13 Supernatural Classics Shot in Shocking Black and White

The heart-clutching dread of a nameless HORROR! From the resting place of the dead, IT comes! Do THEY ever return to possess the living? SCREAM—stop yourself if you can! These are just a few of the foreboding vintage headlines meant to scare audiences out of eating their popcorn even before the apparitions started, and they weren't even in Technicolor. Every single one of these movies will give you nightmares in black and white.

When it comes to hauntings, there are certain advantages black and white film has in bringing the dead back to life. Light and shadow can play some pretty spooky tricks on the eye. Ghosts are often portrayed as nebulous and transparent to begin with. With no color to contrast them against, spectral silhouettes make you think twice about whether you're seeing things (until glass shattering and a high-pitched scream in the background suggest you aren't). The cumulative effect suspends disbelief in a way no CGI technology can.

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