The best Charles Laughton’s horror movies

Charles Laughton

Charles Laughton

01/07/1899- 15/12/1962
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Hunchback of Notre Dame
7.8/10
Paris, France, 1482. Frollo, Chief Justice of benevolent King Louis XI, gets infatuated by the beauty of Esmeralda, a gypsy young girl. The hunchback Quasimodo, Frollo's protege and bell-ringer of Notre Dame, lives in peace among the bells in the heights of the immense cathedral until he is involved by the twisted magistrate in his malicious plans to free himself from Esmeralda's alleged spell, which he believes to be the devil's work.

The Old Dark House

The Old Dark House
7/10
  • Genre: ComedyHorror
  • Release: 20/10/1932
  • Character: Sir William 'Bill' Porterhouse
Seeking shelter from a relentless rainstorm and landslides in a remote region of Wales, five travelers are admitted to a large foreboding old house that belongs to the extremely strange Femm family. Sepulchral Horace Femm and his obsessive, inhospitable sister Rebecca are the group's peculiar hosts. The house also holds surprises - and a brutish mute manservant named Morgan.

Island of Lost Souls

Island of Lost Souls
7.4/10
An obsessed scientist conducts profane experiments in evolution, eventually establishing himself as the self-styled demigod to a race of mutated, half-human abominations.

The Strange Door

The Strange Door
6.3/10
  • Genre: HorrorThriller
  • Release: 21/06/1951
  • Character: Sire Alain de Maletroit
The wicked Alain plots an elaborate revenge against his younger brother Edmund, leading to a deadly confrontation in his dungeon deathtrap.

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