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1942 horror films
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The list 1942 horror films includes
The Ghost of Frankenstein, Cat People, The Mummy's Tomb, The Boogie Man Will Get You and Night Monster.
The list consists of 16 members
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The Mummy's Tomb
1942 film by Harold Young
Overview: The Mummy's Tomb is a 1942 American horror film directed by Harold Young and starring Lon Chaney Jr. as Kharis the mummy. Taking place 30 years after the events of The Mummy's Hand, where Andoheb (George ...
Release date: 23 October 1942Genre: Horror, Adventure, Thriller, Action, Drama, Mystery, RomanceDirector: Harold YoungProducer: Ben PivarWriter: Griffin Jay, Henry SucherThe ancient Egypt Mummy, Kharis, is transported from his homeland with the high priest Mehemet to wreak vengeance on the family who has defiled the sacred ...
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The Ghost of Frankenstein
1942 film by Erle C. Kenton
Overview: The Ghost of Frankenstein is a 1942 American horror film directed by Erle C. Kenton and starring Cedric Hardwicke, Lon Chaney Jr. and Bela Lugosi. It is the fourth film in the Frankenstein series by U ...
Release date: 13 March 1942Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-FiDirector: Erle C. KentonProducer: George WaggnerWriter: Scott Darling, Eric TaylorDr. Frankenstein's plans to replace the brain of his monster are hijacked by his scheming and malevolent assistant Ygor. 0
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Cat People
1942 film by Jacques Tourneur
Overview: Cat People is a 1942 American supernatural horror film directed by Jacques Tourneur and produced for RKO by Val Lewton. The film tells the story of Irena Dubrovna, a newly married Serbian fashion illu ...
Release date: 6 December 1942Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance, ThrillerDirector: Jacques TourneurProducer: Val LewtonWriter: DeWitt BodeenAn American man marries a Serbian immigrant who fears that she will turn into the cat person of her homeland's fables if they are intimate together. 0
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The Corpse Vanishes
1942 film by Wallace Fox
Overview: The Corpse Vanishes is a 1942 American mystery horror film starring Bela Lugosi, directed by Wallace Fox, and written by Harvey Gates. Lugosi portrays a mad scientist who injects his aging wife (played ...Release date: 8 May 1942Genre: Sci-Fi, HorrorDirector: Wallace FoxCast: Bela Lugosi, Luana Walters, Tristram Coffin, Elizabeth Russell, Minerva Urecal, Angelo RossittoProducer: Jack Dietz, Sam KatzmanWriter: Sam Robins, Gerald Schnitzer 0
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The Boogie Man Will Get You
1942 film by Lew Landers
Overview: The Boogie Man Will Get You is a 1942 American comedy horror film directed by Lew Landers and starring Boris Karloff and Peter Lorre. It was the final film Karloff made under his contract with Columbia ...Release date: 22 October 1942Genre: Comedy, HorrorDirector: Lew LandersProducer: Colbert ClarkWriter: Hal Fimberg, Robert B. HuntA young divorcee tries to convert a historic house into a hotel despite its oddball inhabitants and dead bodies in the cellar. 0
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Night Monster
1942 film by Ford Beebe
Overview: Night Monster is a 1942 American black-and-white horror film featuring Bela Lugosi and produced and distributed by Universal Pictures Company. The movie uses an original story and screenplay by Clarence ...Release date: 20 October 1942Genre: Mystery, Horror, ThrillerDirector: Ford BeebeProducer: Clarence Upson Young, Ford Beebe 0
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Bowery at Midnight
1942 film by Wallace Fox
Overview: Bowery at Midnight is a 1942 American Monogram Pictures horror film directed by Wallace Fox and starring Bela Lugosi and John Archer. The film was re-released by Astor Pictures in 1949.Release date: 30 October 1942Genre: Thriller, Sci-Fi, Romance, Horror, CrimeDirector: Wallace FoxProducer: Jack Dietz, Sam KatzmanWriter: Gerald Schnitzer, Sam RobinsKindly soup kitchen operator and professor of criminology Bela Lugosi uses his soup kitchen as a front... 0
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Escape from Hong Kong
1942 American comedy film
Overview: Escape from Hong Kong is a 1942 American comedy horror film.Release date: 15 May 1942Genre: Adventure, ActionDirector: William NighProducer: Roy Chanslor, Marshall GrantThree American vaudeville entertainers become involved with spies in Hong Kong, just before Pearl Harbor. 0
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The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
1942 film by William Nigh
Overview: The Strange Case of Doctor Rx is a 1942 black-and-white murder mystery/horror B film by Universal Studios directed by William Nigh and starring Patric Knowles, Lionel Atwill, Anne Gwynne, Ray "Crash" ...Release date: 17 April 1942Genre: Mystery, Horror, ComedyDirector: William NighProducer: Alex Gottlieb, Clarence Upson YoungPrivate eye Jerry Church is hired by a criminal defense lawyer after five mobsters he has gotten acquitted are apparently strangled by a serial killer ... 0
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Dr. Renault's Secret
1942 film by Harry Lachman
Overview: Dr. Renault's Secret is a 1942 American horror mystery film. The story was written by William Bruckner and Robert Metzler. It is loosely based on the 1911 novel Balaoo by Gaston Leroux. The production ...Release date: 19 October 1942Genre: Sci-Fi, Horror, Mystery, RomanceDirector: Harry LachmanCast: J. Carrol Naish, Shepperd Strudwick, Lynne Roberts, George Zucco, Carmen Beretta, Eugene BordenProducer: Sol M. WurtzelWriter: William Bruckner, Robert F. MetzlerDr. Larry Forbes visits the château of Dr. Robert Renault, uncle of his fiancée Madelon, who is idolized by Renault's assistant, a strange émigré from ... 0
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The Undying Monster
1942 film by John Brahm
Overview: The Undying Monster, also known as The Hammond Mystery, is a 1942 American mystery horror film directed by John Brahm and written by Lillie Hayward and Michel Jacoby, based on Jessie Douglas Kerruish's ...
Release date: 27 November 1942Genre: Horror, Drama, Mystery, ThrillerDirector: John BrahmProducer: Bryan Foy, William GoetzWriter: Lillie Hayward, Michael JacobySurviving members of an aristocratic English family are threatened by a legendary monster when they venture out on chilly, foggy nights. 0
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The Mad Monster
1942 film by Sam Newfield
Overview: The Mad Monster is a 1942 American black and white horror film, produced and distributed by "Poverty Row" studio Producers Releasing Corporation. The film stars George Zucco, Glenn Strange, Johnny Downs ...
Release date: 8 May 1942Genre: Sci-Fi, Horror, Drama, RomanceDirector: Sam NewfieldProducer: Sigmund NeufeldWriter: Fred MytonA mad scientist changes his simple-minded handyman into a werewolf in order to prove his supposedly crazy scientific theories - and exact revenge. 0
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The Mad Doctor of Market Street
1942 film by Joseph H. Lewis
Overview: The Mad Doctor of Market Street is a 1942 American horror film produced by Universal Pictures starring Lionel Atwill. The film was a low-budget project that utilized the studio's contract players and ...Release date: 27 February 1942Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Horror, ComedyDirector: Joseph H. LewisProducer: Paul MalvernWriter: Al MartinA mad scientist is forced to leave San Francisco when his experiments become known. He lands on a tropical island... 0
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The Hidden Hand
1942 film by Benjamin Stoloff
Overview: The Hidden Hand is a 1942 comedy horror film directed by Benjamin Stoloff, starring Craig Stevens, Elisabeth Fraser and Julie Bishop.Release date: 7 November 1942Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Horror, Romance, Sci-FiDirector: Benjamin StoloffProducer: William JacobsWriter: Anthony Coldeway, Raymond L. SchrockPeter Thorne ( 0
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Man with Two Lives
1942 film by Phil Rosen
Overview: Man with Two Lives is a 1942 American film directed by Phil Rosen and written by Joseph Hoffman.Release date: 13 March 1942Genre: Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime, Sci-FiDirector: Phil RosenProducer: Joseph Hoffman, A.W. HackelA man is brought back from death at the same time a vicious criminal dies in the electric chair. However, the man's soul is now taken over by the ... 0
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The Living Ghost
1942 film by William Beaudine
Overview: The Living Ghost is a 1942 American mystery-drama film directed by William Beaudine and produced by Monogram Pictures. Starring James Dunn and Joan Woodbury, the film incorporates elements of the horror ...Release date: 27 November 1942Genre: Mystery, Horror, Crime, Adventure, ActionDirector: William BeaudineProducer: A.W. HackelWriter: Howard Dimsdale, Joseph HoffmanWise-cracking ex-detective Nick Trayne is called in to try to find the whereabouts of wealthy kidnap victim Walter Craig... 0
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