The best Roddy McDowall’s horror movies

Roddy McDowall

Roddy McDowall

17/09/1928- 03/10/1998
We present our ranking of the best Roddy McDowall’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Roddy McDowall.

Fright Night

Fright Night
7.1/10
  • Genre: ComedyHorror
  • Release: 02/08/1985
  • Character: Peter Vincent
Charley Brewster, a high school student, accidentally discovers the true and creepy nature of Jerry Dandrige, his dashing and enigmatic new neighbor; but no one seems willing to believe him.

Fright Night Part 2

Fright Night Part 2
5.9/10
  • Genre: ComedyHorror
  • Release: 07/04/1988
  • Character: Peter Vincent
After three years of therapy Charley Brewster, now a college student, is convinced that Jerry Dandridge was a serial killer posing as a vampire. But when Regine, a mysterious actress and her entourage move into Peter Vincent's apartment block, the nightmare starts again - and this time it's personal!

The Legend of Hell House

The Legend of Hell House
6.7/10
  • Genre: HorrorMystery
  • Release: 15/06/1973
  • Character: Benjamin Franklin Fischer
A team consisting of a physicist, his wife, a young female psychic and the only survivor of the previous visit are sent to the notorious Hell House to prove/disprove survival after death. Previous visitors have either been killed or gone mad, and it is up to the team to survive a full week in isolation, and solve the mystery of the Hell House.

Laserblast

Laserblast
2.8/10
Loner teenager Billy Duncan stumbles across a lost alien ray gun while wandering the desert one day. Billy uses the destructive weapon to get revenge on his enemies, but quickly finds himself beginning to turn into a violent, alien creature who destroys anyone who offends him.

Midnight Lace

Midnight Lace
6.7/10
Kit Preston begins to unravel when she receives threatening telephone calls informing her she's soon to be murdered.

Cutting Class

Cutting Class
4.5/10
  • Genre: Horror
  • Release: 01/07/1989
  • Character: Mr. Dante
High school student Paula Carson's affections are being sought after by two of her classmates: Dwight, the "bad boy", and Brian, a disturbed young man who has just been released from a mental hospital where he was committed following the suspicious death of his father. Soon after being released, more murders start happening. Is Brian back to his old tricks, or is Dwight just trying to eliminate the competition?

Night Gallery

Night Gallery
7.4/10
This anthology telefilm aired on NBC on November 8, 1969, and tells three strange tales: "The Cemetery," directed by Boris Sagal; "Eyes," directed by Steven Spielberg; and "The Escape Route," directed by Barry Shear. This film also served as a backdoor pilot for the TV series of the same name, which premiered on December 16, 1970.

Dead of Winter

Dead of Winter
6.2/10
A fledgling actress is lured to a remote mansion for a screen-test, soon discovering she is actually a prisoner in the middle of a blackmail plot.

Shakma

Shakma
5/10
  • Genre: Horror
  • Release: 05/10/1990
  • Character: Sorenson
A murderous baboon escapes from a laboratory and roams the research building, and begins to kill some teenagers who are also in the building playing a Dungeons-and-Dragons type game.

A Taste of Evil

A Taste of Evil
6.3/10
On her way home from a stay at a mental institution after a traumatic rape, a woman realizes that someone is deliberately trying to drive her insane.

Embryo

Embryo
5.1/10
A scientist doing experiments on a human fetus discovers a method to accelerate the fetus into a mature adult in just a few days.

It!

It!
5.6/10
  • Genre: Horror
  • Release: 17/03/1966
  • Character: Arthur Pimm
After a warehouse fire, museum director Groof and assistant Pimm find everything destroyed, only one statue withstood the fire mysteriously undamaged. Suddenly Groof is lying dead on the ground, killed by the statue? Pimm finds out that the cursed statue has been created by Rabbi Loew in 16th century and will withstand every human attempt to destroy it. Pimm decides to use it to his own advantage.

Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance

Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance
3.7/10
  • Genre: Horror
  • Release: 25/05/1994
  • Character: Dr. Lasky
A mysterious mirror is found hidden in a church orphanage, yet few realize its legacy of evil. When an innocent teen discovers that she is being stalked by her evil stepsister, the mirror's demonic power is again unleashed. As the mirror gains strength from the blood of the damned, the ultimate battle between good and evil begins. William Sanderson was the only actor from the first film to return for the second movie, albeit in a different role. The second film notably featured an early film appearance for Mark Ruffalo.

Star Hunter

Star Hunter
3.1/10
Star hunters are the space monsters who hunt helpless creatures for pleasure. One night couple of high school fotball players and their cheerleaders are returning home after the lost game. But, when their bus makes the wrong turn, they are going to meet those creatures, and the real game will begin.

Arnold

Arnold
5.7/10
Karen marries Arnold at his funeral and continues to get his money as long as she stays by his coffin. Meanwhile, various oddball relatives after Arnold's wealth are being killed in a creative variety of ways.

The Alien Within

The Alien Within
4.2/10
Crew of an undersea mining platform falls prey to mysterious and dangerous parasite. The parasite has the ability to affect people's minds, so survivors can't be certain who is safe and who is infected.

Carmilla

Carmilla
6.2/10
Lonely young Marie and her father live on a plantation just before the Civil War. Their placid lives are invaded when they rescue a mysterious woman from a carriage wreck, and soon bodies start turning up with holes in their necks...

The Evil Inside Me

The Evil Inside Me
7.3/10
The lines between past and present are mysteriously blurred when a successful real estate agent develops a strange fixation with a run-down, vacant house that was formally owned by an organized crime family. After he moves in, he is visited by a sexy ghost and begins to unravel the secrets of his former life in 1928... a past where passion and greed collide in the violent world of gangsters.

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