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Best Horror Movies of the 1930s

Horror films released 1930–1939, ranked by TMDB rating among titles with at least 500 votes.

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   #1 Freaks (1932) · ★ 7.8 · 1,343 votes · 1h 4m · drama, horror

   A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.…

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   #2 King Kong (1933) · ★ 7.6 · 1,671 votes · 1h 40m · fantasy, adventure, horror

   Adventurous filmmaker Carl Denham sets out to produce a motion picture unlike anything the world has seen before. Alongside his leading lady Ann Darrow and his first mate Jack Dris…

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   #3 Frankenstein (1931) · ★ 7.5 · 1,856 votes · 1h 10m · drama, horror, science-fiction

   Henry Frankenstein pieces together body parts in the hope of bringing a human-like creature to life. The mad scientist’s dreams are shattered by his monstrous creation awakening wi…

4. 
   #4 Bride of Frankenstein (1935) · ★ 7.5 · 1,139 votes · 1h 15m · horror, science-fiction

   Dr. Frankenstein and his monster both turn out to be alive after being attacked by an angry mob. The now-chastened scientist attempts to escape his past, but a former mentor forces…

5. 
   #5 The Invisible Man (1933) · ★ 7.5 · 988 votes · 1h 11m · horror, science-fiction

   After experimenting on himself and becoming invisible, scientist Jack Griffin, now aggressive due to the drug's effects, seeks a way to reverse the experiment at any cost.…

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   #6 Vampyr (1932) · ★ 7.3 · 606 votes · 1h 14m · fantasy, horror, mystery

   Allan Gray, a young man fascinated by the supernatural, goes to a small village where he feels a sinister force descending upon him. There, Allan meets an old man who asks him to p…

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   #7 Dracula (1931) · ★ 7.2 · 1,411 votes · 1h 14m · horror

   A British estate agent travels to Transylvania to meet the mysterious Count Dracula, who is interested in leasing a London castle. After Dracula enslaves the agent and drives him t…

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   #8 The Mummy (1932) · ★ 6.7 · 726 votes · 1h 13m · fantasy, drama, horror

   An ancient Egyptian priest named Imhotep is revived when a British archaeological expedition finds his mummy and one of the researchers accidentally reads an ancient life-giving sp…

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