Sin portadaThark (1948)Mrs Frush complains to Sir Hector Benbow that Thark, the large country house she has bought from him, is haunted. Investigators and occupants spend a tense night searching for the spook.
Podobizna (1948)People are afraid of the usurer Chazaj and are convinced that he is the bearer of evil. One day Chazaj pays a visit to the poor artist Simon Jordán and asks him to paint his portrait. Simon agrees but as he progresses with the work his mind conjures up terrible thoughts and in the end he commits suicide. The portrait looks lifelike and Chazaj is content with the results. After Chazaj's death the picture changes hands and brings misfortune to all who own it. The last victim is the young painter Roman who buys Chazaj's portrait in a bazaar. He finds a treasure in the frame and begins to live well off it. The comfortable life suits him so well that he rejects his original artistic aims and becomes a painter of fashionable kitsch.
The Monkey's Paw (1948)The monkey's paw can make wishes come true. But not in the ways people expect. Note this should not be confused with the 1948 film with the same name.
Castle Sinister (1948)During the War, a British agent travels to the remote Glennye Castle in the wilds of Scotland to investigate a mysterious murder by a masked phantom. Who or what is the phantom? And how are the Germans involved?
Miedo a la muerte (1947)El Dr. Josef Van Ee dirige una institución mental privada en donde él y su hijo, Ward, mantienen a su nuera, Laura, en contra de su voluntad. Laura está convencida de que su marido intenta aterrorizarla, pero Ward asegura que necesita de su ayuda
Frenzy (1946)A spooky seance is held to discover the whereabouts, and the killer, of a sculptor's wife.
The Cat Creeps (1946)A black cat is suspected of being possessed by the spirit of a elderly murdered woman.
The Unknown (1946)"The Unknown" was the final entry in Columbia’s I Love A Mystery series. A woman hires two detectives to keep her alive long enough to claim her inheritance.
Scared Stiff (1945)A meek reporter happens upon a murder, an escaped gangster and a stolen jade chess set.
Misterio en la noche (1945)David Fielding, que ha perdido recientemente a su esposa, se muda a un nuevo barrio bajo una nube de sospechas. Muchos creen que la muerte de su esposa en un accidente de coche no fue un accidente. Elizabeth Howard, la institutriz que contrata para cuidar de sus hijos, se propone averiguar la verdad. Cuando otros asesinatos parecen seguir a David hasta su nueva ciudad, Elizabeth investiga con la ayuda del hijo de David, Barnaby.
La isla de la muerte (1945)Un variopinto grupo de personas queda aislado en una pequeña isla griega, al declararse una cuarentena debido a una epidemia de septicemia, enfermedad mortal cuyos síntomas son escalofríos, náuseas, etc. (FILMAFFINITY)
Barba Azul (1944)Un peligroso asesino, apodado Barba Azul, tiene aterrorizados a los habitantes de París. A todos menos a Lucille, una modesta costurera que, desoyendo el clamor popular, decide salir a dar un paseo nocturno por la ciudad. Gracias a ello conocerá a Gaston Morrell, un titiritero que le ofrecerá trabajo como modista en su espectáculo de marionetas. La llegada de Lucille a la compañía provocará los inevitables celos de Renee, la amante de Gaston. Lo que ninguna de las dos conoce es que Gaston posee una cara oculta que desearían no conocer jamás.
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1943)A man of mystery known only as Doctor Terror recounts seven stories from his casebook of personal encounters with evil and the supernatural.
Drums of Fu Manchu (1943)Feature version of the 1940 Republic serial, about Fu Manchu's attempt to conquer Asia.
La mano del diablo (1943)Un artista en apuros compra un talismán que le da amor, fama y riqueza. El talismán es una mano izquierda cortada, y funciona perfectamente, de hecho, mágicamente. Pero, por supuesto, no hay nada gratis en este mundo, y después de un año, el diablo viene y pide lo que le corresponde.
La casa encantada (1943)La hermosa hermana de Glimpy se casa con Jack, un ingeniero joven, y deciden mudarse a una casa suburbana que ninguno de los dos había visto hasta entonces. Durante la luna de miel, los niños del barrio este de Nueva York deciden arreglar la casa para los recién casados, pero erróneamente adornan la casa "encantada", que está justo al lado de su casa, y que a su vez es ocupada por algunos hombres misteriosos. Al llegar de la luna de miel, los recién casados se meten en la casa adornada pensando que es la suya...
The Fall of the House of Usher (1942)Curtis Harrington's student film based on the Edgar Allan Poe short story.
Spellbound (1941)A young man's fiancé dies after contracting a terminal illness, and in his efforts to contact her he gets involved with a group of spiritualists.
El corazón delator (1941)Adaptación del clásico relato de Poe en el que, tras cometer un asesinato, un hombre cree escuchar continuamente en su cabeza los latidos de su víctima.
The Ghost Train (1941)Mismatched travellers are stranded overnight at a lonely rural railway station. They soon learn of local superstition about a phantom train which is said to travel these parts at dead of night, carrying ghosts from a long-ago train wreck in the area.
El gato negro (1941)La anciana Henrietta Winslow vive en una solitaria mansión con su ama de llaves y sus queridos gatos. A medida que falla su salud, los codiciosos parientes se reúnen esperando su muerte.
พรายตะเคียน (1940)In a quiet riverside village, rumors spread that a takian tree is haunted, and that its spirit has begun walking among the living as a beautiful but terrifying apparition. When the ghostly woman appears, everyday routines collapse into paranoia and slapstick panic, with villagers bolting through fields, hiding wherever they can, and turning on each other in their scramble to survive the night. A flickering, fragmentary glimpse of early Thai horror where comedy and dread share the same shadow.
Danse Macabre (1940)The dead and the skeletons, coming out of the ground, indulge in playful dance to the music of Camille Saint-Saëns, and rejoice in the terror that they inspire.
打雀遇鬼 (1940)Ching Kwok-yuen, a bird hunter, sees a female ghost harming people and shoots her to scare her away. The female ghost harbors a grudge and waits for a chance to retaliate, but soon the female ghost disguises herself as a woman who sacrifices her husband in front of a grave in order to seduce Kwok-yuen, who falls for the plan and marries the female ghost.
আনারবালা (1940)Agya Betal (Syed Jan), the demonic ruler of Maldweep, kidnaps Anarbala (Shanta Kashmiri), the daughter of Maharaja Madan Singh (Abdul Rahim Pahelwan), and keeps her hidden away in a magic city where monsters worship the goddess Narka Kumari while sacrificing devotees of the god Vishnu.
Sin portadaThe Monkey's Paw (1939)British television adaptation of W.W. Jacobs‘ short story from 1939.
The Devil's Daughter (1939)Sylvia Walton returns from Harlem to take over a Jamaican plantation from her vindictive half-sister, amid the growing sound of drums.
De spooktrein (1939)A group of travelers find themselves stranded for the night at a deserted train station, which according to the old stationmaster, has been haunted for the last 20 years.
The Face at the Window (1939)In 1880, the criminal called The Wolf is responsible for a murderous rampage in France. When the Brisson Bank is robbed in Paris and the employee Michelle is murdered, the wealthy Chevalier Lucio del Gardo is the only chance to save the bank. Chevalier proposes to the owner M. de Brisson to deposit a large amount of gold, but in return he would like to marry his daughter Cecile. However, Cecile is in love with the efficient clerk Lucien Cortier that belongs to the lower classes and refuses the engagement. In order to get rid off the rival, Chevalier uses evidences to incriminate Lucien, manipulating the incompetent Parisian chief of police.
Jeepers Creepers (1939)Police officer Porky is called to investigate strange noises at a house that might be haunted. Before he arrives, we tour the house and hear some evil-sounding cackles, which, it turns out, are coming from a radio – one that a ghost was listening to. The ghost then sings the title song while getting ready for a night of haunting, just as Porky arrives. The ghost invites him in with a woman's voice, then disappears. Porky comes in and gets spooked by some flapping curtains. When he comes back in, the ghost puts a couple of frogs into a pair of shoes and sets them loose; they collect a hatrack and a curtain, forming a sort of black ghost that ultimately scares Porky upstairs, right into the arms of the ghost.
El gato y el canario (1939)Veinte años después de la muerte de un excéntrico multimillonario su familia es llamada para la lectura de su testamento. De hecho, se trata de una grabación hecha de él mismo realizada antes de su muerte, donde nombra como su heredera a su familiar más lejano. La única condición impuesta es que mantenga la mente sana, pero por la noche la aparición de fantasmas hará que todos empiecen a dudar de su cordura.
La torre de Londres (1939)En el siglo XV, Ricardo, Duque de Gloucester (Basil Rathbone), ayudado por su patizambo verdugo Mord (Boris Karloff), elimina a todos aquellos que se le enfrentan en la sucesión al trono, entonces ocupado por su hermano el Rey Eduardo IV de Inglaterra. Cada vez que lleva a cabo un asesinato, disfruta eliminado una de las figuritas que tiene colocadas en la sala del trono de su casa de muñecas, cuyo aspecto se asemeja a cada uno de los posibles sucesores al trono, hasta que queda sólo la suya. Después de la muerte de Eduardo se convierte en Ricardo III, Rey de Inglaterra. Sólo le falta derrotar al exiliado enrique Tudor para mantener el poder.
Sin portadaDoctor X (1938)David Bradley made this fan film when he was just sixteen. Apparently, he had not seen the original before embarking on the project.
恐怖之夜 (1938)After a flood, the Sea Charity Association sends Liu Hao Ming to a village to direct the burial of corpses. Hao Ming meets the singer Ruyun and her father there, and advises Ruyun not to sing a beautiful song, but to sing “The Beauty of Yu” instead, which Ruyun obeys to the full applause of the audience, but arouses the displeasure of a butcher, Sa-zuo, and others. When the flood comes again, the village people go to Shanghai to evacuate. Sa-zuo and the others ask Hao-ming for help, and Hao-ming leads them to an empty mansion to spend the night, where they run into Ruyun's father and learn that Ruyun has been separated. A female ghost haunts the house and they all escape from the house. Hao Ming does not see Ruyun's father and goes back to look for him, but he sees that the female ghost is Ruyun.
Sin portadaThe Ghost Train (1937)A group of travellers stranded at a remote railway station are menaced by what appears to be a phantom train.
La Dame de pique (1937)Russia, 1835. Lieutenant Hermann, a compulsive gambler, is fascinated by an infallible martingale held by Countess Tomski, nicknamed The Queen of Spades. The day Hermann wants to wring the secret from her, the countess dies of fear. Following this tragic scene, Hermann sinks into dementia. Luckily, Lisa, his frail lover, brings him back to life and happiness.
Shadow of Chinatown (1936)Feature version of the 1936 serial starring Bela Lugosi. A European importing firm resorts to devious extremes to run its Chinese competition out of business.
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1936)Primera versión sonora sobre el mito popular Sweeney Todd, barbero asesino que degollaba y robaba a sus victimas en complicidad con su vecina, la señora Lovett que los hacía desaparecer como pasteles de carne. Adapta la pieza teatral de George Dibdin-Pitt de 1847 a mayor gloria del divo Tod Slaughter, que representó al personaje por más de cuatro mil representaciones y resulta un buen ejemplo del terror puramente británico de los años 30 de siglo XX. En 1979 la historia sería reconvertida en un siniestro y memorable musical por Stephen Sondheim, basado a su vez en una obra precedente de Christopher Bond de 1973.
El Golem (1936)El Golem, un ser gigantesco creado por un rabino a partir de la arcilla, adquiere vida para proteger a los judíos de Praga de la persecución.
