The Black Cat - 1934
Joan and Peter Allison, a couple travelling to Hamburg for their honeymoon are joined by Dr. Vitus Verdegast towards the end of their journey. On the way to the hotel, their bus crashes during a storm and the driver is killed and Joan injured, Dr. Verdegast suggests seeking refuge in Hjalmar Poelzig's house, an old acquaintance of his. Unbeknownst to Peter and Joan, Dr. Verdegast is seeking revenge for the death of his wife and for the slaughter of Poelzig's entire army when it was sacrificed to Satan by Poelzig's own dark priest. Verdegast discovers Poelzig's plans for Joan, the same plans that killed his own wife. To save her, Verdegast must beat him in a game of chess.

The Raven - 1935
Dr. Vollin (Lugosi) a brilliant but eccentric Neurosurgeon with a penchant for Edgar Allan Poe inspired torture is coaxed out of retirement by a wealthy judge to save his daughter, a dancer crippled and brain damaged in an auto wreck. During her recovery Vollin falls in love with her and decides that she will marry him and not her fiancé.
Devising a hideous scheme of torture and murder, Vollin enlists a reluctant assistant by horrible disfiguring an on the run murderer (Karloff) who had come to him to have his appearance altered.

The Mummy - 1932
In 1921 a field expedition in Egypt discovers the mummy of ancient Egyptian prince Im-Ho-Tep, who was condemned and buried alive for sacrilege. Also found in the tomb is the Scroll of Thoth, which can bring the dead back to life. One night a young member of the expedition reads the Scroll out loud and brings Im-Ho-Tep back to life, going insane as a result of his thoughtless conjuring. Ten years later, disguised as a modern Egyptian, the mummy attempts to reunite with his lost love, an ancient princess who has been reincarnated in the form of beautiful young woman, Helen Grosvenor