Top 10 best horror-movies from the forties

Based on MovieMeter ratings, these are the 10 best horror-movies from the forties

This is a list of the best 10 horror-movies from the forties and highly rated on MovieMeter.

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Top 10 best horror-movies from the forties

1	La Main du Diable (1943) Alternative title: The Devil's Hand Horror 78 minutes	3,52(23)
2	Dead of Night (1945) Horror, Mystery 103 minutes	3,44(171) 3
3	Cat People (1942) Horror, Drama 73 minutes	3,38(209) 3
4	The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) Horror, Drama 110 minutes	3,38(78) 3
5	The Lodger (1944) Horror, Thriller 84 minutes	3,38(38) 3

6	The Body Snatcher (1945) Alternative title: Robert Louis Stevenson's The Body Snatcher Drama, Horror 78 minutes	3,37(136) 3
7	The Beast with Five Fingers (1946) Horror 88 minutes	3,24(21)
8	The Ghost Breakers (1940) Comedy, Horror 82 minutes	3,23(26) 3
9	The Wolf Man (1941) Horror 70 minutes	3,21(239) 3
10	I Walked with a Zombie (1943) Horror 69 minutes	3,21(126) 2