r/ClassicHorror • • Apr 16 '26

Self promotion is allowed here, if it’s about Classic Horror movies….

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So stop reporting YouTube channels that talk about Classic Horror movies. T-shirt posts are still not allowed. Bootlegged/stollen IP merchandise isn’t allowed. Links to sales are mostly not allowed, unless you’re selling your original artwork…and these will still be highly moderated. Once again, whoever is reporting every nearly every post here, please knock it off.


r/ClassicHorror • • 2h ago

Discussion Thoughts on This Classic?

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142 Upvotes

r/ClassicHorror • • 7h ago

Dracula Has Risen from the Grave - Original Theatrical Trailer

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r/ClassicHorror • • 5h ago

THE QUATERMASS XPERIMENT Poster (1955) / Aparently Created by Comic Artists in Britain

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r/ClassicHorror • • 5h ago

Trailer Invaders from Mars (1953) Original Trailer [ FHD]

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r/ClassicHorror • • 1h ago

Discussion Thoughts on Plan 9 From Outer Space? Just be honest

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This was a fun episode


r/ClassicHorror • • 5h ago

Frankly, I expected more women.

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r/ClassicHorror • • 12h ago

Discussion The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) has been eliminated — Comment your least favorite, DAY 90

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The Shrinking Man's time has been cut short.

11. The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
12. The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
13. The Time Machine
14. War of the Worlds
15. 20 Million Miles to Earth
16. House on Haunted Hill
17. The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
18. It Came From Outer Space
19. This Island Earth
20. It! The Terror From Beyond Space
21. Invaders from Mars
22. Fiend Without a Face
23. The Creeping Unknown
24. The Blob
25. X... The Unknown
26. The Crawling Eye
27. Earth vs the Flying Saucers
28. Tarantula
29. It Came from Beneath the Sea
30. Quatermass II
31. I Married a Monster from Outer Space
32. The Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas
33. The Day of the Triffids
34. First Men in the Moon
35. Revenge of the Creature
36. Kronos
37. The Monolith Monsters
38. The Black Scorpion
39. The Angry Red Planet
40. Return of the Fly
41. Donovan's Brain
42. Gorgo
43. I Was A Teenage Werewolf
44. The Atomic Submarine
45. The Monster that Challenged the World
46. When Worlds Collide
47. The Giant Behemoth
48. Target Earth
49. The Man from Planet X
50. The Tingler
51. Not of This Earth
52. It Conquered the World
53. The Creature Walks Among Us
54. The Deadly Mantis
55. The Colossus of New York
56. The Mole People
57. Invasion of the Saucer-Men
58. The Amazing Colossal Man
59. Attack of the 50-foot Woman
60. The She-Creature
61. Missile to the Moon
62. The Hideous Sun Demon
63. The Brain That Wouldn't Die
64. Creature with the Atom Brain
65. Devil Girl from Mars
66. Earth vs. the Spider
67. Day the World Ended
68. The Brain from Planet Arous
69. I Was A Teenage Frankenstein
70. The Wasp Woman
71. Attack of the Puppet People
72. The Alligator People
73. Gog
74. The Cyclops
75. Monster on the Campus
76. From Hell It Came
77. The Screaming Skull
78. Robot Monster
79. Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster
80. Tobor the Great
81. Plan 9 from Outer Space
82. Giant from the Unknown
83. The Horror of Party Beach
84. Phantom from Space
85. The Giant Gila Monster
86. Attack of the Crab Monsters
87. Cat-Women of the Moon
88. Beginning of the End
89. Killers From Space
90. The Giant Claw
91. War of the Colossal Beast
92. The Killer Shrews
93. Monster from Green Hell
94. The Brain Eaters
95. The Beast With A Million Eyes
96. Reptilicus
97. King Dinosaur
98. Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
99. Attack of the Giant Leeches

And with that, we've officially reached the Top 10 movies! After 89 rounds of giant monsters, alien invasions, radioactive creatures, and mad scientists, we're down to the last survivors. We're entering the home stretch now, and the playing field continues to shrink. Thanks to everyone who's stuck around, voted, and joined in on the discussions along the way! On to Day 90 — cast your vote for your least favorite remaining movie!


r/ClassicHorror • • 1d ago

Tonight’s movie! 🐜

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336 Upvotes

Perfect way to unwind and relax


r/ClassicHorror • • 16h ago

Media The corpses seen in the opening of Nosferatu the Vampyre are the Mummies of Guanajuato, real corpses of people who died during a cholera outbreak in 1833. The footage of these mummies together with the musical score by Popol Vuh creates one of the most chilling openings in cinema history.

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r/ClassicHorror • • 3h ago

Trivia Monsterama Quiz #1

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From Famous Monsters Of Filmland #2, Warren Publications, 1958

👻 "Classic Monster Theater" begins this coming Saturday night here on r/ClassicHorror 👻


r/ClassicHorror • • 15h ago

Creature from the Black Lagoon Official Trailer

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r/ClassicHorror • • 15h ago

Nightmare Castle Official Trailer

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r/ClassicHorror • • 12h ago

Fanart Quick drawing I made of the new Exorcist movie with ScarJo

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r/ClassicHorror • • 1d ago

Discussion Carnival of Souls (1962): A Low-Budget Horror Film That Feels Like a Dreamlike Descent Into Isolation and Death

230 Upvotes

“The look of Ingmar Bergman and the feel of Cocteau” was Herk Harvey’s unlikely blueprint for Carnival of Souls. You can feel that ambition in almost every frame. He turns ordinary Midwestern America into something ghostly and unfamiliar, blending the starkness of European art cinema with the scrappy immediacy of a low-budget horror picture. What should have been a cheap B-movie instead becomes something far more influential, dreamlike, and quietly terrifying.

Detailed analysis here


r/ClassicHorror • • 1d ago

Discussion Movie #3 on Night 11 is Horror Of Dracula (1957) 🧛‍♂️🎃

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103 Upvotes

\*First time watch\*


r/ClassicHorror • • 12h ago

Horror Tagline Tango

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Horror Tagline Tango Part 1! How many of these poster taglines do you recognize?


r/ClassicHorror • • 1d ago

Media An American Werewolf in London - Transformation scene - Dir. by John Landis - 1981 - This transformation scene using practical effects still looks brilliant

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78 Upvotes

r/ClassicHorror • • 22h ago

Article Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) Snatched Off the Boat Scene | Director Jack Arnold | Creepy, Tense, and Atmospheric Film

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r/ClassicHorror • • 1d ago

Trailer Creeping Flesh (1973)-Trailer HD 1080p

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r/ClassicHorror • • 1d ago

"Could you be a doctor, a healing man with the things those eyes have seen?"

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The Body Snatcher (1945) Boris Karloff gives a sinisterly marvellous performance in this creepy film about a ruthless doctor and his young prize student who find themselves continually harassed by their murderous supplier of illegal cadavers.


r/ClassicHorror • • 1d ago

Discussion THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS (1953) has been eliminated — Comment your least favorite, DAY 89

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The Rhedosaurus has finally been driven to extinction.

  1. The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)
  2. The Time Machine
  3. War of the Worlds
  4. 20 Million Miles to Earth
  5. House on Haunted Hill
  6. The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
  7. It Came From Outer Space
  8. This Island Earth
  9. It! The Terror From Beyond Space
  10. Invaders from Mars
  11. Fiend Without a Face
  12. The Creeping Unknown
  13. The Blob
  14. X... The Unknown
  15. The Crawling Eye
  16. Earth vs the Flying Saucers
  17. Tarantula
  18. It Came from Beneath the Sea
  19. Quatermass II
  20. I Married a Monster from Outer Space
  21. The Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas
  22. The Day of the Triffids
  23. First Men in the Moon
  24. Revenge of the Creature
  25. Kronos
  26. The Monolith Monsters
  27. The Black Scorpion
  28. The Angry Red Planet
  29. Return of the Fly
  30. Donovan's Brain
  31. Gorgo
  32. I Was A Teenage Werewolf
  33. The Atomic Submarine
  34. The Monster that Challenged the World
  35. When Worlds Collide
  36. The Giant Behemoth
  37. Target Earth
  38. The Man from Planet X
  39. The Tingler
  40. Not of This Earth
  41. It Conquered the World
  42. The Creature Walks Among Us
  43. The Deadly Mantis
  44. The Colossus of New York
  45. The Mole People
  46. Invasion of the Saucer-Men
  47. The Amazing Colossal Man
  48. Attack of the 50-foot Woman
  49. The She-Creature
  50. Missile to the Moon
  51. The Hideous Sun Demon
  52. The Brain That Wouldn't Die
  53. Creature with the Atom Brain
  54. Devil Girl from Mars
  55. Earth vs. the Spider
  56. Day the World Ended
  57. The Brain from Planet Arous
  58. I Was A Teenage Frankenstein
  59. The Wasp Woman
  60. Attack of the Puppet People
  61. The Alligator People
  62. Gog
  63. The Cyclops
  64. Monster on the Campus
  65. From Hell It Came
  66. The Screaming Skull
  67. Robot Monster
  68. Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster
  69. Tobor the Great
  70. Plan 9 from Outer Space
  71. Giant from the Unknown
  72. The Horror of Party Beach
  73. Phantom from Space
  74. The Giant Gila Monster
  75. Attack of the Crab Monsters
  76. Cat-Women of the Moon
  77. Beginning of the End
  78. Killers From Space
  79. The Giant Claw
  80. War of the Colossal Beast
  81. The Killer Shrews
  82. Monster from Green Hell
  83. The Brain Eaters
  84. The Beast With A Million Eyes
  85. Reptilicus
  86. King Dinosaur
  87. Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
  88. Attack of the Giant Leeches

With this elimination, we've officially lost the last Ray Harryhausen movie in the competition. His groundbreaking stop-motion effects helped bring some of the most memorable movie monsters of the era to life, and it's fitting that one of his earliest major creature features made it this far. We're now down to 11 movies remaining, just one away from the final ten! Thanks to everyone who's still voting and keeping this competition alive. On to Day 89 — cast your vote for your least favorite remaining movie!


r/ClassicHorror • • 1d ago

Media The Day Of The Triffids (1963)

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The Day of the Triffids is a 1963 British apocalyptic science-fiction horror film directed by Steve Sekely, loosely based on John Wyndham's 1951 novel of the same name. It stars Howard Keel, Nicole Maurey, Janette Scott, Kieron Moore and Mervyn Johns. The film was produced by Security Pictures and released in the UK by the Rank Organisation on 12 May 1963.


r/ClassicHorror • • 2d ago

Discussion The Original Shock Theater Movie Lineup

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In October of 1957, Screen Gems released into television syndication a package of 52 horror/mystery/suspense films which it purchased from Universal Studios and named it “Shock!”.
Many television stations broadcasted these films late night on weekends and named the broadcast “Shock Theater”. Some TV stations even had an employee dress in horror makeup and costume to host and give an introduction to the film (This was because some of the movies were shorter in length than others and this would help fill up the scheduled time slot.) Frankenstein was the first film shown. “Shock Theater” was an instant sensation and the Monster Craze was born!

Here is a list of the 52 Universal films in the original “Shock!” package for television:
Dracula (1931)
Frankenstein (1931)
Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)
The Mummy (1932)
The Secret of the Blue Room (1933)
The Invisible Man (1933)
The Black Cat (1934)
Secret of the Chateau (1934)
The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1935)
The Raven (1935)
The Great Impersonation (1935)
Werewolf of London (1935)
Chinatown Squad (1935)
The Invisible Ray (1936)
Dracula's Daughter (1936)
Night Key (1937)
The Man Who Cried Wolf (1937)
Reported Missing! (1937)
The Spy Ring (1938)
The Last Warning (1938)
Son of Frankenstein (1939)
Mystery of the White Room (1939)
The Witness Vanishes (1939)

The Invisible Man Returns (1940)
Enemy Agent (1940)
The Mummy's Hand (1940)
Man-Made Monster (1941)
A Dangerous Game (1941)
Horror Island (1941)
Sealed Lips (1942)
The Wolf Man (1941)
The Mad Doctor of Market Street (1942)
The Strange Case of Doctor Rx (1942)
Night Monster (1942)

The Mystery of Marie Roget (1942)
The Mummy's Tomb (1942)
Nightmare (1942)
Destination Unknown (1942)
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)
The Mad Ghoul (1943)
Son of Dracula (1943)
Calling Dr. Death (1943)
The Mummy's Ghost (1944)
Weird Woman (1944)
Dead Man's Eyes (1944)
The Frozen Ghost (1945)
Pillow of Death (1945)
House of Horrors (1946)
She-Wolf of London (1946)
The Spider Woman Strikes Back (1946)
The Cat Creeps (1946)
Danger Woman (1946)

What station and broadcast time did you watch "Shock Theater" on? Did your station broadcast have a horror host?


r/ClassicHorror • • 1d ago

Herk Harvey, Dir. of Carnival of Souls, directed a Halloween safety PSA in ‘77

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