Favorite Horror Movies of the 1940s

By: Paul Johnson

1. I Walked with a Zombie (Jacques Tourneur)
2. The Devil and Daniel Webster (William Dieterle)
3. Cat People (Jacques Tourneur)
4. The Leopard Man (Jacques Tourneur)
5. Curse of the Cat People (Robert Wise)
6. The Body Snatcher (Robert Wise)
7. The Seventh Victim (Mark Robson)
8. Man Made Monster (George Waggner)
9. Son of Dracula (Robert Siodmak)*
10. Strangler of the Swamp (Frank Wishbar)*
11. Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein (Charles Barton)
12. Isle of the Dead (Mark Robson)
13. Picture of Dorian Gray (Albert Lewin)
14. The Wolf Man (George Waggner)
15. Dr. Cyclops (Ernest Schoedsack)
16. The Monster and the Girl (Stuart Heisler)*
17. Hangover Square (John Brahm)
18. The Mysterious Doctor (Benjamin Stoloff)*
19. The Devil Commands (Edward Dmytryk)*
20. The Mummy’s Curse (Leslie Goodwins)*
21. Ghost of Frankenstein (Erle C. Kenton)*
22. The Ghost Ship (Mark Robson)
23. Weird Woman (Reginald Le Borg)*
24. Beast with Five Fingers (Robert Florey)
25. Abbott and Costello meet the Killer (Charles Barton)
26. Mighty Joe Young (Ernest Schoedsack)
27. The Vampire’s Ghost (Lesley Selander)*
28. The Invisible Man Returns (Joe May)*
29. Hold That Ghost (Arthur Rubin)*
30. Lady and the Monster (George Sherman)*
31. Calling Dr. Death (Reginald Le Borg)*
32. The Undying Monster (John Brahm)*
33. House of Frankenstein (Erle C. Kenton)*
34. The Uninvited (Lewis Allen)
35. House of Dracula (Erle Kenton)
36. The Ape Man (William Beaudine)
37. Before I Hang (Nick Grinde)*
38. Pillow of Death (Wallace Fox)*
39. The Mummy’s Hand (Christy Cabanne)*
40. Phantom of the Opera (Arthur Lubin)*
41. The Frozen Ghost (Harold Young)*
42. Night Monster (Ford Beebe)*
43. Strange Confession (John Hoffman)*
44. Dark Eyes over London (Walter Summers)*
45. The Corpse Vanishes (Wallace Fox)*
46. The Black Cat (Albert Rogell)*
47. Return of the Vampire (Lew Landers)*
48. The Mad Monster (Sam Newfield)*
49. Dead Men Walk (Sam Newfield)*