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Theme: Films of 1942

Arabian Nights (1942)

26 August 202027 November 2024

Rating: ★★

Arabian Nights Adventure

Director: John Rawlins
Actors: Jon Hall, Maria Montez, Sabu, Leif Erickson, …
Category: Fantasy

Bambi (1942)

26 June 199925 October 2019

Rating: ★★★★★

Disney Animation/Talking Animals

Director: David C. Hand
Category: Fantasy

The Boogie Man Will Get You (1942)

24 May 202324 May 2023

Rating: ★★★

Mad Scientist Screwball Comedy

Director: Lew Landers
Actors: Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre, Larry Parks
Category: Horror

Bowery at Midnight (1942)

28 May 201026 February 2020

Rating: ★★

Crime Thriller/Mad Scientist

Director: Wallace Fox
Actors: Bela Lugosi, Wanda McKay, John Archer, Dave O'Brien, …
Category: Horror

Cabin in the Sky (1942)

9 January 20039 March 2023

Rating: ★★

Afterlife Comedy/All Black Musical

Director: Vincente Minelli
Actors: Eddie Rochester Anderson, Ethel Waters, Rex Ingram, Lena Horne
Category: Fantasy

Cat People (1942)

3 May 200114 October 2022

Rating: ★★★★½

Human-Feline Transformation/Psychological Ambiguity

Director: Jacques Tourneur
Actors: Simone Simon, Tom Conway, Jane Randolph, Kent Smith
Category: Horror

The Corpse Vanishes (1942)

13 September 200017 May 2020

Rating: ★★½

Mad Scientist/Bride Killings

Director: Wallace Fox
Actors: Bela Lugosi, Luana Walters, Tristram Coffin, Elizabeth Russell, …
Category: Horror

The Devil’s Envoys (1942)

9 April 200114 May 2024

Rating: ★★★★

The Devil Tempts Innocent Lovers

Director: Marcel Carne
Actors: Alain Cuny, Arletty, Fernand Ledoux, Marie Dea
Category: Fantasy

Dr Renault’s Secret (1942)

21 September 201327 May 2025

Rating: ★★½

Mad Scientist/Ape Man

Director: Harry Lachman
Actors: J. Carrol Naish, George Zucco, Shepperd Strudwick, Mike Mazurki, …
Category: Horror

The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)

30 July 200022 December 2022

Rating: ★★

Universal Frankenstein Sequel

Director: Erle C. Kenton
Actors: Cedric Hardwicke, Lon Chaney Jr, Bela Lugosi, Evelyn Ankers, …
Category: Horror

The Horn Blows at Midnight (1942)

14 June 200225 August 2021

Rating: ★★★½

Last Trumpeter Screwball Comedy

Director: Raoul Walsh
Actors: Jack Benny, Alexis Smith, Reginald Gardiner, Allyn Joslyn, …
Category: Fantasy

I Married a Witch (1942)

29 May 200127 October 2021

Rating: ★★★★

Mischievous Witch in Love

Director: Rene Clair
Actors: Veronica Lake, Frederic March, Cecil Kellaway, Susan Hayward
Category: Fantasy

Invisible Agent (1942)

27 July 201727 March 2020

Rating: ★★★

Invisible Spy

Director: Edwin L. Marin
Actors: Jon Hall, Ilona Massey, Cedric Hardwicke, Peter Lorre, …
Category: Science Fiction

Jungle Book (1942)

1 April 200327 October 2021

Rating: ★★★

Jungle Boy

Director: Zoltan Korda
Actors: Sabu, Joseph Calleia, Rosemary De Camp, John Qualen, …
Category: Fantasy

The Mad Monster (1942)

28 December 202328 December 2023

Rating: ★★

Mad Scientist Creates Werewolf

Director: Sam Newfield
Actors: George Zucco, Glenn Strange, Anne Nagel, Robert Strange
Category: Horror

The Mummy’s Tomb (1942)

14 October 20008 December 2021

Rating: ★★

Universal Mummy Film

Director: Harold Young
Actors: Lon Chaney Jr, Turhan Bey, George Zucco, John Hubbard, …
Category: Horror

The Night Has Eyes (1942)

1 April 20036 December 2024

Rating: ★★½

Gothic Psycho-Thriller

Director: Leslie Arliss
Actors: James Mason, Joyce Howard
Category: Horror

Night Monster (1942)

12 May 20216 March 2023

Rating: ★★★

Murder Mystery/Lurking Monster

Director: Ford Beebe
Actors: Bela Lugosi, Lionel Atwill, Leif Erickson, Ralph Morgan, …
Category: Horror

Road to Morocco (1942)

8 March 200831 October 2023

Rating: ★★½

Screwball Comedy

Director: David Butler
Actors: Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour, Anthony Quinn, …
Category: Fantasy

Saludos Amigos (1942)

3 March 199920 December 2021

Rating: ★★★

Disney Animation/South American Travelogue

Director: Wilfred Jackson, Jack Kinney, Bill Roberts, Hamilton Luske
Actors: Clarence Nash, Pinto Colvig, Fred Shields
Category: Fantasy

The Strange Case of Doctor Rx (1942)

14 June 201628 March 2025

Rating: ★★

Murder Mystery/Mad Scientist

Director: William Nigh
Actors: Patric Knowles, Anne Gwynne, Mantan Moreland, Samuel S. Hinds, …
Category: Horror

Tarzan’s New York Adventure (1942)

27 December 200710 July 2024

Rating: ★★

Jungle Hero Comes to Civilisation

Director: Richard Thorpe
Actors: Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, Johnny Sheffield, Paul Kelly, …
Category: Fantasy

The Undying Monster (1942)

24 March 202224 March 2022

Rating: ★★

Werewolf Film

Director: John Brahm
Actors: James Ellison, Heather Angel, John Howard, Bramwell Fletcher, …
Category: Horror

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Theme Essays

  • Films About Atlantis
  • Werewolf Films
  • Virtual Reality
  • Imprisonment Thrillers
  • Films Depicting NASA and the Space Program
  • Human Bloodsports and Death Games
  • Animals Attack Films
  • Films About Plague and Pandemic
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  • Films About Halloween
  • Films About Prophecy
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  • Asylums
  • Possession Films
  • Films About Imaginary and Magical Lands
  • Religion in Fantastic Cinema
  • Romantic Comedies
  • Film Noir
  • Spy Films
  • Jekyll and Hyde Films
  • Films That Make Dubious Claims to Being True Stories
  • Coming of Age Stories in Fantastic Cinema
  • Films About Cryogenics and Suspended Animation
  • Alternate History Films
  • Disturbed Psychology as Portrayed on Film
  • Law Enforcement in Fantastic Cinema
  • Weird Westerns
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