List of the best Bela Lugosi movies: Murders in the Rue Morgue(1932), White Zombie(1932), Night Monster(1942), The Return of the Vampire(1944), The Death Kiss(1933), The Return of Chandu(1934), The Human Monster(1939), The Devil Bat(1941), Night of Terror(1933), Spooks Run Wild(1941), Phantom Ship(1935), Voodoo Man(1944) ... ...
Horror
USA
1932
75 Minutes
Dr. Mirakle
Bela Lugosi Sidney Fox Leon Waycoff Bert Roach Brandon Hurst Noble Johnson D'Arcy Corrigan Arlene Francis Herman Bing
mad scientist medical student girlfriend friend mother ape dark disturbing creepy paris carnival street river laboratory medical experiments blood transfusion abduction murder science gone awry animal attack
A mad scientist seeks to mingle human blood with that of an ape, and resorts to kidnapping women for his experiments.
Horror
USA
1932
73 Minutes
'Murder' Legendre
Bela Lugosi Madge Bellamy Robert Frazer Joseph Cawthorn John Harron Brandon Hurst Clarence Muse
zombie newlywed wealthy man witch doctor eerie creepy tense haiti plantation castle supernatural jealousy zombies rescue resurrection marriage love rescue 1930s
A young man turns to a witch doctor to lure the woman he loves away from her fiancé, but instead turns her into a zombie slave.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
USA
1942
73 Minutes
Rolf
Bela Lugosi Ralph Morgan Lionel Atwill Leif Erickson Irene Hervey Don Porter Nils Asther Fay Helm
Kurt Ingston, a rich recluse, invites the doctors who left him a hopeless cripple to his desolate mansion in the swamps as one by one they meet horrible deaths.
Horror
USA
1944
69 Minutes
Bela Lugosi Frieda Inescort Nina Foch Roland Varno Miles Mander Matt Willis
vampire werewolf lady professor daughter fiancé melodramatic chilling london sanitarium laboratory scotland yard cemetery vampires impersonation world war ii bombing stalking reanimation revenge
When an errant bomb unearths the coffin of a vampire during the London Blitz, a gravedigger unknowingly reanimates the monster by removing the stake from his heart
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1933
74 Minutes
Joseph Steiner
Bela Lugosi Adrienne Ames David Manners John Wray Vince Barnett Alexander Carr Edward Van Sloan Harold Minjir Wade Boteler Al Hill Barbara Bedford
Murder during film shoot sparks search for a killer.
Sci-Fi
USA
1934
61 Minutes
Frank Chandler
The Black Magic cult of Ubasti, based on the isle of Lemuria, believes that Nadji, a princess of Egypt, is a reincarnation of their long-dead goddess, Ossana, and intend to sacrifice Nadji ... See full summary »
Horror
UK
1939
73 Minutes
Dr. Feodor Orloff, Prof. John Dearborn
Bela Lugosi Hugh Williams Greta Gynt Edmon Ryan Wilfred Walter Alexander Field May Hallatt Bryan Herbert
murderer henchman detective chief inspector daughter lieutenant victim dark creepy uneasy london facility office police station river street murder impersonation blindness father/daughter relationship investigation
Insurance agent-physician collects on policies of men murdered by a disfigured resident of the home for the blind where he acts as doctor-on-call.
Horror
USA
1941
69 Minutes
Dr. Paul Carruthers
Bela Lugosi Suzanne Kaaren Dave O'Brien Guy Usher Yolande Mallott Donald Kerr Edward Mortimer Gene O'Donnell Alan Baldwin John Ellis
scientist reporter employer friend boss giant bat suspenseful thrilling engaging laboratory house newsroom animal attack vengeance genetic experiments investigation murder supernatural discovery metamorphosis
A mad scientist develops an aftershave lotion that causes his gigantic bats to kill anyone who wears it.
Horror
USA
1933
61 Minutes
Degar
The heirs to a family fortune are required to attend a seance at the spooky old family mansion. However, throughout the night members of the family are being killed off one by one.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA
1941
62 Minutes
Nardo
Bela Lugosi Leo Gorcey Bobby Jordan Huntz Hall Sammy Morrison Dave O'Brien Dorothy Short David Gorcey Denny Meadows Guy Wilkerson Angelo Rossitto
young man mysterious man nurse lawyer writer magician creepy amusing playful summer camp mansion woods cemetery secret passageway haunted house attempted murder mistaken identity friendship investigation suspicion
The boys are sent to a mountain camp. Stranded in a small rural town, they hear about a "monster killer" roaming the countryside. At night, they sneak out. Peewee is shot by a grave-digger,... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1935
80 Minutes
Anton Lorenzen, A. Gottlieb
Bela Lugosi Shirley Grey Arthur Margetson Edmund Willard Dennis Hoey George Mozart Johnnie Schofield Gunner Moir Ben Welden Gibson Gowland
During a horrific storm at sea, the crew realizes that there is a murderer among them who is killing them off one by one.
Horror
USA
1944
62 Minutes
Dr. Richard Marlowe
Dr. Richard Marlowe uses a combination of voodoo rite and hypnotic suggestion, attempting to revive his beautiful, but long-dead, wife, by transferring the life essences of several hapless ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1942
63 Minutes
Professor Brenner , Karl Wagner
Bela Lugosi John Archer Wanda McKay Tom Neal Vince Barnett Anna Hope John Berkes J. Farrell MacDonald
Kindly soup kitchen operator and professor of criminology Karl Wagner uses his soup kitchen as a front for a criminal gang who commit a series of daring robberies and murders. When things ... See full summary »
Horror
USA
1944
60 Minutes
Prof. Dexter
A scientist seeks to transplant a brain into the body of a thawed caveman in order to get it to do his bidding.
Horror
USA
1939
75 Minutes
Dr. Alex Zorka, Dr. Zane
Bela Lugosi Saul Goodkind Robert Kent Regis Toomey
A military intelligence officer and a pretty reporter try to find a scientist whose inventions can destroy the world.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
USA
1935
60 Minutes
Mr. Fu Wong , Li See
Bela Lugosi Wallace Ford Arline Judge E. Alyn Warren Lotus Long Robert E. O'Connor Edward Piel Sr. Luke Chan
Police try to solve a murder on board an ocean liner.
Horror
USA
1943
64 Minutes
Dr. James Brewster
Bela Lugosi Wallace Ford Louise Currie Minerva Urecal Henry Hall Ralph Littlefield J. Farrell MacDonald George Kirby Wheeler Oakman Emil Van Horn
A crazed scientist accidentally turns himself into a half ape, half human creature, and scrambles to find a cure.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1935
60 Minutes
Dr. Arthur Perry, Edwin Perry
Bela Lugosi June Collyer Huntley Gordon George Meeker Henry Mowbray Charles Hill Mailes Charles French Claire McDowell Larry Francis Hattie McDaniel Henry Hall
James Houghland, inventor of a new method by which television signals can be instantaneously sent anywhere in the world, refuses to sell the process to television companies, who then send ... See full summary »
Horror
USA
1942
62 Minutes
Dr. Melcher , Monsieur Colomb
Bela Lugosi Joan Barclay Clayton Moore George Pembroke Robert Frazer Edward Piel Sr. Robert Fiske
federal agent doctor niece industrialist killer prisoner chilling fascinating thrilling washington, d.c. office embassy house prison tokyo murder cult espionage investigation world war ii
A cabal of American industrialists, all fifth-columnists intent on sabotaging the war effort, are methodically murdered by the malevolent Monsieur Colomb. It is only until detective Dick ... See full summary »
Horror
USA
1947
65 Minutes
Prof. Leonide
Bela Lugosi Douglas Fowley Joyce Compton George Zucco Nat Pendleton Roland Varno Molly Lamont Angelo Rossitto Gladys Blake Lee Bennett Stanley Andrews
doctor husband wife magician dwarf daughter-in-law thrilling suspenseful frightful united states sanitarium house morgue mental illness marriage magic act family dysfunction imprisonment mystery 1940s
From a slab in the morgue, a dead young woman tells the bizarre tale of how she got there, through a maze of murder involving a hypnotist, a midget and a mysterious figure in a green mask.
Sci-Fi
USA
1959
79 Minutes
Ghoul Man
Bela Lugosi Vampira Tor Johnson Gregory Walcott Mona McKinnon Duke Moore Tom Keene Lyle Talbot Dudley Manlove John Breckenridge Joanna Lee
zombie alien police officer gravedigger military officer assistant campy offbeat hilarious charming hollywood, calif. graveyard pentagon san fernando valley house alien invasion resurrection grave robbing zombies supernatural
Evil aliens attack Earth and set their terrible "Plan 9" into action. As the aliens resurrect the dead of the Earth, the lives of the living are in danger.
Comedy
USA
1952
74 Minutes
Dr. Zabor
Bela Lugosi Duke Mitchell Samuel Petrillo Charlita Muriel Landers Al Kikume Mickey Simpson Milton Newberger Martin Garralaga
performer chief native mad scientist gorilla tribesman witty amusing madcap hilarious engaging offbeat island life tribe weird science evolution experiments horror adventure discovery
Two goofy entertainers meet a mad scientist on a jungle island.
Fantasy
1935
70 Minutes
Frank Chandler
Bela Lugosi Maria Alba Murdock MacQuarrie Joseph Swickard Dean Benton Jack Clark Clara Kimball Young Phyllis Ludwig Wilfred Lucas Louise Emmons
A mystic (Bela Lugosi) goes to an island to try to rescue an Egyptian princess (Maria Alba) from a sorcerer.
Horror
1955
68 Minutes
Dr. Eric Vornoff
Bela Lugosi Tor Johnson Loretta King Tony McCoy Harvey Dunn George Becwar Paul Marco Don Nagel Bud Osborne John Warren Ann Wilner
mad scientist assistant mutant reporter police officer test subject creepy outlandish offbeat laboratory mansion swamp forest murder playing god nuclear energy uncontrollable experiment hostage situation mutants wretched excess
Dr. Vornoff (Bela Lugosi) bombards a hulk with atoms and gets Lobo (Tor Johnson), who needs a mate (Loretta King).
Horror
1941
64 Minutes
Dr. Charles Kessler
Bela Lugosi Polly Ann Young John McGuire Clarence Muse Terry Walker Betty Compson Ernie S. Adams George Pembroke Fred Kelsey Jack Mulhall
physician wife daughter boyfriend police detective butler suspenseful frightful thrilling brooding basement mansion shed garage kitchen mysterious deaths murder investigation false accusations insanity hypnosis
When unexplained murders occur around town, eventually claiming members of Dr. Kessler's house staff, authorities suspect the doctor may somehow be involved.
Mystery & Thriller
1936
70 Minutes
Victor Poten
A European importing firm resorts to devious extremes to run its Chinese competition out of business.
Horror
USA
1933
70 Minutes
Charles Laughton Bela Lugosi Richard Arlen Leila Hyams Kathleen Burke Arthur Hohl Stanley Fields Paul Hurst Hans Steinke Tetsu Komai George Irving
shipwreck survivor dr. moreau creature mutant fiancé eerie creepy campy island laboratory house of pain freighter genetic experiments genetic abnormalities strange happenings dictatorship science gone awry discovery mystery 1930s
A mad doctor conducts ghastly genetic experiments on a remote island in the South Seas, much to the fear and disgust of the shipwrecked sailor who finds himself trapped there.
Horror
USA
1934
65 Minutes
Dr. Vitus Werdegast
Boris Karloff Bela Lugosi David Manners Jacqueline Wells Lucille Lund Egon Brecher Henry Armetta Albert Conti Anna Duncan Herman Bing Andre Cheron
American honeymooners in Hungary become trapped in the home of a Satan-worshiping priest when the bride is taken there for medical help following a road accident.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1931
71 Minutes
Tarneverro, Arthur Mayo
The unsolved murder of a Hollywood actor several years earlier and an enigmatic psychic are the keys to help Charlie solve the Honolulu stabbing death of a beautiful actress.
Sci-Fi
USA
1936
81 Minutes
Boris Karloff Bela Lugosi Frances Drake Frank Lawton Violet Kemble Cooper Walter Kingsford Beulah Bondi Frank Reicher Paul Weigel Georges Renavent
A scientist becomes murderous after discovering, and being exposed to the radiation of, a powerful new element called Radium X.
Horror
USA
1943
72 Minutes
Lon Chaney Bela Lugosi Ilona Massey Patric Knowles Lionel Atwill Maria Ouspenskaya Dennis Hoey Don Barclay Rex Evans Dwight Frye Harry Stubbs
frankenstein's monster werewolf baroness doctor police officer mayor frightening thrilling cemetery castle europe village resurrection battle supernatural monsters quest rivalry transformation 1940s
The resurrected Wolf Man, seeking a cure for his malady, enlists the aid of a mad scientist, who claims he will not only rid the Wolf Man of his nocturnal metamorphosis, but also revive the frozen body of Frankenstein's inhuman creation.
Horror
USA
1940
70 Minutes
Boris Karloff Bela Lugosi Stanley Ridges Anne Nagel Anne Gwynne Virginia Brissac Edmund MacDonald Paul Fix Murray Alper Jack Mulhall Joe King
doctor professor mobster rival wife reporter tense creepy prison office street death row madness brain transplants organized crime murder death sentence mind control revenge pursuit
Dr. Sovac transplants the brain of a gangster into his professor friend's body to save his life, but there is a side effect that causes a dangerous split personality.
Horror
USA
1935
61 Minutes
Lionel Barrymore Bela Lugosi Elizabeth Allan Lionel Atwill Holmes Herbert Jean Hersholt Carroll Borland Ivan F. Simpson Egon Brecher Henry Wadsworth Eily Malyon
count daughter friend investigator professor doctor dark thrilling gripping prague house murder investigation vampires mysterious past love mystery discovery transformation 19th century
When a nobleman is murdered, a professor of the occult blames vampires; but not all is what it seems.
Sci-Fi
USA
1932
74 Minutes
Edmund Lowe Bela Lugosi Irene Ware Herbert Mundin Henry B. Walthall Weldon Heyburn Virginia Hammond June Lang Nestor Aber
magician madman inventor sister princess daughter campy spectacular india monastery slave market lair household united states death ray kidnapping good versus evil hypnosis teleportation inventions
When delusional madman Roxor kidnaps a scientist in hopes of using his death ray to achieve world dominance, he is opposed by Chandu, a powerful hypnotist and yogi.
Adventure
USA
1937
71 Minutes
Boroff, M.A. Anderson
A mad scientist tries to sell his formula for a dist integrating gas to foreign powers.
Comedy
USA
1945
70 Minutes
Wally Brown Bela Lugosi Alan Carney Anne Jeffreys Sheldon Leonard Frank Jenks Russell Hopton Joseph Vitale Ian Wolfe Louis Jean Heydt Darby Jones
Two bumbling press agents must search for a zombie to fulfill a commitment to their ex-gangster boss's new nightclub or face the consequences.
Comedy
1952
74 Minutes
Von Housen
Arthur Lucan Bela Lugosi Kitty McShane
Irish washerwoman Old Mother Riley (Arthur Lucan) foils a would-be vampire (Bela Lugosi) and his misguided robot.
Horror
1945
79 Minutes
Boris Karloff Bela Lugosi Henry Daniell Edith Atwater Russell Wade Paula Corday Sharyn Moffet Donna Lee
doctor assistant taxi driver woman young man grave robber brooding dark hedonistic tense laboratory cemetery house edinburgh, scotland corpse excavation medical experiments mysterious past murder blackmail rivalry
A carriage cabby (Boris Karloff) sells cadavers to a medical-school doctor (Henry Daniell) in 19th-century Edinburgh.
Drama
1925
85 Minutes
Nicholas Harmon
Lila Lee Bela Lugosi Gareth Hughes Dolores Cassinelli Charlotte Walker Ruby Blaine
Comedy
USA
1948
83 Minutes
Count Dracula
Bud Abbott Lou Costello Bela Lugosi Lenore Aubert Jane Randolph Glenn Strange Frank Ferguson Lon Chaney Charles Bradstreet Howard Negley
director railway inspector clerk insurance investigator passenger campy madcap haunted house florida dangerous job monsters friendship weird science discovery adventure escape 1940s
The Wolf Man tries to warn a dimwitted porter that Dracula wants his brain for Frankenstein monster's body.
Horror
USA
1939
99 Minutes
Ygor
Basil Rathbone Boris Karloff Bela Lugosi Lionel Atwill Josephine Hutchinson Donnie Dunagan Emma Dunn Edgar Norton Perry Ivins Lawrence Grant Lionel Belmore
frankenstein's monster ygor scientist inspector wife son creepy dark thrilling family home castle frankenstein village laboratory graveyard family honor father/son relationship scientific experiments monsters murder vindication
Returning to the ancestral castle long after the death of the monster, the son of Dr. Frankenstein meets a mad shepherd who is hiding the comatose creature. To clear the family name, he revives the creature and tries to rehabilitate him.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1940
68 Minutes
Partner
George Sanders Helene Whitney Bela Lugosi Thomas W. Ross
crime boss the saint archaeologist police detective partner thug crafty intricate suspenseful cairo philadelphia house yard street corner diamond smuggling doppelganger murder investigation wrongfully accused theft false accusations
Inspector Fernack is framed by a cartel of five gangsters and Simon does his best to prove it before all the conspirators are murdered by a mysterious killer.
Horror
UK
1956
82 Minutes
Casimir
Basil Rathbone Akim Tamiroff Bela Lugosi Lon Chaney John Carradine Herbert Rudley Patricia Blake Phyllis Stanley Tor Johnson Sally Yarnell George Sawaya
Escaping British prisoners of war hide out in German occupied France.
Horror
USA
1941
70 Minutes
Eduardo Vigos
Basil Rathbone Hugh Herbert Bela Lugosi Broderick Crawford Gale Sondergaard Anne Gwynne Gladys Cooper Claire Dodd Alan Ladd Cecilia Loftus
elderly woman real estate agent housekeeper nephew niece guardian dark tense amusing estate garden bedroom attic town inheritance family murder false accusations infidelity superstition
Elderly Henrietta Winslow lives in an isolated mansion with her housekeeper and beloved cats. As her health fails, her greedy relatives gather in anticipation of her death.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1936
58 Minutes
Gregory Benez
Ricardo Cortez Patricia Ellis Bela Lugosi Michael Loring David Oliver Wallis Clark Arthur Loft Guy Usher Spencer Charters Billy Burrud Harry Beresford
Postal inspectors track down money stolen from a railroad car.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1930
71 Minutes
Inspector Delzante
Although his murdered friend was by all accounts a scoundrel a true "bounder" Edward Wales is determined to trap his killer by staging a seance using a famous medium. Many of the 13 seance ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA
1946
61 Minutes
Stone
Wally Brown Alan Carney Anne Jeffreys Bela Lugosi Lionel Atwill Marc Cramer Ralph Dunn
Two actors who star in a radio detective show find themselves pitted against a villain calling himself the Cobra, who has an affinity for torture chambers.
Comedy
USA
1943
64 Minutes
Emil
Leo Gorcey Huntz Hall Bobby Jordan Bela Lugosi Ava Gardner Rick Vallin Sammy Morrison William Benedict Minerva Urecal Wheeler Oakman
gang leader sister fiancé friend spy engineer madcap playful new york city church house secret passageway road gangs haunted houses friendship adolescence siblings wedding quest
The East Side Kids try to fix up a house for newlyweds, but find the place next door "haunted" by mysterious men.
Musical, Comedy
1940
97 Minutes
Prince Saliano
Kay Kyser Peter Lorre Boris Karloff Bela Lugosi Helen Parrish Alma Kruger Dennis O'Keefe Joseph Eggenton
bandleader partygoer heiress aunt prince professor hilarious suspenseful madcap mansion radio station nightclub workshop birthday party storm haunting murder plot inheritance big-band music mystery
A bandleader (Kay Kyser) takes his radio troupe to a gloomy mansion for a debutante's risky 21st birthday.
Comedy
USA
1939
110 Minutes
Commissar Razinin (Moscow Board of Trade)
Greta Garbo Melvyn Douglas Ina Claire Sig Ruman Felix Bressart Alexander Granach Bela Lugosi Gregory Gaye Richard Carle Edwin Maxwell Rolfe Sedan
diplomat count duchess russian amusing charming paris eiffel tower hotel love forbidden love competition communism capitalism love discovery transformation 1930s
A stern Russian woman sent to Paris on official business finds herself attracted to a man who represents everything she is supposed to detest.