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White Zombie is considered the first feature-length zombie film and has been described as the archetype and model of all zombie movies. [2] [3] A number of Hollywood actors made a name for themselves in horror films of this decade, in particular Bela Lugosi (Dracula, 1931) and Boris Karloff (Frankenstein, 1931).
1930s horror drama films (1 P) H. 1930s historical horror films (2 P) M. 1930s mystery horror films (2 P) S. 1930s science fiction horror films (13 P)
A film poster for Dracula (1931), the film that created a wave of American horror films in the 1930s. In 1924, British producer Hamilton Deane premiered a stage version of Dracula at the Grand Theatre in Derby, England. [28] An American version had premiered on Broadway in 1927 and featuring actor Bela Lugosi as Count Dracula.
The Old Dark House is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy horror film directed by James Whale. Based on the 1927 novel Benighted by J.B. Priestley, the film features an ensemble cast that includes Boris Karloff, Melvyn Douglas, Gloria Stuart, Charles Laughton, Lilian Bond, Ernest Thesiger, Raymond Massey and Eva Moore.
Writing for The Spectator in 1935, Graham Greene described the film as "absurd and exciting", and "wildly artificial."Greene praised both the acting of Karloff and the direction of Neill, noting that Karloff had been given a long speaking part and "allowed to act at last", and that Neill had "caught the genuine Gothic note" in a manner that displayed more historical sense than any of Alexander ...
[26] Todd Kristel of the online film database AllMovie gave the film four and a half stars out of five, writing that it "isn't the easiest classic film to enjoy, even if you are a fan of 1930s horror movies", but, "If you're patient with the slow pacing and ambiguous story line of Vampyr, you'll find that this film offers many striking images ...
The renewed interest in horror films led to new works, starting with Son of Frankenstein (1939). [4] [5] [6] Film poster for Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948). Author Megan De Bruin-Molé said that it was one of the many 1940s films from Universal whose narrative suggested a world where all the characters from their earlier horror ...
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:1932 films. It includes 1932 films that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. This category is for horror films released in the year 1932 .