Best 16 Horror Movies Fan Favorites from 1948

The Wolf Man tries to warn a dimwitted porter that Dracula wants his brain for Frankenstein monster's body. Read about Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein / IMDB / YouTube

On the beach one night, Christine Faber, two years a widow, thinks she hears her late husband Paul calling out of the surf; then meets a tall dark man Alexis, who seems to know all about such things. Check out The Amazing Mr. X / IMDB / YouTube

After phony stage mentalist Triton mysteriously acquires supernatural powers of precognition, he becomes frightened and abandons his act to live in anonymity. Check out Night Has a Thousand Eyes / IMDB / YouTube

A man fleeing the police after having committed a murder hides out in a boarding house in a small town. Explore Inner Sanctum / IMDB / YouTube

Following her father's death, a teenage British heiress goes to live with her guardian uncle--who is broke and schemes to murder her for her inheritance. Read about The Inheritance / IMDB / YouTube

An adventure seeker and his fiancée visit an uncharted island, only to find that it is inhabited by deadly dinosaurs and other creatures ready to attack. More about Unknown Island / IMDB / YouTube

A mother wishes for the return of her dead son, and that wish is granted by a charm made from a severed monkey's paw. Find out about The Monkey's Paw / IMDB / YouTube

A young girl finds herself possessed by the spirit of a mischievous demon. Get info on Things Happen at Night / IMDB / YouTube

A doctor is summoned to an old dark house to rid it of evil spirits. See more about The Ghost of Rashmon Hall / IMDB / YouTube

1947. Drama. During the war, a British agent travels to the remote Glennye Castle in the wilds of Scotland to investigate a mysterious murder by a masked phantom. Directed by Oscar Burn. Read about Castle Sinister / IMDB / YouTube

A young man visiting a house that turns out to be haunted is terrorized by the ghost of a man who had been murdered there years before. See more about House of Darkness / IMDB / YouTube

Another forgotten horror film surfaces. A maid is murdered at a forlorn country mansion. Years later, the murderer returns to the scene of the crime where he encounters a chilling dose of supernatural revenge. An effective ghost chiller directed by Hammer icon Gilling. 16mm Get info on Escape from Broadmoor / IMDB / YouTube