Supernatural Horror Movies of the 1940s
Supernatural horror covers ghosts, hauntings, curses and possession: fear from beyond the grave. Horror turned to suggestion and shadow, from Val Lewton's low-budget chillers to the Wolf Man. Standouts from the 1940s include Cat People, The Ghost Breakers and The Uninvited.
Cat People (1942)
Rated 6.9 on TMDB
A Serbian émigré in Manhattan believes that, because of an ancient curse, any physical intimacy with the man she loves will turn her into a feline predator.
See where it’s streamingThe Ghost Breakers (1940)
Rated 6.5 on TMDB
After intrepid working girl Mary Carter becomes the new owner of a reputedly haunted mansion located off the Cuban coast, a stranger phones warning her to stay away from the castle.
See where it’s streamingThe Uninvited (1944)
Rated 6.9 on TMDB
A pair of siblings from London purchase a surprisingly affordable, lonely cliff-top house in Cornwall, only to discover that it actually carries a ghostly price—and soon they’re caught up in a…
See where it’s streamingThe Mummy's Hand (1940)
Rated 5.7 on TMDB
A couple of young, out-of-work archaeologists in Egypt discover evidence of the burial place of the ancient Egyptian princess Ananka.
See where it’s streamingThe Queen of Spades (1949)
Rated 6.4 on TMDB
A czarist captain stops at nothing to learn the secrets of a countess rumored to have sold her soul to the devil in order to always win at cards.
See where it’s streamingHold That Ghost (1941)
Rated 6.8 on TMDB
Two bumbling service station attendants are left as the sole beneficiaries in a gangster's will.
See where it’s streamingThe Time of Their Lives (1946)
Rated 7.2 on TMDB
Two ghosts, who were mistakenly branded as traitors during the Revolutionary War, return to 20th century New England to retrieve a letter from George Washington which would prove their innocence.
See where it’s streamingCarnival of Sinners (1943)
Rated 6.7 on TMDB
A struggling artist buys a talisman that gives him love, fame and wealth. The talisman is a severed left hand, and it works perfectly, in fact, magically.
See where it’s streamingGhosts on the Loose (1943)
Rated 4.2 on TMDB
The East Side Kids try to fix up a house for newlyweds, but find the place next door "haunted" by mysterious men.
See where it’s streamingA Place of One's Own (1945)
Rated 5.8 on TMDB
An elderly couple move into an old, supposedly haunted abandoned house. A young girl comes to live with the pair as a companion for the wife.
See where it’s streamingThe Ghost and the Guest (1943)
Rated 5.4 on TMDB
Newlyweds Webster and Jackie Frye spend their honeymoon in a sinister old country house. Before long, they are besieged by a gang of crooks, searching for a fortune in diamonds.
See where it’s streamingThe Living Ghost (1942)
Rated 4.3 on TMDB
A detective investigating kidnapping case discovers the victim, who may be a zombie.
See where it’s streamingThe Ghost Train (1941)
Rated 6.1 on TMDB
Mismatched travellers are stranded overnight at a lonely rural railway station. They soon learn of local superstition about a phantom train which is said to travel these parts at dead of night,…
See where it’s streamingThe Smiling Ghost (1941)
Rated 6.7 on TMDB
Elinor Bentley Fairchild's previous three grooms-to-be have either died or been maimed. Her aunt hires Lucky Downing to become engaged to her for a month to break the curse.
See where it’s streamingThe Mysterious Doctor (1943)
Rated 5.9 on TMDB
The citizens of a tiny Cornish village are tormented during World War II by a headless ghost which is haunting the local tin mine.
See where it’s streamingLinnaisten vihreä kamari (1945)
Rated 7.9 on TMDB
A nobleman in 1830's Finland has to contend with stuck-up relatives, his daughters' suitors, dark secrets from his family's past, mistaken identities and a haunted wing of his mansion.
See where it’s streamingSpook Sport (1940)
Rated 5.8 on TMDB
It's midnight in a graveyard. The principal characters are spooks, ghosts, bats, bells, and, at the end, the sun. As midnight strikes, 12 spooks appear, then two ghosts.
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