The best Peter Lorre’s horror movies

Peter Lorre

Peter Lorre

26/06/1904- 23/03/1964
Today we present the best Peter Lorre’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 Peter Lorre’s movies.

The Raven

The Raven
6.5/10
A magician who has been turned into a raven turns to a former sorcerer for help.

Mad Love

Mad Love
7.2/10
  • Genre: HorrorRomance
  • Release: 12/07/1935
  • Character: Doctor Gogol
An insane surgeon's obsession with an actress leads him to replace her wounded pianist husband's hands with the hands of a knife murderer--hands which still have the urge to throw knives.

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: Felix Gillie
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 Beast with Five Fingers

The Beast with Five Fingers
6.5/10
Locals in an Italian village believe evil has taken over the estate of a recently deceased pianist where murder has taken place. The alleged killer: the pianist's severed hand.

The Face Behind the Mask

The Face Behind the Mask
7.1/10
In this low-budget thriller, Peter Lorre plays Janos Szabo, an immigrant from Hungary who is a skilled craftsman. After he's caught in a fire, his face is horribly scarred; his terrifying appearance makes it impossible for him to get a job. With nowhere else to turn, Janos begins working for the criminal underworld. Janos begins having second thoughts about his life of crime when he falls in love

You'll Find Out

You'll Find Out
6.1/10
  • Genre: ComedyHorror
  • Release: 22/11/1940
  • Character: Professor Karl Fenninger
The manager of Kay Kyser’s band books them for a birthday party bash for an heiress at a spooky mansion, where sinister forces try to kill her.

The Boogie Man Will Get You

The Boogie Man Will Get You
5.8/10
  • Genre: ComedyHorror
  • Release: 22/10/1942
  • Character: Dr. Arthur Lorentz
A young divorcee tries to convert a historic house into a hotel despite its oddball inhabitants and dead bodies in the cellar.

Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman

Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
7.7/10
Famous Monster takes a fast-paced, colorful look at the life of science fiction's greatest fan - Forrest J. Ackerman, whose 85 year love affair with the genre helped bring it into the mainstream and shape the way we view science fiction today.

Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb

Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb
6.2/10
  • Genre: Horror
  • Release: 10/03/2007
  • Character: Mr. Jekyll (archive footage)
Our intrepid adventurers Ace Zucco and Mike Flannigan from Terror in the Tropics return for another exciting quest in Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb. Ace Zucco has a new partner, reporter Fay Kendall, who is more than a match for the rowdy photographer. Daily Dispatch editor Mac sends them on assignment accompanying his niece Kate as she tries to find Rick Banning, her fiancée, an archeologist who disappeared while working in Egypt. A letter from Rick directs them to Lord Darby in England. The trail takes them from London to Scotland and finally to Egypt where they discover more than they bargained for as they search for the lost city of Lemuria.

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