All CMBA members are welcome to write about any horror film, director, actor or topic made from the start of cinema through the Pre-Code era (1934). Celebrate early cinema and Pre-Code era — films before 1934 that blend horror and societal unease, revealing terror not only in monsters but in human frailty, darker instincts, and existential dread.
CMBA members have been emailed all the information about the blogathon including where to submit your topic idea and a variety of banners you to use with your story. If you didn’t receive the email or have questions, please email classic.movie.blog.assoc@gmail.com.
Fans of classic movies can look for the posts to go online from Nov. 10-14. The CMBA will post links to all of the stories here and via social media.
Monday, November 10:
- Shadows and Satin: Letty Lynton (1932)
- Virtual Virago: The Mummy (1932)
- Apocalypse Later: Chloe, Love is Calling You (1934)
- A Person in the Dark: Employees' Entrance (1933)
- The Everyday Cinephile: Inferno (1911)
- Once Upon a Screen: Murders in the Zoo (1933)
Tuesday, November 11:
- Classic Film and TV Corner: Freaks (1932)
- Critica Retrô: Haxan (1922)
- Speakeasy: The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
- Cary Grant Won't Eat You: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
Wednesday, November 12:
- Nitro Glow: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
- Whimsically Classic: King Kong (1933)
- The Wonderful World of Cinema: The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (Alfred Hitchcock, 1927)
- The Classic Movie MuseMore than a Monster: The Vulnerability of John Barrymore's Svengali (1931)
Thursday, November 13:
- I Found it at the Movies: The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
- The Midnite Drive-In: White Zombie (1932)
- Another Old Movie Blog: Terror Aboard (1933)
- Hamlette's Soliloquy: The Invisible Man (1933)
- Taking Up Room: The Old Dark House & Hands of Orlac
- Watching Forever: The Unknown (1927)
Friday, November 14:
- The Last Drive In: Island of Lost Souls (1932)
- Silver Screen Classic: The Cat and the Canary (1927)
- Silver Screen Modes: The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
- Make Mine Film Noir: M (1931)
- Once Upon a Screen: A Shriek in the Night (1933)
- In The Good Old Days Of Classic Hollywood: Sparrows (1926)
