It's time for the Classic Movie Blog Association's fall blogathon, titled Early Shadows & Pre-Code Horror. CMBA members have chosen movies with horror themes to write about from early silent cinema through the pre-Code era up to 1934. Their stories look at movies that blend horror and societal unease, revealing terror not only in monsters, but in human frailty, darker instincts and existential dread.
Our blogathon will have new entries posted from Nov. 10-14, 2025 so check back during that time and check us out on social media, too.
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:
- Critica RetrĂ´: Haxan (1922)
- Speakeasy: The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
- Cary Grant Won't Eat You: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
Wednesday, November 12:
- Nitrate 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 Muse: More 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: 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)
- Shadowplay: Drums O' Voodoo AKA Louisiana,(1934)
- In The Good Old Days Of Classic Hollywood: Sparrows (1926)
