Classic Horror Movies

In 1957, Hammer breathed new life into the horror classics — Frankenstein, Dracula, The Mummy, The Wolf Man — that Universal Studios had mined so successfully in the thirties and forties. Thus began a new era of Gothic cinema in blood-curdling colour. These titles comprise the best of both of those generations of gore plus many more scares besides...

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Classic Horror Movies Film Listing

Norman Lee, Montgomery Tully, 1948-60

£11.99

The House in Marsh Road / Monkey's Paw

A double-bill of British thrillers, containing The House in Marsh Road (Montgomer...

DVD

Lewis Allen, 1944

£7.99

Must Watch Star

The Uninvited

A 1944 spine-tingler, The Uninvited stars Ray Milland, Gail Russell and Ruth Hussey. Seeking r...

DVD

Jacques Tourneur, 1957

£17.99

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Night of the Demon

A classic slice of 1950s psychological horror, Night of the Demon stars Dana Andrews as American ...

DVD

Mario Bava, Salvatore Billitteri, 1963

£13.99

Black Sabbath

An atmosphere of dread and anxiety pervades this anthology of three terrifying tales of the super...

DVD+Blu-ray

2012

£15.99

Offbeat: British Cinema's Curiosities, Obscurities and Forgott...

While critics sing from an over familiar hymn sheet...

Book

Terence Fisher, 1958

£17.99

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Dracula (Fisher, 1958)

Hammer's classic Dracula, the first in the series of their films inspired by Bram Stoker's novel ...

DVD+Blu-ray

Thorold Dickinson, 1948

£12.99

Recommended Star

The Queen of Spades

This atmospheric suspense thriller, one of the finest British films of the forties, is based on a...

DVD

Basil Dearden, Robert Hamer, 1945

£9.99

Dead of Night

Superb ghost story compilation, using material from H G Wells and E F Benson amongst others. Peop...

DVD

Terence Fisher, 1957

£20.49

Recommended Star

The Curse of Frankenstein

Hammer's phenomenally successful film - the first entry in the long line of horro...

DVD+Blu-ray

Jack Clayton, 1961

£9.49

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The Innocents

Widely considered to be one of the greatest of all ghost stories on film, The Innocents, Jack Cla...

DVD

Erle C Kenton, 1932

£11.99

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Island of Lost Souls (Masters of Cinema)

Regarded as the best screen adptation of HG Wells' classic novel The Island of Dr...

DVD+Blu-ray

Val Guest, 1955-57

£8.99

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The Quatermass Double Bill

A fine double-bill of early Hammer science-fiction featuring The Quatermass Xperi...

DVD

Victor Fleming, Rouben Mamoulian, 1932 / 1941

£7.99

Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1932 and 1941 versions)

A nice opportunity to compare two classic early adaptations of Stevenson's tale. ...

DVD

Roy Ward Baker, John Gilling, 1973

£12.49

Recommended Star

The Peter Cushing Collection

Collection of four horror features starring Peter Cushing: The Flesh and the Fien...

DVD

John Lemont, 1961

£8.99

Konga

Michael Gough turns in a memorably demented performance in this sci-fi B-movie which takes a skew...

DVD

George More O'Ferrall, Wendy Toye, 1951; 1955

£11.99

Recommended Star

Three Cases of Murder

Unseen for many years, Three Cases of Murder and Return To Glennascaul are a treat for lovers of ...

DVD

Jack Clayton, 1961

£17.99

The Innocents

Widely considered to be one of the greatest of all ghost stories on film, The Innocents, Jack Cla...

Blu-ray

Richard Bird, 1938

£8.99

The Terror

Adapted from a play by Edgar Wallace, one of the 20th century’s most successful and prolific crim...

DVD