Bowery At Midnight 1942
Kindly soup kitchen operator and professor of criminology Bela Lugosi uses his soup kitchen as a front for a criminal gang who commit a series of daring robberies and murders. When things get out of hand, Lugosi kills his henchmen, who wind up as zombies in the cellar of the soup kitchen.

Atomic Alert 1951

Scared Stiff Horror Cinema Defining the Horror genre, exploring typical tropes and motifs, such as the haunted house, monsters, zombies and serial killers.  Also looking at the principles and logic behind the horror film – some sort of transgression (knowing something not supposed to know) leading to terrible consequences.  Questioning why we watch horror films – cathartic enactment and overcoming of society's worst nightmares.  Thus the sociological interest in horror films – and how they portray society's fears, varying according to the age.