The Unknown (1927)

The Unknown (1927)

MGM

June 4, 1927

Horror?

DVD
D

Tod Browning + Lon Chaney + circus - arms = creepy.

Freaks

Freaks

MGM

February 20, 1932

Dramedy

DVD
D+

Although the first quarter hour is of course odd, I tuned out long before anything that could be described as "horror."  (It is "dramedy" rather than "drama" because of the use of humor.)  This might've been a C- or a C for me, but the acting is pretty bad.  Tod Browning directed the year after Dracula.

Dracula (1931)

Dracula (1931)
Universal
February 14, 1931
Horror
DVD
C-

The movie that stereotyped Lugosi until his death and beyond (see Plan Nine from Outer Space if you somehow still haven't).  It's slow and "atmospheric," despite being short (75 minutes, which means I quit with an hour to go and no one had been bitten yet).  Directed by Tod Browning and of course based (via a stage play) on the Bram Stoker novel.