This October, I’m going to be doing something a little bit different with my contribution to 4 Shots From 4 Films. I’m going to be taking a little chronological tour of the history of horror cinema, moving from decade to decade.
Today, we look at the latter half of the 1940s.
4 Shots From 4 Horror Films
Strangler of the Swamp (1946, dir by Frank Wisbar)
House of Horrors (1946, dir by Jean Yarbrough)
She-Wolf of London (1946, dir by Jean Yarbrough)
Scared To Death (1947, dir by Christy Cabanne)
This October, I’m going to be doing something a little bit different with my contribution to 4 Shots From 4 Films. I’m going to be taking a little chronological tour of the history of horror cinema, moving from decade to decade.
Today, we look at the latter half of the 1940s.
4 Shots From 4 Films
Strangler of the Swamp (1946, dir by Frank Wisbar)
House of Horrors (1946, dir by Jean Yarbrough)
She-Wolf of London (1946, dir by Jean Yarbrough)
Scared To Death (1947, dir by Christy Cabanne)
As many of you Dear Readers know by now, classic horror has always been my favorite genre. From the Universal Monsters to Bug-Eyed Aliens to Freddie Krueger and friends (fiends?), a good scary movie is a good time! Even a bad scary movie can be fun, if I’m in the right mood. So here are six (count ’em), yes six horror films I’ve recently watched, with some great horror actors and directors at their best (and worst!):
MIRACLES FOR SALE
(MGM 1939, D: Tod Browning)
The first great horror director, Browning teamed with Lon Chaney Sr. in the silent era to shock audiences with films like LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT and THE UNHOLY THREE. He kicked off the Golden Age of Sound Horror with DRACULA, followed by the controversial FREAKS. MIRACLES FOR SALE was his last film, and while it’s more of a locked-room mystery, it’s loaded with those bizarre Browning…
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