| Year |
Event |
| 1910 |
Edison films the first
version of Frankenstein |
| 1911 |
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| 1912 |
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| 1913 |
Carl Laemmle forms
Universal Studios |
| 1914 |
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| 1915 |
the Golem directed by
Henrik Galeen and Paul Weggener who also plays the title character |
| 1916 |
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| 1917 |
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| 1918 |
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| 1919 |
the Miracle Man with Lon
Chaney Sr. |
| 1920 |
Das Cabinet des Dr.
Caligari |
| 1920 |
Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde
with John Barrymore |
| 1920 |
the Golem directed byCarl
Boese and Paul Weggener who also plays the title character |
| 1922 |
Max Schreck is Nosferatu
directed by F.W. Murnau |
| 1923 |
Weird Tales begins
publication in March. First all horror publication |
| 1923 |
Lon Chaney plays the
Hunchback of Notre Dame |
| 1924 |
Aelita - Queen of Mars.
Russian sci-fi film |
| 1924 |
Siegfried directed by
Fritz Lang (aka Die Nibelungen) |
| 1924 |
Die Nibelungen:
Kreimhild's Revenge |
| 1925 |
Phantom of the Opera with
Lon Chaney Sr |
| 1926 |
the Mystery Club from
Universal |
| 1926 |
Faust |
| 1926 |
the Bat |
| 1927 |
Metroplis is directed by
Fritz Lang |
| 1928 |
Conrad Veidt is the Man
Who Laughs |
| 1930 |
the Cat Creeps |
| 1930 |
the Bat Whispers |
| 1931 |
Bela Lugosi stars as
Dracula |
| 1931 |
Boris Karloff is the
monster in Frankenstein |
| 1931 |
Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde
with Fredric March who wins an Oscar for the role |
| 1932 |
Murders in the Rue
Morgue |
| 1932 |
White Zombie |
| 1932 |
Freaks |
| 1932 |
the Mummy with Boris
Karloff |
| 1932 |
Old Dark House |
| 1932 |
Vampire Bat |
| 1932 |
Mask of
Fu-Manchu |
| 1933 |
King Kong |
| 1933 |
Island of Lost
Souls |
| 1933 |
Son of Kong |
| 1933 |
Mystery of the Wax
Museum |
| 1933 |
Invisible Man |
| 1933 |
the Ghoul |
| 1934 |
Lugosi & Karloff
together for the 1st time in the Black Cat |
| 1935 |
Bride of
Frankenstein |
| 1935 |
Mark of the
Vampire |
| 1935 |
the Raven with Karloff
and Lugosi |
| 1935 |
the Black Room |
| 1936 |
Things to Come |
| 1936 |
the Devil Doll |
| 1936 |
Flash Gordon |
| 1936 |
Walking Dead |
| 1936 |
Invisible Ray |
| 1936 |
Juggernaut |
| 1936 |
the Man Who Changed His
Mind |
| 1938 |
Flash Gordon's Trip to
Mars |
| 1938 |
Buck Rogers |
| 1938 |
Invisible Menace |
| 1939 |
Son of
Frankenstein |
| 1939 |
Tower of London |
| 1939 |
Wizard of Oz |
| 1939 |
Man They Could Not
Hang |
| 1940 |
Flash Gordon Conquers the
Universe |
| 1940 |
Dr Cyclops |
| 1940 |
Mummy's Hand |
| 1940 |
Devil Bat |
| 1940 |
Man With Nine
Lives |
| 1940 |
Black Friday |
| 1941 |
Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde
with Spencer Tracy |
| 1941 |
the Wolf Man makes his
first appearance making Lon Chaney Jr synonymous with horror! |
| 1941 |
the Ape |
| 1941 |
Devil Commands |
| 1942 |
Val Lewton's Cat
People |
| 1942 |
Ghost of
Frankenstein |
| 1943 |
Frankenstein Meets the
Wolf Man |
| 1943 |
Phantom of the
Opera |
| 1943 |
I Walked with a
Zombie |
| 1944 |
Curse of the Cat
People |
| 1944 |
House of
Frankenstein |
| 1944 |
Return of the
Vampire |
| 1944 |
the Uninvited |
| 1945 |
House of Dracula |
| 1945 |
Dead of Night |
| 1945 |
Isle of the Dead |
| 1945 |
Picture of Dorian
Gray |
| 1945 |
Body Snatcher |
| 1946 |
Bedlam |
