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146) IT'S A DISASTER
(2013 dir. Todd Berger) Date Seen: April 30 2013

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145) THE COLLECTION
(2012 dir. Marcus Dunstan) Date Seen: April 29 2013

144) THE COLLECTOR
(2009 dir. Marcus Dunstan) Date Seen: April 29 2013

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143) THE PERFECT GAME
(2009 dir. William Dear) Date Seen: April 28 2013

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142) FISH OUT OF WATER
(2009 dir. Ky Dickens) Date Seen: April 27 2013

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141) TWO ISLANDS
(2013 dir. Jan Ijäs) Date Seen: April 26 2013

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140) OH WILLY...
(2013 dir. Emma De Swaef) Date Seen: April 25 2013

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139) 

ERRORS OF THE HUMAN BODY

(2013 dir. Eron Sheean) Date Seen: April 24 2013

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138) SCARY MOVIE 5
(2013 dir. Malcolm D. Lee) Date Seen: April 23 2013

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137) TRANCE
(2013 dir. Danny Boyle) Date Seen: April 22 2013

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136) OBLIVION
(2013 dir. Joseph Kosinski) Date Seen: April 21 2013

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135) ANTIVIRAL
(2013 dir. Brandon Cronenberg) Date Seen: April 20 2013

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134) DISCONNECT
(2013 dir. Henry Alex Rubin) Date Seen: April 19 2013

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133) FROM UP ON POPPY HILL
(2013 dir. Goro Miyazaki) Date Seen: April 18 2013

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132) REPO MAN
(1984 dir. Alex Cox) 4th Viewing: April 17 2013

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131) GINGER & ROSA
(2013 dir. Sally Potter) Date Seen: April 16 2013

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130) TO THE WONDER
(2013 dir. Terrence Malick) Date Seen: April 15 2013

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129) POST TENEBRAS LUX
(2013 dir. Carlos Reygadas) Date Seen: April 14 2013

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128) EVIL DEAD
(2013 dir. Fede Alvarez) Date Seen: April 13 2013

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127) 42
(2013 dir. Brian Helgeland) Date Seen: April 12 2013

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126) IN ANOTHER COUNTRY
(2012 dir. Sang-soo Hong) Date Seen: April 11 2013

BEST HORROR MOVIES OF THE 40s

A continuation of the Decades of Horror Ranked by Genre series that began here. Click the following links to see past Horror posts at the Wandering Image: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s... 

#30-29 = quite good

#28-12 = great

#11-9 = top shelf liquor

#8-1 = God tier

the countdown:

30.            DR. CYCLOPS

29.            SCAREDY CAT

28.       THE BLACK CAT (1941)

27.THE INVISIBLE MAN RETURNS

26.       THE AMAZING MR. X

25.      HOUSE OF HORRORS

                  THE TOWER

   OF THE SEVEN HUNCHBACKS

24.  [LA TORRE DE LOS SIETE JOROBADOS]

23.

  THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY

22.               BEDLAM

21.     THE QUEEN OF SPADES

20.       HANGOVER SQUARE

19.         ISLE OF THE DEAD

18.    THE GHOST BREAKERS

                  FRANKENSTEIN 

17.      MEETS THE WOLF MAN

16.       THE GHOST SHIP (1943)

15.     THE UNDYING MONSTER

14.      THE BODY SNATCHER

               DR. JEKYLL 

13.AND MR. HYDE  (1941)

                

          CARNIVAL OF SINNERS

12.[LA MAIN DU DIABLE]

                 THE LEGEND 

11.  OF SLEEPY HOLLOW (1949)

10.        THE UNINVITED (1944)

9.         THE WOLF MAN (1941)

8.        THE SPIRAL STAIRCASE

7.        THE SEVENTH VICTIM

6.      I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE

5.              THE RED HOUSE

4.              ABBOT AND

COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN

3.          DEAD OF NIGHT (1945)

2.           CAT PEOPLE (1942)

1.          THE LEOPARD MAN

*****

recap

TOP 30

1. THE LEOPARD MAN (1943)
2. CAT PEOPLE (1942)
3. DEAD OF NIGHT (1945)
4. ABBOTT & COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN (1948)
5. THE RED HOUSE (1947)
6. I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE (1943)
7. THE 7TH VICTIM (1943)
8. THE SPIRAL STAIRCASE (1946)
9. THE WOLF MAN (1941)
10. THE UNINVITED (1944)
11. DISNEY LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW (1949)
12. THE DEVIL'S HAND (1943)
13. DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE (1941)
14. THE BODY SNATCHER (1945)
15. THE UNDYING MONSTER (1942)
16. THE GHOST SHIP (1943)
17. FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE WOLF MAN (1943)
18. THE GHOST BREAKERS (1940)
19. ISLE OF THE DEAD (1945)
20. HANGOVER SQUARE (1945)
21. THE QUEEN OF SPADES (1949)
22. BEDLAM (1946)
23. PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY (1945)
24. LA TORRE DE LOS SIETE JOROBADOS (1944)
25. HOUSE OF HORRORS (1946)
26. THE AMAZING MR. X (1948)
27. THE INVISIBLE MAN RETURNS (1940)
28. THE BLACK CAT (1941)
29. SCAREDY CAT (1948)
30. DR. CYCLOPS (1940)

RETURN OF THE VAMPIRE (1943), THE LODGER (1944), MAHAL aka MANSION (1949), INVISIBLE GHOST (1941), THE BRUTE MAN (1946), BLUEBEARD (1944), HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1944). PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1943), THE BEAST WITH FIVE FINGERS (1946), STRANGLER OF THE SWAMP (1946), THE WOMAN IN WHITE (1948), THE FROZEN GHOST (1945), HOUSE OF DRACULA (1945)

MIXED BAG - WORTH WATCHING!

MAN-MADE MONSTER (1941), THE MUMMY'S TOMB (1942), THE MONSTER & THE GIRL (1941), THE MUMMY'S HAND (1940), THE DEVIL COMMANDS (1941), CAPTIVE WILD WOMAN (1943), WEIRD WOMAN (1944), THE APE (1940), DONALD DUCK & THE GORILLA (1944)