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The Chronological Universal Monsters

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  • Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1913)

    1. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

    191326mShort
    5.1 (459)
    Dr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of man and releases a murderer from within himself.
    DirectorHerbert BrenonStarsKing BaggotJane GailMatt Snyder
  • Lon Chaney and Patsy Ruth Miller in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)

    2. The Hunchback of Notre Dame

    19232h 13mPassed
    7.2 (6.5K)
    In 15th-century Paris, the brother of the archdeacon plots with the gypsy king to foment a peasant revolt. Meanwhile, a freakish hunchback falls in love with a gypsy dancer.
    DirectorWallace WorsleyStarsLon ChaneyPatsy Ruth MillerNorman Kerry
  • Lon Chaney in The Phantom of the Opera (1925)

    3. The Phantom of the Opera

    19251h 33mPassed
    7.5 (21K)
    A mad, disfigured composer seeks love with a lovely young opera singer.
    DirectorsRupert JulianLon ChaneyErnst LaemmleStarsLon ChaneyMary PhilbinNorman Kerry
  • Laura La Plante in The Cat and the Canary (1927)

    4. The Cat and the Canary

    19271h 48mPassed
    7.0 (3.6K)
    Relatives of an eccentric millionaire gather in his spooky mansion on the 20th anniversary of his death for the reading of his will.
    DirectorPaul LeniStarsLaura La PlanteCreighton HaleForrest Stanley
  • Mary Philbin and Conrad Veidt in The Man Who Laughs (1928)

    5. The Man Who Laughs

    19281h 50mNot Rated
    7.6 (8.7K)
    When a proud noble refuses to kiss the hand of the despotic King James in 1690, he is cruelly executed and his son surgically disfigured.
    DirectorPaul LeniStarsMary PhilbinConrad VeidtJulius Molnar
  • The Last Warning (1928)

    6. The Last Warning

    19281h 29m
    6.8 (905)
    A producer decides to reopen a theater, that had been closed five years previously when one of the actors was murdered during a performance, by staging a production of the same play with the remaining members of the original cast.
    DirectorPaul LeniStarsLaura La PlanteMontagu LoveRoy D'Arcy
  • Conrad Veidt in The Last Performance (1929)

    7. The Last Performance

    19291h 8m
    6.6 (524)
    A middle-aged magician is in love with his beautiful young assistant, who is in love with his young protege', who turns out to be a bum and a thief.
    DirectorPál FejösStarsConrad VeidtMary PhilbinLeslie Fenton
  • Raymond Hackett and Helen Twelvetrees in The Cat Creeps (1930)

    8. The Cat Creeps

    19301h 15m
    7.0 (108)
    Disappearances and strange goings-on in a spooky old mansion.
    DirectorsRupert JulianJohn WillardStarsHelen TwelvetreesRaymond HackettNeil Hamilton
  • Bela Lugosi in Dracula (1931)

    9. Dracula

    19311h 15mPassed71Metascore
    7.3 (62K)
    Transylvanian vampire Count Dracula bends a naive real estate agent to his will, then takes up residence at a London estate where he sleeps in his coffin by day and searches for potential victims by night.
    DirectorsTod BrowningKarl FreundStarsBela LugosiHelen ChandlerDavid Manners
  • Drácula (1931)

    10. Drácula

    19311h 44mUnrated
    7.0 (5.4K)
    Centuries-old vampire Dracula preys upon the innocent Eva and her friends.
    DirectorGeorge MelfordStarsCarlos VillaríasLupita TovarBarry Norton
  • Boris Karloff, John Boles, Mae Clarke, Colin Clive, and Dwight Frye in Frankenstein (1931)

    11. Frankenstein

    19311h 10mApproved91Metascore
    7.8 (84K)
    Dr Henry Frankenstein is obsessed with assembling a living being from parts of several exhumed corpses.
    DirectorJames WhaleStarsColin CliveMae ClarkeBoris Karloff
  • Bela Lugosi in Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)

    12. Murders in the Rue Morgue

    19321h 1mPassed
    6.3 (5.7K)
    A mad scientist seeks to mingle human blood with that of an ape, and resorts to kidnapping women for his experiments.
    DirectorRobert FloreyStarsBela LugosiSidney FoxLeon Ames
  • Boris Karloff and Gloria Stuart in The Old Dark House (1932)

    13. The Old Dark House

    19321h 12mApproved
    7.0 (14K)
    Seeking shelter from a storm, five travelers are in for a bizarre and terrifying night when they stumble upon the Femm family estate.
    DirectorJames WhaleStarsBoris KarloffMelvyn DouglasCharles Laughton
  • Boris Karloff and Zita Johann in The Mummy (1932)

    14. The Mummy

    19321h 13mNot Rated
    7.0 (32K)
    A resurrected Egyptian mummy searches Cairo for the girl he believes to be his long-lost princess.
    DirectorKarl FreundStarsBoris KarloffZita JohannDavid Manners
  • Claude Rains, Gloria Stuart, William Harrigan, and Henry Travers in The Invisible Man (1933)

    15. The Invisible Man

    19331h 11mApproved87Metascore
    7.6 (42K)
    A scientist finds a way of becoming invisible, but in doing so, he becomes murderously insane.
    DirectorJames WhaleStarsClaude RainsGloria StuartWilliam Harrigan
  • The Black Cat (1934)

    16. The Black Cat

    19341h 5mNot Rated
    6.9 (14K)
    American honeymooners in Hungary become trapped in the home of a Satan-worshipping priest when the bride is taken there for medical help following a road accident.
    DirectorEdgar G. UlmerStarsBoris KarloffBela LugosiDavid Manners
  • Boris Karloff and Elsa Lanchester in Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

    17. Bride of Frankenstein

    19351h 15mApproved95Metascore
    7.8 (56K)
    Mary Shelley reveals the main characters of her novel survived: Baron Henry Frankenstein, goaded by an even madder scientist, builds his monster a mate.
    DirectorJames WhaleStarsBoris KarloffElsa LanchesterColin Clive
  • Valerie Hobson, Henry Hull, and Warner Oland in Werewolf of London (1935)

    18. Werewolf of London

    19351h 15mApproved
    6.3 (6.9K)
    After botanist Wilfred Glendon travels to Tibet in search of a rare flower, the Mariphasa, he returns to a London haunted by murders that can only be the work of bloodthirsty werewolves.
    DirectorStuart WalkerStarsHenry HullWarner OlandValerie Hobson
  • Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Lester Matthews, and Irene Ware in The Raven (1935)

    19. The Raven

    19351h 1mApproved44Metascore
    6.8 (7K)
    A brilliant surgeon with a morbid obsession for instruments of torture grows dangerously obsessed with a young socialite whose life he's saved.
    DirectorLew LandersStarsBoris KarloffBela LugosiLester Matthews
  • The Invisible Ray (1935)

    20. The Invisible Ray

    19351h 20mApproved
    6.5 (3.2K)
    A scientist becomes murderous after discovering, and being exposed to the radiation of, a powerful new element called Radium X.
    DirectorLambert HillyerStarsBoris KarloffBela LugosiFrances Drake
  • Gloria Holden in Dracula's Daughter (1936)

    21. Dracula's Daughter

    19361h 11mApproved
    6.3 (8.6K)
    When Countess Marya Zaleska appears in London, mysterious events occur that lead Dr. Von Helsing to believe that the Countess must be a vampire.
    DirectorLambert HillyerStarsOtto KrugerGloria HoldenMarguerite Churchill
  • Night Key (1937)

    22. Night Key

    19371h 8mApproved
    6.3 (1.2K)
    The inventor of a new top-of-the-line burglar alarm system is kidnapped by a gang in order to get him to help them commit robberies.
    DirectorLloyd CorriganStarsBoris KarloffWarren HullJean Rogers
  • Bela Lugosi, Dorothy Arnold, and Robert Kent in The Phantom Creeps (1939)

    23. The Phantom Creeps

    19394h 25mApproved
    4.7 (1.2K)
    A military intelligence officer and a pretty reporter try to find a scientist whose inventions can destroy the world.
    DirectorsFord BeebeSaul A. GoodkindStarsBela LugosiRobert KentDorothy Arnold
  • Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, and Basil Rathbone in Son of Frankenstein (1939)

    24. Son of Frankenstein

    19391h 39mApproved
    7.1 (13K)
    Returning to the ancestral castle long after the death of the monster, the son of Dr. Frankenstein meets a mad shepherd who is hiding the comatose creature. To clear the family name, he revives the creature and tries to rehabilitate him.
    DirectorRowland V. LeeStarsBoris KarloffBasil RathboneBela Lugosi
  • Boris Karloff and Basil Rathbone in Tower of London (1939)

    25. Tower of London

    19391h 32mApproved
    6.6 (2.3K)
    In the 15th century Richard Duke of Gloucester, aided by his club-footed executioner Mord, eliminates those ahead of him in succession to the throne, then occupied by his brother King Edward IV of England.
    DirectorRowland V. LeeStarsBasil RathboneBoris KarloffBarbara O'Neil

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