List of horror films from the 1940s

The list of horror films of the 1940s gives a chronological overview of productions made in this genre between 1940 and 1949 . When using it, it should be noted that the majority of the films listed overlap with related genres from the field of fantasy such as science fiction and fantasy , but also crime films and comedy . The list does not claim to be complete.

1940

title	Director	Country of production
Dr. Cyclops	Ernest B. Schoedsack	United States
Black Friday	Arthur Lubin	United States
Son of Ingagi	Richard C. Kahn	United States
The invisible woman	A. Edward Sutherland	United States
The invisible returns	Joe May	United States
You'll find out	David Butler	United States

1941

title	Director	Country of production
Doctor and demon	Victor Fleming	United States
The Devil Commands	Edward Dmytryk	United States
Lord of the Zombies - Island of the Living Dead	Jean Yarbrough	United States
Topper 2 - The Haunted Castle	Roy Del Ruth	United States
The wolf man	George Waggner	United States

1942

title	Director	Country of production
Frankenstein returns	Alder C. Kenton	United States
The haunted house	Franz Schnyder	Switzerland
Cat people	Jacques Tourneur	United States
My wife the witch	René Clair	United States
The night with the devil	Marcel Carné	France
The devil's hand	Maurice Tourneur	France

1943

title	Director	Country of production
Dracula's son	Robert Siodmak	United States
Frankenstein meets the wolf man	Roy William Neill	United States
I followed a zombie	Jacques Tourneur	United States
Phantom of the opera	Arthur Lubin	United States
The Return of the Vampire	Lew Landers	United States

1944

title	Director	Country of production
The Curse of the Cat People	Robert Wise , Gunther von Fritsch	United States
Frankenstein's house	Alder C. Kenton	United States
The Canterville Ghost	Jules Dassin	United States
The Lady and the Monster	George Sherman	United States
The creepy guest	Lewis Allen	United States
The invisible takes revenge	Ford Beebe	United States
Voodoo Man	William Beaudine	United States

1945

title	Director	Country of production
The portrait of Dorian Gray	Albert Lewin	United States
Dracula's house	Alder C. Kenton	United States
Ghost comedy	David Lean	United Kingdom
Dream without end	Alberto Cavalcanti , Charles Crichton , Basil Dearden , Robert Hamer	United States

1946

title	Director	Country of production
The beast with the five fingers	Robert Florey	United States
The Catman of Paris	Lesley Selander	United States
The Flying Serpent	Sam Newfield	United States
The Mask of Diijon	Lew Landers	United States

1947

title	Director	Country of production
A ghost on free feet	Joseph L. Mankiewicz	United States
Haunted castle	Hans H. Zerlett	Germany

1948

title	Director	Country of production
Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein	Charles Barton	United States
Panic about King Kong	Ernest B. Schoedsack	United States

See also

• List of ghost movies
• List of slasher films
• List of splatter films
• List of vampire films
• List of werewolf films
• Zombie movie

Individual evidence

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