Before the days of of graphic, torturous horror movies that do nothing more than splash blood and gore across the screen, there were monsters….`

Kids spent what little change they had to sit in a darkened theater and get their shivers from larger than life creatures that would later on be haunting the shadows under the bed, lurking in closets, and spawning hundreds of remakes for years to come.

Right now we have an awesome selection of old school monster movies that may just make you remember all the things that can go bump in the night:

Dracula (1931) – The grand classic starring Bela Lugosi as the eerie blood sucker from Transylvania who sets out to turn innocent young women into vampires.

Frankenstein (1931) – The mad scientist who pieces together lifeless body parts to create one of the most memorable monsters of the silver screen, played by Boris Karloff.

The Mummy (1932) – Boris Karloff appears again, this time as Im-Ho-Tep, an Egyptian high priest who after being embalmed alive, is revived 1000’s of years later. He awakens and attempts to find his lost love.  Not only is this a scary one, but Karloff managed to tug at the old heartstrings a little with his tortured soul in love. That is devotion, man.

The Invisible Man (1933) – Based on the novel by H.G. Wells, this film stars Claude Rains as a mysterious doctor who discovers a serum to make him invisible. However, the serum slowly drives him to commit unspeakable acts of terror.

The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) – Boris Karloff returns as the misunderstood monster who longs for a mate and twisted Dr. Frankenstein is only too happy to comply and brings to life one freaky bride (Elsa Lanchester).

Phantom of the Opera (1943) – Another Claude Rains monster. This time he is a crazed, disfigured composer bent on revenge towards those who stole his music.

Creature From the Black Lagoon (1954) – In my opinion, one of the freakier monsters of old. A “living amphibious missing link” who gets captured by scientists,  falls in love with the scientist’s female assistant, escapes, kidnaps the girl and tries to evade the rescue team. I get a little shiver just thinking about him!

Night of the Living Dead (1968) – The zombie movie that redefined the horror genre for Hollywood and made a household name of George A. Romero and launched numerous sequels, remakes and copycats.

So if you feel like being scared by all the classic boogeymen, then come visit us and peruse our Wall O’ Ghoul…er Cool.

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