HDC Presents: 100 Years of Horror

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As we debate over the final films for the 40s shortlist, here's the first list from the second era.



FIRST SET OF THE SECOND ERA - THE 50s

Here's the first set of films from the second era of horror (easily the most popular one as well), through 1950 till 1959.

I have omitted those films which scored less than 50 votes on IMDB.

Again, a few noteworthy short films and TV films (some animated) have been added.


Choose 20 from the following and send me your PM:

20 Million Miles to Earth (1957)
4D Man (1959)
A Bucket of Blood (1959)
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)
Alraune (1952)
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)
Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957)
Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959)
Attack of the Puppet People (1958)
Beast from Haunted Cave (1959)
Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla (1952)
Black Cat Mansion (1958)
Blood of Dracula (1957)
Blood of the Vampire (1958)
Bride of the Gorilla (1951)
Bride of the Monster (1955)
Caltiki the Undying Monster (1959)
Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic Invaders (1953)
Cat Girl (1957)
Cat-Women of the Moon (1953)
Claws for Alarm (1954 Short Film)
Corridors of Blood (1958)
Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
Creature with the Atom Brain (1955)
Cult of the Cobra (1955)
Curse of the Demon (1957)
Curse of the Faceless Man (1958)
Curse of the Undead (1959)
Daikaijû Baran (1958)
Daughter of Dr. Jekyll (1957)
Day the World Ended (1955)
De dødes tjern (1958)
Dementia (1955)
Diabolique (1955)
Donovan's Brain (1953)
Dr. Jerkyl's Hide (1954 Short Film)
Dracula in Istanbul (1953)
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956)
Earth vs. the Spider (1958)
El ataúd del Vampiro (1958)
El hombre y el monstruo (1959)
El vampiro (1957)
Experiment in Evil (1959 TV Movie)
Fiend Without a Face (1958)
Final Curtain (1957 Short Film)
First Man Into Space (1959)
Five (1951)
Francis in the Haunted House (1956)
Frankenstein - 1970 (1958)
Frankenstein's Daughter (1958)
From Hell It Came (1957)
Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow (1959)
Ghost Ship (1952)
Giant from the Unknown (1958)
Godzilla (1954)
Godzilla Raids Again (1955)
Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956)
Gog (1954)
Half Human (1958)
Horror of Dracula (1958)
Horrors of the Black Museum (1959)
House by the River (1950)
House of Wax (1953)
House on Haunted Hill (1959)
How to Make a Monster (1958)
I Bury the Living (1958)
I Married a Monster from Outer Space (1958)
I Was a Teenage Frankenstein (1957)
I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957)
Indestructible Man (1956)
Invaders from Mars (1953)
Invasion of the Animal People (1959)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Invasion of the Saucer Men (1957)
Invisible Invaders (1959)
It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955)
It Came from Outer Space (1953)
It Conquered the World (1956)
It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958)
Jack the Ripper (1959)
Jû jin yuki otoko (1955)
Kronos (1957)
La maldición de la momia azteca (1957)
La momia azteca (1957)
Lust of the Vampire (1956)
Macabre (1958)
Man Beast (1956)
Mesa of Lost Women (1953)
Monster from the Ocean Floor (1954)
Monster on the Campus (1958)
My World Dies Screaming (1958)
Night of the Blood Beast (1958)
Night of the Ghouls (1959)
Not of This Earth (1957)
Outrage (1950)
Phantom of the Rue Morgue (1954)
Pharaoh's Curse (1957)
Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)
Quatermass II: Enemy from Space (1957)
Rear Window (1954)
Return of the Fly (1959)
Return to Glennascaul (1953 Short Film)
Revenge of the Creature (1955)
Rodan (1956)
Scared Stiff (1953)
She Demons (1958)
She Devil (1957)
Space Master X-7 (1958)
Spook Chasers (1957)
Swamp of the Lost Souls (1957)
Swamp Women (1956)
Tales of Frankenstein (1958 Short Film)
Tarantula (1955)
Target Earth (1954)
Teenage Monster (1958)
Teenage Zombies (1959)
Teenagers from Outer Space (1959)
Tempi duri per i vampiri (1959)
Terror Is a Man (1959)
The Abominable Snowman (1957)
The Alligator People (1959)
The Amazing Colossal Man (1957)
The Astounding She-Monster (1957)
The Aztec Mummy Against the Humanoid Robot (1958)
The Bad Seed (1956)
The Bat (1959)
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)
The Beast of Hollow Mountain (1956)
The Beast with a Million Eyes (1955)
The Black Castle (1952)
The Black Pit of Dr. M (1959)
The Black Scorpion (1957)
The Black Sleep (1956)
The Blob (1958)
The Body Snatcher (1957)
The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters (1954)
The Brain Eaters (1958)
The Brain from Planet Arous (1957)
The Bride and the Beast (1958)
The Colossus of New York (1958)
The Crawling Eye (1958)
The Creature Walks Among Us (1956)
The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
The Cyclops (1957)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
The Deadly Mantis (1957)
The Depths (1957)
The Disembodied (1957)
The Fly (1958)
The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake (1959)
The Gamma People (1956)
The Ghost of Yotsuya (1959)
The Giant Behemoth (1959)
The Giant Claw (1957)
The Giant Gila Monster (1959)
The Haunted Strangler (1958)
The Head (1959)
The Headless Ghost (1959)
The Hideous Sun Demon (1959)
The H-Man (1958)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956)
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
The Killer Shrews (1959)
The Living Coffin (1959)
The Mad Magician (1954)
The Man from Planet X (1951)
The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959)
The Man Who Turned to Stone (1957)
The Man Without a Body (1957)
The Manster (1959)
The Maze (1953)
The Mole People (1956)
The Monolith Monsters (1957)
The Monster of Piedras Blancas (1959)
The Monster That Challenged the World (1957)
The Mummy (1959)
The Neanderthal Man (1953)
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
The Night the Banshee Cried (1957 Short Film)
The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues (1955)
The Quatermass Xperiment (1955)
The Return of Dracula (1958)
The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)
The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent (1957)
The Screaming Skull (1958)
The She-Creature (1956)
The Snow Creature (1954)
The Son of Dr. Jekyll (1951)
The Strange Door (1951)
The Strange World of Planet X (1958)
The Stranglers of Bombay (1959)
The Tell-Tale Heart (1953 Short Film)
The Thing from Another World (1951)
The Thing That Couldn't Die (1958)
The Tingler (1959)
The Turn of the Screw (1959 TV Movie)
The Undead (1957)
The Unearthly (1957)
The Unknown Terror (1957)
The Vampire (1957)
The War of the Worlds (1953)
The Wasp Woman (1959)
The Werewolf (1956)
The Witch (1952)
The Woman Eater (1958)
The Woman Vampire (1959)
Them! (1954)
This Island Earth (1955)
Three Cases of Murder (1955)
Ugetsu (1953)
Valkoinen peura (1952)
Vampire Over London (1952)
Voodoo Island (1957)
Voodoo Woman (1957)
War of the Colossal Beast (1958)
X: The Unknown (1956)
Zombies of Mora Tau (1957)

[neverending]

This was the hardest job so far, mainly because of the preponderance of sci-fi films in the list. Just for my own prsonal methodology, in order to cut down on numbers, I rejected outright all comedies, and then limited myself to one film per series, such as Hammer's Dracula and Frankenstein films. I tried eliminating all films which would be considered primarily science fiction, such as The Day the Earth Stood Still and War of the Worlds, but I still found myself including other science fiction fare such as Godzilla and Invasion of the Body Snatchers.

[_____V_____]

First list of 20 chosen ones has come in. Thank you, NE.

I forgot to add 1 more film to the master list (reading NE's reply reminded me of it). Duly added now.

[realdealblues]

I agree with Neverending on this one.

In the 1950's the new horror was Science Fiction. Giant Monsters like Godzilla, Them! and even The Blob were the new "horrifying" monsters. So, I too tried to eliminate what I considered "General Science Fiction" and kept those that I felt the horror element was prominent within the Science Fiction.

The 50's will probably the toughest decade.

[roshiq]

Mercilessly I have just made a short-list...but it's still a list of 30!!:confused:

[hammerfan]

I'll get my list to you tonight, V.

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Second list has come in, thanks to realdealblues.

Anyone wish to back some choices for the final spots in the 40s debate in the previous page?

[_____V_____]

Three more lists have come in since I was online last - thank you swiss tony, hammerfan & fortunato.

Keep the lists coming, folks. But I need your inputs to finalise the top 20 for the 40s as well. Any support for the discussions in the previous page?

[Straker]

Should have my list finished either later today or tomorrow.... Still have a couple of spots that I'm undecided on.

[roshiq]

Just sent mine; it was kinda sad & brutal to eliminate some of the favorites.:(