale Heart (1941 Short)
The Undying Monster (1942)
The Uninvited (1944)
The Vampire's Ghost (1945)
The Wolf Man (1941)
Things Happen at Night (1947)
Third Dimensional Murder (1941 Short)
Uncle Silas (1947)
Unknown Island (1948)
Unusual Tales (1949)
Valley of the Zombies (1946)
Voodoo Man (1944)
Woman Who Came Back (1945)
Ye ban ge sheng xu ji (1941)
Yotsuya kaidan (1949)
Yotsuya kaidan, Part II (1949)
You'll Find Out (1940)
Zombies on Broadway (1945)

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Here are the ones vying for our attention for the final 3 spots from the first period of horror - 1890s to 1920s. The ones getting the backing are marked in bold.


DEBATABLE

The Monkey's Paw (1923) - 4
Waxworks (1924) - 4

Bluebeard (1901, Short) - 3
Le Manoir du Diable (1896) - 3 (backed by fortunato, seconded by Fearonsarms)
The Golem (1915) - 3
The Hands of Orlac (1924) - 3
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1922) - 3
The Lodger (1927) - 3
The Lost World (1925) - 3


MINORITY

A Page of Madness (1926) - 2 (backed by fortunato, seconded by neverending)
Dante's Inferno (1911) - 2 (backed by Fearonsarms, seconded by fortunato)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920, Sheldon Lewis) - 2
The 400 Tricks of the Devil (1906, Short) - 2 (backed by Straker)
The Monster (1925) - 2
The Penalty (1920) - 2
The Student of Prague (1913) - 2
The Terror (1928) - 2
The Unknown (1927) - 2
The Wizard (1927) - 2

A Blind bargain (1922) - The Ugly Duchess
Der Januskopf (1920) - neverending
Destiny (1921) - roshiq
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1912, Short) - The Villain
Eerie Tales (1919) - Fearonsarms
House of Horror (1929) - hammerfan
Salome (1923) - Fearonsarms
The Dark Mirror (1920) - The Ugly Duchess
The Haunted Castle (1921) - fortunato
The Headless Horseman (1922) - The Villain
The Man Who Cheated Life (1926) - roshiq
The Sealed Room (1909) - Straker
The Unholy Night (1929) - The Ugly Duchess
Wolf Blood (1925) - Chronogrl


So far, 2 films look to seal their spots. 1 more remains to be selected.

Chip in with your thoughts, folks!

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Anyone else willing to second a backed choice from the first period?

[Fearonsarms]

Not the best quality but you can check out Dante's Inferno (1911) here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bo4T3GUL9I0

I don't think I explained before that not only is it the first Italian horror film, it's also the world's oldest surviving feature length film.

[fortunato]

I'll back Dante's Inferno (1911). In addition to what Fearonsarms said, it's also significant in being an adaptation of Dante's work, which would go on to inform horror cinema in countless ways.

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Thank you, fearonsarms and fortunato. We have our chosen 20 from the first period. We will revisit this period in the end when we finalise the Honorable Mentions.


Let's now move into the decade of the 1930s. Summation for this era is as follows:-

Total number of lists received = 9.

IN THE CUT

Dracula (1931) - 9
Frankenstein (1931) - 9
Freaks (1932) - 9
The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) - 9
Vampyr (1932) - 9

King Kong (1933) - 8
The Black Cat (1934) - 8
The Invisible Man (1933) - 8

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) - 7
M (1931) - 7
Mad Love (1935) - 7
The Mummy (1932) - 7

The Raven (1935) - 6

Island of Lost Souls (1932) - 5
Maniac (1934) - 5
White Zombie (1932) - 5


DEBATABLE

Dracula (1931) Spanish - 4
Dracula's Daughter (1936) - 4
Son of Frankenstein (1939) - 4 (backed by hammerfan, seconded by neverending)
The Old Dark House (1932) - 4 (backed by neverending)
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933) - 4

Bucket of Blood (1932) - 3
Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932) - 3
The Devil-Doll (1936) - 3
Werewolf of London (1935) - 3


MINORITY

Mark of the Vampire (1935) - 2
Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933) - 2
The Ghoul (1933) - 2 (backed by neverending)
The Golem (1936) - 2
The Invisible Ray (1936) - 2 (backed by neverending)

A Shot in the Dark (1935) - Chronogrl
Black Moon (1934) - The Ugly Duchess
Doctor X (1932) - The Ugly Duchess
I Accuse (1938) - fortunato
Night of Terror (1933) - Despare
Revolt of the Zombies (1936) - hammerfan (-1)
The Bells (1931) - Fearonsarms
The Black Room (1935) - roshiq
The Cat and the Canary (1939) - Despare
The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street (1936) - Fearonsarms
The Devil's Daughter (1939) - Fearonsarms
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939) Rathbone/Bruce - hammerfan
The Human Monster (1939) - The Ugly Duchess
The Man They Could Not Hang (1939) - roshiq
The Man Who Lived Again (1936) - roshiq
The Monkey's Paw (1933) - Chronogrl
The Thirteenth Guest (1932) - Chronogrl
The Vampire Bat (1933) - hammerfan
The Walking Dead (1936) - roshiq
Witches Night (1937) - Fearonsarms


16 films have made it in, by a vote percentage of over 50%.

We need to select FOUR more films from the other two sections (preferably from the DEBATABLE section), and 6 Honorable Mentions from the rest.

I have posted the names of the HDC-ians who sent in their unique choices, i.e., those which got only 1 vote, and that vote was theirs only.

Please post your reasons for choosing your unique films, your backing for the MINORITY & DEBATABLE selections, and why you feel your chosen ones should be included in the 4 remaining spots.

OR

If everyone is in agreement, we can go for FOUR choices from the FIVE films with 4 votes into the final selection. That way we end up with our selected 20.

So, go ahead. Post your views.

[hammerfan]

I would like to see Son of Frankenstein make the cut. It's my favorite of the franchise - I've always been a big fan of Basil Rathbone.

[neverending]

Son of Frankenstein is a MUST. It completes the Frankenstein trilogy, and contains a lot of the imagery that we remember.

The Old Dark House is also a must. All star cast and a tremendously wicked script combine to make a movie well worth watching.

The Ghoul and The Invisible Ray both have great performances from the King of Horror.

I'd also like to argue AGAINST Revolt of the Zombies. It's a really crappy low budget piece of junk.

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Thanks, guys. Original list duly edited.

[Straker]

I'll happily back/ second:

Son of Frankenstein
The Old Dark House
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse