Best Fantasy Movies of 1943. - PickTheMovie.com

1.

I Walked with a Zombie

3.7

7.2/10

A nurse in the Caribbean turns to voodoo in hopes of curing her patient, an unusual woman whose husband she's fallen in love with.

Starring: Frances Dee, Tom Conway, James Ellison, Edith Barrett, James Bell

Directed by: Jacques Tourneur

Release date: 1943-04-21

2.

Son of Dracula

3.4

6.2/10

Carpathian Count Alucard is invited to the U.S. by a young heiress. Her boyfriend and local officials are suspicious of the newcomer, who is interested in the "virile" soil of the new world.

Starring: Lon Chaney Jr., Robert Paige, Louise Allbritton, Evelyn Ankers, Frank Craven

Directed by: Robert Siodmak

Release date: 1943-10-05

3.

Flesh and Fantasy

3.1

7.0/10

Director Julien Duvivier's 1943 anthology film tells three tales of the supernatural. The first story is set at the Mardi Gras in New Orleans, the second involves a psychic who predicts murder, and the third is about a man who literally meets the girl of his dreams.

Starring: Robert Benchley, Betty Field, Robert Cummings, Edgar Barrier, Edward G. Robinson

Directed by: Julien Duvivier

Release date: 1943-10-29

4.

Momotaro, the Sea Eagle

2.4

5.8/10

Considered the first animated feature film from Japan. Although it's short, it was billed as a main attraction. This government funded propaganda film features the classic folklore character Momotaro and his animal friends as they attack Pearl Harbor which is defended by characters strikingly similar to Bluto and Olive Oil from the Popeye cartoons. The animation is mixed with real video footage from the attack on Pearl Harbor supplied by the military.

Directed by: Mitsuyo Seo

Release date: 1943-03-25

5.

A Christmas Carol

1.3

5.7/10

An early experimental television broadcast of Dickens's famous novel.

Starring: William Podmore, Lon Clark, Roger De Koven, Noah Julian, Consuela Lembke

Directed by: George Lowther

Release date: 1943-12-22

6.

Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man

0.0

6.6/10

Graverobbers open the grave of the Wolfman and awake him. He doesn't like the idea of being immortal and killing people when the moon is full, so he tries to find Dr. Frankenstein, in the hopes that the Dr. can cure him, but Frankenstein is dead and only his Monster is alive and this one wants to live, not to die like the Wolfman.

Starring: Bela Lugosi, Lon Chaney Jr., Ilona Massey, Patric Knowles, Lionel Atwill

Directed by: Roy William Neill

Release date: 1943-03-05

7.

Heaven Can Wait

0.0

7.5/10

Spoiled playboy Henry van Cleve dies and arrives at the entrance to Hell, a final destination he is sure he deserves after living a life of profligacy. The devil, however, isn't so sure Henry meets Hell's standards. Convinced he is where he belongs, Henry recounts his life's deeds, both good and bad, including an act of indiscretion during his 25-year marriage to his wife, Martha, with the hope that "His Excellency" will arrive at the proper judgment.

Starring: Gene Tierney, Don Ameche, Charles Coburn, Marjorie Main, Laird Cregar

Directed by: Ernst Lubitsch

Release date: 1943-08-11

Best Fantasy Movies of 1943