# Best Halloween movies, year by year

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**Created:** [October 31, 2010, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-halloween-movies-year-by-year/558944 "2010-10-31T01:31:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-halloween-movies-year-by-year/558944/1 "2010-10-31T01:31:16Z")

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I’m arbitrarily starting with 1931, hence:

Frankenstein  
Dracula  
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Next up, 1932…

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**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-halloween-movies-year-by-year/558944/2 "2010-11-02T06:26:59Z")

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1932

The Mummy  
Freaks  
Island of Lost Souls  
White Zombie

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**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-halloween-movies-year-by-year/558944/3 "2010-11-02T10:51:13Z")

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1933

The Invisible Man  
Island Of Lost Souls  
Mystery Of The Wax Museum  
Deluge  
The Vampire Bat

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**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-halloween-movies-year-by-year/558944/4 "2010-11-02T13:12:08Z")

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1934

_The Black Cat_

Add \*The Old Dark House \* and \*Vampyr \*for 1932. The former is great; the latter is too wierd to miss.