Classic Monsters

NR2019 · Comedy, Talk · 7 seasons

The World’s Foremost Drive-in Movie Critic – actually he’s pretty much the world’s only Drive-in Critic – Joe Bob Briggs brings his iconic swagger to this firebrand of horror and drive-in cinema offering honest appreciation, hilarious insight, inside stories and of course, the Drive-in totals.

IMDb 9.4TMDB 7.3☠ 8.8

TV-MA2014 · Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Mystery · 3 seasons · Eva Green, Josh Hartnett, Timothy Dalton

Some of literature's most terrifying characters, including Dr. Frankenstein, Dorian Gray, and iconic figures from the novel Dracula are lurking in the darkest corners of Victorian London. Penny Dreadful is a frightening psychological thriller that weaves together these classic horror origin stories into a new adult drama.

IMDb 8.2TMDB 7.8☠ 8.2

2019 · Documentary, Horror · 264m · Tom Atkins, John Bloom, Doug Bradley

An exploration of '80s horror movies through the perspective of the actors, directors, producers and SFX craftspeople who made them, and their impact on contemporary cinema.

IMDb 8.0🍅 100%TMDB 7.6☠ 8.2

1933 · Adventure, Fantasy, Horror · 100m · Robert Armstrong, Fay Wray, Bruce Cabot

Adventurous filmmaker Carl Denham sets out to produce a motion picture unlike anything the world has seen before. Alongside his leading lady Ann Darrow and his first mate Jack Driscoll, they arrive on an island and discover a legendary creature said to be neither beast nor man. Denham captures the monster to be displayed on Broadway as King Kong, the eighth wonder of the world.

IMDb 7.9MC 92🍅 97%TMDB 7.6☠ 8.1

NR1935 · Horror, Science Fiction · 75m · Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Valerie Hobson

Dr. Frankenstein and his monster both turn out to be alive after being attacked by an angry mob. The now-chastened scientist attempts to escape his past, but a former mentor forces him to assist with the creation of a new creature.

IMDb 7.8MC 95🍅 98%TMDB 7.5☠ 8.1

NR1968 · Horror, Thriller, Science Fiction · 96m · Judith O'Dea, Duane Jones, Marilyn Eastman

A ragtag group barricade themselves in an old Pennsylvania farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls ravaging the Northeast.

IMDb 7.8MC 89🍅 95%TMDB 7.6☠ 8.0

1956 · Science Fiction, Horror, Thriller · 80m · Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, King Donovan

A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.

IMDb 7.7MC 92🍅 97%TMDB 7.5☠ 8.0

TV-G1964 · Comedy, Family · 2 seasons · Carolyn Jones, John Astin, Jackie Coogan

A satirical inversion of the ideal of the perfect American nuclear family, they are an eccentric wealthy family who delight in everything grotesque and macabre, and are never really aware that people find them bizarre or frightening. In fact, they themselves are often terrified by "normal" people.

IMDb 8.0TMDB 8.0☠ 8.0

NR1939 · Drama, Romance, Horror · 117m · Charles Laughton, Cedric Hardwicke, Thomas Mitchell

Paris, France, 1482. Frollo, Chief Justice of benevolent King Louis XI, gets infatuated by the beauty of Esmeralda, a young Romani girl. The hunchback Quasimodo, Frollo's protege and bell-ringer of Notre Dame, lives in peace among the bells in the heights of the immense cathedral until he is involved by the twisted magistrate in his malicious plans to free himself from Esmeralda's alleged spell, which he believes to be the devil's work.

IMDb 7.8🍅 94%TMDB 7.3☠ 8.0

NR1927 · Drama, Thriller, Romance · 68m · Lon Chaney, Norman Kerry, Joan Crawford

On the lam, criminal Alonzo hides in the circus as The Armless Wonder—a performer who uses his feet to hurl knives. Alonzo keeps the arms he really has concealed to hide his identity. Meanwhile, ringmaster's daughter Nanon has a phobia of being touched by men, but is romantically pursued by not only Alonzo but the strongman Malabar. Alonzo's desperation to remain with Nanon will only end in tragedy.

IMDb 7.7🍅 100%TMDB 7.5☠ 8.0

1931 · Drama, Horror, Science Fiction · 70m · Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, John Boles

Henry Frankenstein pieces together body parts in the hope of bringing a human-like creature to life. The mad scientist’s dreams are shattered by his monstrous creation awakening with rage to a world that hates and fears him.

IMDb 7.7MC 91🍅 94%TMDB 7.5☠ 7.9

NR1932 · Drama, Horror · 64m · Harry Earles, Olga Baclanova, Daisy Earles

A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.

IMDb 7.8MC 80🍅 95%TMDB 7.8☠ 7.9

NR1933 · Horror, Science Fiction · 71m · Claude Rains, Gloria Stuart, William Harrigan

After experimenting on himself and becoming invisible, scientist Jack Griffin, now aggressive due to the drug's effects, seeks a way to reverse the experiment at any cost.

IMDb 7.6MC 87🍅 95%TMDB 7.5☠ 7.8

TV-G1964 · Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Family · 2 seasons · Fred Gwynne, Yvonne De Carlo, Butch Patrick

A family of friendly monsters that have misadventures all while never quite understanding why people react to them so strangely.

IMDb 7.8TMDB 7.9☠ 7.8

NR1931 · Horror, Science Fiction, Drama · 96m · Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins, Rose Hobart

Dr. Henry Jekyll believes that there are two distinct sides to men: one that is good and one that is evil. He believes that by separating the two, man can become liberated. He succeeds in his experiments with chemicals to accomplish this and transforms into Hyde to commit horrendous crimes. When he discontinues use of the drug, it is already too late.

IMDb 7.6MC 88🍅 91%TMDB 7.2☠ 7.8

NR1945 · Horror, Thriller · 103m · Mervyn Johns, Roland Culver, Mary Merrall

An architect, visiting an English country house, realizes the other guests are familiar from his recurring nightmare. When they share their tales of the supernatural, he is filled with a growing dread.

IMDb 7.5🍅 96%TMDB 7.2☠ 7.8

NR1925 · Horror · 107m · Lon Chaney, Norman Kerry, Mary Philbin

The deformed Phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House causes murder and mayhem in an attempt to make the woman he loves a star.

IMDb 7.5🍅 90%TMDB 7.1☠ 7.7

2020 · Documentary, Horror · 263m · Nancy Allen, Tom Atkins, Doug Bradley

The ultimate ‘80s Horror retrospective just got BIGGER. In Search of Darkness: Part II is a four-hour-plus sequel to the Rondo Hatton-nominated In Search of Darkness, adding 15 new interviewees and 40+ returning favorites for the biggest and most comprehensive ‘80s Horror documentary cast ever assembled.

IMDb 7.9🍅 83%TMDB 7.7☠ 7.7

NR1932 · Science Fiction, Horror · 71m · Charles Laughton, Richard Arlen, Leila Hyams

An obsessed scientist conducts profane experiments in evolution, eventually establishing himself as the self-styled demigod to a race of mutated, half-human abominations.

IMDb 7.4🍅 88%TMDB 6.9☠ 7.6

NR1939 · Mystery, Crime, Horror · 80m · Richard Greene, Basil Rathbone, Wendy Barrie

When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.

IMDb 7.4🍅 91%TMDB 7.1☠ 7.6

1935 · Horror, Romance · 68m · Peter Lorre, Frances Drake, Colin Clive

An insane surgeon's obsession with an actress leads him to replace her wounded pianist husband's hands with those of a knife-throwing murderer.

IMDb 7.2🍅 100%TMDB 7.0☠ 7.6

NR1973 · TV Movie, Horror, Mystery · 90m · Darren McGavin, Jo Ann Pflug, Simon Oakland

After being run out of Las Vegas, reporter Carl Kolchak heads for Seattle and another reporting job with the local paper. It's not long before he’s on the trail of another string of bizarre murders. It seems that every 21 years, for the past century, a killer murders a certain number of people, drains them of their blood, and then disappears into the night. Kolchak is on his trail, but can he stop him?

NR1941 · Comedy, Horror · 86m · Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Richard Carlson

Two bumbling service station attendants are left as the sole beneficiaries in a gangster's will. Their trip to claim their fortune is sidetracked when they are stranded in a haunted house along with several other strangers.

TV-MA1991 · Action & Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy · 11 seasons · John Bloom

Host Joe Bob Briggs hosts B-grade flicks on the movie channel, giving background information about each one.