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30 Movies That Defined Early Horror Film

Thirty movies that defined the horror genre in it's early days. Not necessarily always the best films we got in the 1940s or earlier, but certainly the ones that were on the tips of everyone's tongue at the time.
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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
2
The Golem: How He Came Into the World (1920)
The Golem: How He Came Into the World (1920)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
3
Häxan (1922)
Häxan (1922)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
4
Nosferatu (1922)
Nosferatu (1922)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
5
The Hands of Orlac (1924)
The Hands of Orlac (1924)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
6
The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
7
The Unknown (1927)
The Unknown (1927)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
8
The Fall of the House of Usher (1928)
The Fall of the House of Usher (1928)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
9
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
10
Dracula (1931)
Dracula (1931)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
11
Frankenstein (1931)
Frankenstein (1931)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
12
Island of Lost Souls (1932)
Island of Lost Souls (1932)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
13
The Mummy (1932)
The Mummy (1932)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
14
The Old Dark House (1932)
The Old Dark House (1932)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
15
Vampyr (1932)
Vampyr (1932)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
16
White Zombie (1932)
White Zombie (1932)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
17
King Kong (1933)
King Kong (1933)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
18
The Invisible Man (1933)
The Invisible Man (1933)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
19
The Black Cat (1934)
The Black Cat (1934)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
20
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
21
Mad Love (1935)
Mad Love (1935)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
22
The Devil-Doll (1936)
The Devil-Doll (1936)
Rotten Tomatoes®   79%
23
Son of Frankenstein (1939)
Son of Frankenstein (1939)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
24
The Wolf Man (1941)
The Wolf Man (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
25
Cat People (1942)
Cat People (1942)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
26
I Walked With a Zombie (1943)
I Walked With a Zombie (1943)
Rotten Tomatoes®   85%
27
The Seventh Victim (1943)
The Seventh Victim (1943)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
28
The Uninvited (1944)
The Uninvited (1944)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
29
Dead of Night (1945)
Dead of Night (1945)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
30
The Body Snatcher (1945)
The Body Snatcher (1945)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
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