Top 20 Public Domain Horror Movies 2024

This time of year like many people including my self love to seat down and watch a scary movies.  There are many movies out there to watch.  Some are free and other ones are not.

In this article I am going to give 20 of the best horror movies  that are in the Public Domain.  For this list I selected them from the article Public domain horror films in the Internet Archive (imdb.com).  The links below will give a description of each movie and where you can watch them. FYI there are a lot more out there.

  1. The Bat (1959) – IMDb
  2. Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (1922) – IMDb
  3. The Devil’s Castle (Short 1897) – IMDb
  4. Summoning the Spirits (Short 1899) – IMDb
  5. Frankenstein (Short 1910) – IMDb
  6. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Short 1913) – IMDb
  7. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) – IMDb
  8. The Golem (1920) – IMDb
  9. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) – IMDb
  10. The Fall of the House of Usher (Short 1928) – IMDb
  11. The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1936) – IMDb
  12. The Vampire Bat (1933) – IMDb
  13. The Phantom of the Opera (1925) – IMDb
  14. The Mummy’s Hand (1940) – IMDb
  15. Svengali (1931) – IMDb
  16. The Hands of Orlac (1924) – IMDb
  17. The Amazing Mr. X (1948) – IMDb
  18. Invisible Ghost (1941) – IMDb
  19. House on Haunted Hill (1959) – IMDb
  20. Night of the Living Dead (1968) – IMDb

I hope you find one or more you want to watch.  Happy Halloween.