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Historical horror films
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The list Historical horror films includes
The Phantom of the Opera, Carry on Screaming!, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, The Woman in Black and The Vampire Lovers.
The list consists of 70 members
and 11 sublists.
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The Phantom of the Opera
2004 film
Overview: The Phantom of the Opera is a 2004 musical romantic drama film based on Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1986 musical of the same name, which in turn is based on the 1910 French novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra by Gaston ...
Release date: 9 December 2004Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance, ThrillerDirector: Joel SchumacherProducer: Jeff Abberley, Sarah ArnottWriter: Gaston Leroux, Andrew Lloyd WebberA young soprano becomes the obsession of a disfigured and murderous musical genius who lives beneath the Paris Opéra House.
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Carry on Screaming!
1966 film by Gerald Thomas
Overview: Carry On Screaming! is a 1966 British comedy horror film, the twelfth in the series of 31 Carry On films (1958–1992). It was the last of the series to be made by Anglo-Amalgamated before the series moved ...
Release date: 16 August 1966Genre: Comedy, HorrorDirector: Gerald ThomasProducer: Frank Bevis, Peter RogersWriter: Talbot RothwellThe sinister Dr Watt has an evil scheme going. He's kidnapping beautiful young women and turning them into mannequins to sell to local stores. 0
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Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
2012 film by Timur Bekmambetov
Overview: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter is a 2012 American action horror film directed by Timur Bekmambetov and based on the novel of the same name by Seth Grahame-Smith, depicting a fictionalized history of the ...
Release date: 21 June 2012Genre: Horror, Thriller, Fantasy, ActionDirector: Timur BekmambetovCast: Benjamin Walker, Dominic Cooper, Anthony Mackie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Rufus Sewell, Marton CsokasProducer: Timur Bekmambetov, Tim BurtonWriter: Seth Grahame-SmithAbraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, discovers vampires are planning to take over the United States. He makes it his mission to e ... 0
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The Woman in Black
2012 British horror film by James Watkins
Overview: The Woman in Black is a 2012 gothic supernatural horror film directed by James Watkins from a screenplay by Jane Goldman. It is the second adaptation of Susan Hill's 1983 novel of the same name, which ...
Release date: 10 February 2012Genre: Drama, Horror, ThrillerDirector: James WatkinsCast: Emma Shorey, Molly Harmon, Ellisa Walker-Reid, Sophie Stuckey, Daniel Radcliffe, Misha HandleyProducer: Tobin Armbrust, Vic DavidWriter: Susan Hill, Jane GoldmanA young solicitor travels to a remote village where he discovers that the vengeful ghost of a scorned woman is terrorizing the locals. 0
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The Vampire Lovers
1970 horror film by Roy Ward Baker
Overview: The Vampire Lovers is a 1970 British Gothic horror film directed by Roy Ward Baker and starring Ingrid Pitt, Peter Cushing, George Cole, Kate O'Mara, Madeline Smith, Dawn Addams, Douglas Wilmer and Jon ...Release date: 4 October 1970Genre: Horror, Mystery, ThrillerDirector: Roy Ward BakerProducer: Harry Fine, Louis M. HeywardWriter: Sheridan Le Fanu, Harry FineSeductive vampire Carmilla Karnstein and her family target the beautiful and the rich in a remote area of late eighteenth-century Gemany. 0
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
1945 film by Albert Lewin
Overview: The Picture of Dorian Gray is a 1945 American supernatural horror-drama film based on Oscar Wilde's 1890 novel of the same name. Released in June 1945 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the film was directed by Albert ...
Genre: Drama, Horror, Fantasy, RomanceDirector: Albert LewinProducer: Pandro S. BermanWriter: Albert Lewin, Oscar WildeA corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all. 0
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1956 film
Overview: The Hunchback of Notre Dame (in French Notre-Dame de Paris) is a 1956 French-Italian CinemaScope film version of Victor Hugo's 1831 novel, directed by Jean Delannoy and produced by Raymond Hakim and Robert ...
Release date: 19 December 1956Genre: Horror, Drama, HistoryDirector: Jean DelannoyProducer: Raymond Hakim, Robert HakimWriter: Victor Hugo, Jean AurencheThe timeless tale of the seductive gypsy Esmeralda and the tortured hunchback Quasimodo. 0
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Crimson Peak
2015 gothic romance film directed by Guillermo del Toro
Overview: Crimson Peak is a 2015 gothic romance film directed by Guillermo del Toro and written by del Toro and Matthew Robbins. The film stars Mia Wasikowska, Tom Hiddleston, Jessica Chastain, Charlie Hunnam, and ...
Release date: 16 October 2015Genre: Horror, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller, RomanceDirector: Guillermo del ToroProducer: Guillermo del Toro, Callum GreeneWriter: Guillermo del Toro, Matthew RobbinsIn the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying ... 0
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Vampire Circus
1972 British film
Overview: Vampire Circus is a 1972 British horror film directed by Robert Young and starring Adrienne Corri, Thorley Walters and Anthony Higgins. It was written by Judson Kinberg, and produced by Wilbur Stark and ...Release date: 30 April 1972Genre: Fantasy, HorrorDirector: Robert YoungCast: Adrienne Corri, Thorley Walters, Anthony Higgins, John Moulder-Brown, Laurence Payne, Richard OwensProducer: Michael Carreras, Wilbur StarkWriter: Jud Kinberg, George BaxtAs the plague sweeps the countryside, a quarantined village is visited by a mysterious traveling circus. Soon, young children begin to disappear, and the ... 0
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1923 film
Overview: The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a 1923 American drama film starring Lon Chaney, directed by Wallace Worsley, and produced by Carl Laemmle and Irving Thalberg. The supporting cast includes Patsy Ruth Miller ...
Release date: 2 September 1923Genre: Drama, History, RomanceDirector: Wallace WorsleyProducer: Carl Laemmle, Irving ThalbergWriter: Victor Hugo, Perley Poore SheehanIn 15th-century Paris, the brother of the archdeacon plots with the gypsy king to foment a peasant revolt. Meanwhile, a freakish hunchback falls in love ... 0
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Witchfinder General
1968 film by Michael Reeves
Overview: Witchfinder General (titled onscreen as Matthew Hopkins: Witchfinder General) is a 1968 British period folk horror film directed by Michael Reeves and starring Vincent Price, Ian Ogilvy, Hilary Dwyer ...Release date: 1 May 1968Genre: Horror, History, Biography, DramaDirector: Michael ReevesProducer: Samuel Z. Arkoff, Louis M. HeywardWriter: Tom Baker, Michael ReevesA young soldier seeks to put an end to the evils caused by a vicious witch-hunter when the latter terrorizes his fiancée and kills her uncle. 0
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1931 film by Rouben Mamoulian
Overview: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a 1931 American pre-Code horror film, directed by Rouben Mamoulian and starring Fredric March, who plays a possessed doctor who tests his new formula that can unleash people's ...
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-FiDirector: Rouben MamoulianProducer: Rouben MamoulianWriter: Samuel Hoffenstein, Percy HeathDr. Jekyll faces horrible consequences when he lets his dark side run wild with a potion that transforms him into the animalistic Mr. Hyde. 0
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1941 American horror film directed by Victor Fleming
Overview: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a 1941 American horror film starring Spencer Tracy, Ingrid Bergman, and Lana Turner. The production also features Donald Crisp, Ian Hunter, Barton MacLane, C. Aubrey Smith, and ...
Release date: 12 August 1941Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-FiDirector: Victor FlemingProducer: Victor Fleming, Victor SavilleWriter: John Lee Mahin, Robert Louis StevensonDr. Jekyll allows his dark side to run wild when he drinks a potion that turns him into the evil Mr. Hyde. 0
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Countess Dracula
1971 British horror film
Overview: Countess Dracula is a 1971 British Hammer horror film directed by Peter Sasdy and starring Ingrid Pitt, Nigel Green and Lesley-Anne Down. It was produced by Alexander Paal.Release date: 31 January 1971Genre: Drama, HorrorDirector: Peter SasdyProducer: Alexander PaalWriter: Jeremy Paul, Alexander PaalIn 17th-century Hungary, elderly widow Countess Elisabeth Nádasdy maintains her misleading youthful appearance by bathing in the blood of virgins regularly ... 0
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The Blood on Satan's Claw
1971 film
Overview: The Blood on Satan's Claw is a 1971 British supernatural period folk horror film directed by Piers Haggard and starring Patrick Wymark, Linda Hayden, and Barry Andrews. Set in early 18th-century England ...Release date: 1 January 1971Genre: Horror, ThrillerDirector: Piers HaggardProducer: Peter L. Andrews, Malcolm B. HeyworthWriter: Robert Wynne-Simmons, Piers HaggardIn seventeenth-century England, the children of a village slowly convert into a coven of Devil worshipers. 0
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The VVitch: A New-England Folktale
2015 film by Robert Eggers
Overview: The Witch (stylized as The VVitch, and subtitled A New-England Folktale) is a 2015 folk horror film written and directed by Robert Eggers in his feature directorial debut. It stars Anya Taylor-Joy in her ...
Release date: 19 February 2016Genre: Horror, MysteryDirector: Robert EggersProducer: Daniel Bekerman, Thomas BenskiWriter: Robert EggersA family in 1630s New England is torn apart by the forces of witchcraft, black magic and possession. 0
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The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death
2014 film by Tom Harper
Overview: The Woman in Black: Angel of Death is a 2014 supernatural horror film directed by Tom Harper and starring Phoebe Fox, Jeremy Irvine, Helen McCrory, Adrian Rawlins, Leanne Best, and Ned Dennehy. The sc ...
Release date: 2 January 2015Genre: Drama, Horror, ThrillerDirector: Tom HarperProducer: Tobin Armbrust, Wade BarkerWriter: Jon Croker, Susan Hill40 years after the first haunting at Eel Marsh House, a group of children evacuated from WWII London arrives, awakening the house's darkest inhabitant ... 0
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The Oblong Box
1969 British film
Overview: The Oblong Box is a 1969 British gothic horror film directed by Gordon Hessler, starring Vincent Price, Christopher Lee and Alister Williamson. This was the first film to star both Price and Lee.
Release date: 11 June 1969Genre: HorrorDirector: Gordon HesslerProducer: Pat Green, Gordon HesslerWriter: Edgar Allan Poe, Lawrence HuntingtonAristocrat Julian Markham keeps his disfigured brother, Sir Edward, locked in a tower of his house. Sir Edward occasionally escapes and causes havoc around ... 0
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The Mummy
1959 British film
Overview: The Mummy is a 1959 British horror film, directed by Terence Fisher and starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. It was written by Jimmy Sangster and produced by Michael Carreras and Anthony Nelson ...Release date: 1 August 1959Genre: Horror, AdventureDirector: Terence FisherProducer: Michael Carreras, Anthony Nelson KeysWriter: Jimmy SangsterIn 1895, British archaeologists find and open the tomb of Egyptian Princess Ananka with nefarious consequences. 0
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The Man Who Laughs
1928 film
Overview: The Man Who Laughs is a 1928 American synchronized sound romantic drama film directed by the German Expressionist filmmaker Paul Leni. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a sync ...
Release date: 27 April 1928Genre: Drama, Horror, Romance, Thriller, MysteryDirector: Paul LeniProducer: Carl LaemmleWriter: Victor Hugo, J. Grubb AlexanderWhen a proud noble refuses to kiss the hand of the despotic King James in 1690, he is cruelly executed and his son surgically disfigured. 0
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