Horror Film Countdown: The Mummy (1932)
The Mummy (1932), dir. Karl Freund, Universal Pictures Ten year before the Mummy hit theaters, America was in a pop culture obsession with Ancient Egypt. […]
Horror Film Countdown
Horror Film Countdown: Frankenstein (1931)
Frankenstein (1931), dir. James Whale, Universal Pictures With Dracula earning record profits, Universal opted to cash in on the horror craze with another adaptation of […]
Horror Film Countdown: Dracula (1931)
Dracula (1931), dir. Tod Browning, Universal Pictures Considered by some to be the first ‘proper’ Universal Horror film, or at least the first to establish […]
Horror Film Countdown: The Cat and the Canary (1927)
The Cat and the Canary (1927), dir. Paul Leni, Universal Pictures With this we move into another genre of horror. We’ve seen madmen, vampires, Frankenstein, […]
Horror Film Countdown: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1912)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1912), dir. Lucius Henderson, Thanhouser Compnay. While not the first film adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s famed story, this is […]
Horror Film Countdown: Wolf Blood (1925)
Wolf Blood (1925), dir. Bruce Mitchell and George Chesebro, Ryan Brothers Production/Lee-Bradford Corporation. While not the first werewolf film (that would be 1913’s The Werewolf), […]
Horror Film Countdown: Nosferatu (1922)
Nosferatu, (1922), dir. F.W. Murnau, Film Arts Guild Technically not the first vampire film, as that honor would go to the 1921 Hungarian film The […]
Horror Film Countdown: Frankenstein (1910)
Frankenstein (1910), dir. James Searle Dawley, Edison Manufacturing Company The first adaptation of Mary Shelly’s famed novel sets the bar. Not very high, mind you, […]
Horror Film Countdown: The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
A few years ago I covered Horror Host‘s for NonPro, so I’ve decided that this year we should take a look at some of the […]