HDC Presents: 100 Years of Horror

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Thanks, HF. We have found our 19th film from the 30s.

Just 1 more.


DEBATABLE

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

Bucket of Blood (1932) - 3 (backed by Despare)
Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932) - 3 (backed by Fearonsarms)
The Devil-Doll (1936) - 3 (backed by Fearonsarms)
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, seconded by Fearonsarms)
The Golem (1936) - 2
The Invisible Ray (1936) - 2 (backed by neverending, seconded by Despare, realdealblues, The Ugly Duchess)

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 (seconded by Fearonsarms)
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

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Still waiting to find our 20th chosen film from the 30s, while I await more entries from the 1940s.

Here's the master list for those who might have missed it...

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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We have 2 true contenders for the final spot from the 30s - The Ghoul & The Invisible Ray.

This is in addition to the 4 dark horses already backed by HDC-ians.

Waiting to find the one final film to seal the 20th spot from the 1930s. Then we can move into the 40s.

[roshiq]

Originally Posted by _____V_____

MINORITY

The Black Room (1935) - roshiq
The Man They Could Not Hang (1939) - roshiq
The Man Who Lived Again (1936) - roshiq
The Walking Dead (1936) - roshiq

I would love to see the above 4 on the final list...all were great treats for the Karloff fans. Except the Black Room, the rest 3 were 3 best Karloff's Mad Scientist films...I just loved them, The Man They Could Not Hang comes with a story that may be fairly conventional and routine in today's genre standard, but there are some splendid moments in the house of Karloff menacing his "guests" and letting each one know how long he or she has to live; somewhat like a intriguingly take on Agatha Christie's timeless classic "Ten Little Indians/And Then There Were None".
The Man Who Lived Again aka The Man Who Changed His Mind was another highly entertaining addition to the king's Mad Scientist movies. And this time not only Karloff but also Frank Cellier, as Lord Haslewood, walks away with the picture whenever the duo is on screen. And with somewhat like a film noir mystery & dark atmospheric background, The Walking Dead was highly original in its premise that starts off a bit slowly but soon builds itself to a beautiful, memorable conclusion.

But if I have to pick one, then just for being a good Karloff fan, I'd pick The Black Room; though it comes with a quite traditional set up but it showcases one the best & pretty rare performances from (If I'm not mistaken, I think this is the only film where) the King of Horror on a double role of playing twin brothers: one good-one evil! And that makes it a must see, IMO.

[Fearonsarms]

V sorry to be a nuisance but can I change my backing of The Devil's Daughter? I only backed it (which I should have said so before) because it was the first horror movie to feature an all black cast. So though it was very significant, if you take it as a movie it is pretty bad and doesn't really deserve inclusion just for that. I don't think anyone else will vote for it anyway.

[Fearonsarms]

If it's ok with V as above I'll second Roshiq's backing for The Black Room. Great argument Roshiq :)

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Done.

We now have 3 true contenders for the final spot from the 30s - The Ghoul, The Invisible Ray & The Black Room.

This is in addition to the 3 dark horses already backed, 2 by Fearonsarms and 1 by Despare.

Anyone else willing to second one of the contenders to seal the final spot?

[realdealblues]

Out of those 3...I would back The Invisible Ray.

[The Ugly Duchess]

Originally Posted by realdealblues

Out of those 3...I would back The Invisible Ray.

The same for me.

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Thank you, realdealblues and Duchess. We have found our 20th and final film from the 30s. List above is edited accordingly.

We shall move into the 40s in a couple of days, just to give time to others who might be in the process of compiling their last-minute lists for the 40s.

I have received 9 lists for the 40s so far. You have 48 more hours, guys!