The best Basil Rathbone’s horror movies

Basil Rathbone

Basil Rathbone

13/06/1892- 21/07/1967
Today we present the best Basil Rathbone’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Basil Rathbone’s movies.
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The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
6.8/10
The Wind in the Willows: Concise version of Kenneth Grahame's story of the same name. J. Thaddeus Toad, owner of Toad Hall, is prone to fads, such as the newfangled motor car. This desire for the very latest lands him in much trouble with the wrong crowd, and it is up to his friends, Mole, Rat and Badger to save him from himself. - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: Retelling of Washington Irving's story set in a tiny New England town. Ichabod Crane, the new schoolmaster, falls for the town beauty, Katrina Van Tassel, and the town Bully Brom Bones decides that he is a little too successful and needs "convincing" that Katrina is not for him.

Son of Frankenstein

Son of Frankenstein
7.1/10
One of the sons of Frankenstein finds his father's monster in a coma and revives him, only to find out he is controlled by Ygor who is bent on revenge.

Madhouse

Madhouse
6.2/10
A horror movie star returns to his famous role after years in a mental institution. But the character seems to be committing murders independent of his will.

The Hound of the Baskervilles

The Hound of the Baskervilles
7.4/10
On his uncle's death Sir Henry Baskerville returns from Canada to take charge of his ancestral hall on the desolate moors of Devonshire, and finds that Sherlock Holmes is there to investigate the local belief that his uncle was killed by a monster hound that has roamed the moors since 1650, and is likely to strike again at Sir Henry.

The Black Cat

The Black Cat
6.1/10
Greedy heirs wait in a mansion for a rich cat lover to die, only to learn her cats come first.

Tales of Terror

Tales of Terror
6.8/10
Three stories adapted from the work of Edgar Allen Poe: 1) A man and his daughter are reunited, but the blame for the death of his wife hangs over them, unresolved. 2) A derelict challenges the local wine-tasting champion to a competition, but finds the man's attention to his wife worthy of more dramatic action. 3) A man dying and in great pain agrees to be hypnotized at the moment of death, with unexpected consequences.

The Comedy of Terrors

The Comedy of Terrors
6.5/10
  • Genre: ComedyHorror
  • Release: 22/01/1964
  • Character: John F. Black
An undertaker who hasn't had any 'customers' in a long time is forced to pay one year's back-rent. To get money he starts to kill people, which brings absurd results.

The Scarlet Claw

The Scarlet Claw
7.2/10
A woman is found dead -- with her throat torn out. Villagers blame a supernatural source but Holmes has other ideas.

The Black Sleep

The Black Sleep
6/10
In 19th century England, a noted brain surgeon rescues a former student from being hanged on a false conviction for murder, and spirits him away to an ancient, repurposed abbey far in the countryside. There, he connives his pupil into assisting him in mapping the functions of the various parts of the human brain, using living subjects who are under a terrible animation-suspending drug called "black sleep". Subsequently, the student, along with the daughter of one of the subjects, discover that most of these subjects have survived but are being kept in a dungeon-like cellar, in various stages of physical and mental derangement...

Queen of Blood

Queen of Blood
5.2/10
A spaceship is sent to Mars after a alien distress signal is picked up. They find one survivor, but when a crew member is found drained of blood it's evident they have rescued a bloodsucking monster.

The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini

The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini
4.5/10
  • Genre: ComedyHorror
  • Release: 06/04/1966
  • Character: Reginald Ripper
A corpse has 24 hours to mastermind a good deed without leaving his crypt, to go "up there" and have his youth restored.

Hillbillys in a Haunted House

Hillbillys in a Haunted House
2.8/10
Country singers on their way to Nashville have car trouble, forcing them to stop at an old haunted mansion. Soon they realize that the house is not only haunted, but is also the headquarters of a ring of international spies after a top secret formula for rocket fuel.

Autopsy of a Ghost

Autopsy of a Ghost
4.5/10
Satan offers a weary ghost a chance for redemption through true love.

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