Best Horror Movies of 1932
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The films listed below include 1932 horror movies; including movies shown in movie theaters ranked in order of best to worst.
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List of horror movies released in 1932 list sorted by popular, most voted, and alphabetical order. Check out which movie was the top grossing movie of 1932.
Best Horror Movies of 1932
Score: 7.4/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.2/10 | IMDB Votes: 12,303 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.6/10 | MPAA Rating: Passed
Plot / Synopsis: A young man turns to a witch doctor to lure the woman he loves away from her fiance, but instead turns her into a zombie slave.
Tagline: They knew this fiend was practicing zombiism on the Natives, but when he tried it on a white girl the nation revolted...
Director: Victor Halperin
Stars: Bela Lugosi, Madge Bellamy, Joseph Cawthorn, Robert Frazer, John Harron
Score: 7.35/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.4/10 | IMDB Votes: 4,532 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.3/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $882,900
Plot / Synopsis: A monster lurks as New York newspaperman Lee Taylor investigates one of the "Moon Killer" murders, in which the victims are strangled, cannibalized and surgically incised under the light of the full moon. The trail leads to the cliffside mansion of Dr. Xavier, where the doctor and his colleagues conduct a strange experiment.
Tagline: Mightier than words can describe!...
Director: Michael Curtiz
Stars: Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Lee Tracy, Preston Foster, John Wray
Score: 8.35/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.0/10 | IMDB Votes: 14,168 | Rotten Tomatoes: 9.7/10 | MPAA Rating: Approved | Gross: $25,678
Plot / Synopsis: Seeking shelter from a storm, five travelers are in for a bizarre and terrifying night when they stumble upon the Femm family estate.
Tagline: Beware the night!...
Director: James Whale
Stars: Boris Karloff, Melvyn Douglas, Charles Laughton, Lilian Bond, Ernest Thesiger
Read Our The Mummy Review
Score: 7.62/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.0/10 | IMDB Votes: 32,120 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.9/10 | MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Plot / Synopsis: A living mummy stalks the beautiful woman he believes is the reincarnation of his lover.
Tagline: Stranger than "Dracula" ... More fantastic than "Frankenstein" ... More mysterious than "The Invisible Man"...
Director: Karl Freund
Stars: Boris Karloff, Zita Johann, David Manners, Arthur Byron, Edward Van Sloan
Score: 5.7/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.1/10 | IMDB Votes: 14,915 | Rotten Tomatoes: 10.0/10 | MPAA Rating: Approved
Plot / Synopsis: An insane hunter arranges for a ship to be wrecked on an island where he can indulge in some sort of hunting and killing of the passengers...
Directors: Irving Pichel, Ernest B. Schoedsack
Stars: Joel McCrea, Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Leslie Banks, Noble Johnson
Score: 8.05/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.3/10 | IMDB Votes: 11,830 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.8/10 | MPAA Rating: Approved
Plot / Synopsis: After his ship goes down, Edward Parker is rescued at sea. Parker gets into a fight with Captain Davies of the Apia and the Captain tosses him overboard while making a delivery to the tiny tropical island of Dr. Moreau. Parker discovers that Moreau has good reason to be so secretive on his lonely island. The doctor is a...
Director: Erle C. Kenton
Stars: Charles Laughton, Richard Arlen, Leila Hyams, Bela Lugosi, Kathleen Burke
Exploring Vampyr – Full Review
Score: 8.39/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.4/10 | IMDB Votes: 21,932 | Rotten Tomatoes: 9.8/10 | MPAA Rating: Approved
Vampyr is Streaming on HBO MaxPlot / Synopsis: A drifter obsessed with the supernatural stumbles upon an inn where a severely ill adolescent girl is slowly becoming a vampire...
Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer
Stars: Julian West, Maurice Schutz, Rena Mandel, Sybille Schmitz, Jan Hieronimko
Honest Review: Freaks (1932)
Score: 8.28/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.8/10 | IMDB Votes: 53,119 | Rotten Tomatoes: 9.5/10 | Metascore: 8.0/10 | MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Classic,
Classic Drama,
Classic Thriller,
Featured Classic,
Thriller,
Body Horror,
Cult Classic,
Drama,
Dysfunctional Family,
Extreme,
Mutants,
Revenge Freaks is Streaming on HBO MaxPlot / Synopsis: 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.
Tagline: Can a full grown woman truly love a MIDGET ?...
Director: Tod Browning
Stars: Wallace Ford, Leila Hyams, Olga Baclanova, Roscoe Ates, Henry Victor
Horror Movies of 1932 List
Exploring Vampyr – Full ReviewScore: 8.39/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.4/10 | IMDB Votes: 21,932 | Rotten Tomatoes: 9.8/10 | MPAA Rating: Approved
Vampyr is Streaming on HBO MaxPlot / Synopsis: A drifter obsessed with the supernatural stumbles upon an inn where a severely ill adolescent girl is slowly becoming a vampire...
Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer
Stars: Julian West, Maurice Schutz, Rena Mandel, Sybille Schmitz, Jan Hieronimko
Score: 8.35/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.0/10 | IMDB Votes: 14,168 | Rotten Tomatoes: 9.7/10 | MPAA Rating: Approved | Gross: $25,678
Plot / Synopsis: Seeking shelter from a storm, five travelers are in for a bizarre and terrifying night when they stumble upon the Femm family estate.
Tagline: Beware the night!...
Director: James Whale
Stars: Boris Karloff, Melvyn Douglas, Charles Laughton, Lilian Bond, Ernest Thesiger
Honest Review: Freaks (1932)Score: 8.28/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.8/10 | IMDB Votes: 53,119 | Rotten Tomatoes: 9.5/10 | Metascore: 8.0/10 | MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Classic,
Classic Drama,
Classic Thriller,
Featured Classic,
Thriller,
Body Horror,
Cult Classic,
Drama,
Dysfunctional Family,
Extreme,
Mutants,
Revenge Freaks is Streaming on HBO MaxPlot / Synopsis: 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.
Tagline: Can a full grown woman truly love a MIDGET ?...
Director: Tod Browning
Stars: Wallace Ford, Leila Hyams, Olga Baclanova, Roscoe Ates, Henry Victor
Score: 8.05/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.3/10 | IMDB Votes: 11,830 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.8/10 | MPAA Rating: Approved
Plot / Synopsis: After his ship goes down, Edward Parker is rescued at sea. Parker gets into a fight with Captain Davies of the Apia and the Captain tosses him overboard while making a delivery to the tiny tropical island of Dr. Moreau. Parker discovers that Moreau has good reason to be so secretive on his lonely island. The doctor is a...
Director: Erle C. Kenton
Stars: Charles Laughton, Richard Arlen, Leila Hyams, Bela Lugosi, Kathleen Burke
Read Our The Mummy ReviewScore: 7.62/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.0/10 | IMDB Votes: 32,120 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.9/10 | MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Plot / Synopsis: A living mummy stalks the beautiful woman he believes is the reincarnation of his lover.
Tagline: Stranger than "Dracula" ... More fantastic than "Frankenstein" ... More mysterious than "The Invisible Man"...
Director: Karl Freund
Stars: Boris Karloff, Zita Johann, David Manners, Arthur Byron, Edward Van Sloan
Score: 7.4/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.2/10 | IMDB Votes: 12,303 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.6/10 | MPAA Rating: Passed
Plot / Synopsis: A young man turns to a witch doctor to lure the woman he loves away from her fiance, but instead turns her into a zombie slave.
Tagline: They knew this fiend was practicing zombiism on the Natives, but when he tried it on a white girl the nation revolted...
Director: Victor Halperin
Stars: Bela Lugosi, Madge Bellamy, Joseph Cawthorn, Robert Frazer, John Harron
Score: 7.35/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.4/10 | IMDB Votes: 4,532 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.3/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $882,900
Plot / Synopsis: A monster lurks as New York newspaperman Lee Taylor investigates one of the "Moon Killer" murders, in which the victims are strangled, cannibalized and surgically incised under the light of the full moon. The trail leads to the cliffside mansion of Dr. Xavier, where the doctor and his colleagues conduct a strange experiment.
Tagline: Mightier than words can describe!...
Director: Michael Curtiz
Stars: Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Lee Tracy, Preston Foster, John Wray
Score: 5.7/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.1/10 | IMDB Votes: 14,915 | Rotten Tomatoes: 10.0/10 | MPAA Rating: Approved
Plot / Synopsis: An insane hunter arranges for a ship to be wrecked on an island where he can indulge in some sort of hunting and killing of the passengers...
Directors: Irving Pichel, Ernest B. Schoedsack
Stars: Joel McCrea, Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Leslie Banks, Noble Johnson
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8 List of 1932 Horror Films Worth Watching!
Looking for the best 1932 horror movies? Included in our best horror movies of 1932 list are "Vampyr (1932), The Old Dark House (1932), Freaks (1932), Island of Lost Souls (1932), and The Mummy (1932)." Our top list is an average of our review scores, our movie fans and movie viewers like you, and a few other sources.
The best horror film of 1932 is Vampyr (1932) scoring 8.39/10 stars with our combined scores. IMDB already has over 21,930 votes for this movie. Starring in Vampyr (1932) is Julian West, Maurice Schutz, Rena Mandel, Sybille Schmitz, and Jan Hieronimko. Director Carl Theodor Dreyer did a phenomenal job treating us with this 1932 best horror film which was remarkable.Vampyr (1932) is in Horror, and Fantasy movie genres.
The next best 1932 horror movie is The Old Dark House (1932) with a score of 8.35/10 stars.
Boris Karloff, Melvyn Douglas, Charles Laughton, Lilian Bond, and Ernest Thesiger star in "The Old Dark House (1932)". The Old Dark House (1932) is directed by James Whale and has over 14,170 IMDB votes. You can find The Old Dark House (1932) in Horror, Thriller, Drama, Comedy, and Adventure movie genres.
These are the best horror films of 1932, and we hope you enjoy the 8 movies on our list of good 1932 horror movies sorted best to worst.
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