Get ready to remember some of the biggest thrills and chills from yesteryear, through these posters and ads for some of the top vintage horror movies — great to watch at Halloween… or any time you want a little scare!
Vintage horror movies: The scary films and spooky flicks from years past
Balaoo the Demon Baboon (1913)
This fascinating take of the weirdest animal ever created
Vintage horror movies: The Dead Secret (1913)
In the Toils of The Devil (1913)
Mortmain, with Robert Edeson (1915)
Old horror flicks: The Devil (1915)
Lon Chaney in Phantom of the Opera (1925)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
Frankenstein: The classic film with Boris Karloff (1931)
Frankenstein… The man who made a monster (1931)
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Bela Lugosi Dracula movie (1931)
Poe’s Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)
The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
The weird tale of Zaroff — half-mad hunter… and his mysterious island!
Classic Boris Karloff in The Mummy (1932)
Vintage horror comedy movie The Old Dark House (1932)
Travelers on a mountain road overtaken by a thunderstorm and torrential rain seek shelter in a mysterious old mansion.
Karloff in Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
The Man with Nine Lives, with Boris Karloff (1940)
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Vintage horror movies: Diabolical “Dr. Cyclops” (1940)
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The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942) / Son of Dracula (1943)
The Beast with Five Fingers (1946)
Horror of Dracula (1958)
The Return of Dracula (1958) / The Flame Barrier (1958)
The Spider (1958)
The Fiend Who Walked the West (1958)
The Fly, with Vincent Price (1958)
Ten Seconds to Hell (1959)
Return of the Fly (1958) / The Alligator People (1959)
Horrors of the Black Museum (1959)
The Mummy (1959)
Brides of Dracula (1960)
House of Fright – aka The Two Faces of Dr Jekyll (1960)
Edgar Allan Poe’s House of Usher (1960)
Vintage psychological horror: Psycho (1960)
The 3rd Voice: It’s diaboli-kill (1960)
The Birds (1963)
