1940s Horror Movies Featuring Black Characters
1940: Comes Midnight – all-black comedy/horror short
1940: Four Shall Die (AKA Condemned Men)
1940: Mr. Smith Goes Ghost – Pigmeat Markham
1941: The Blood of Jesus
1941: The Body Disappears – Willie Best
1941: The Hidden Hand – Willie Best
1941: Mr. Washington Goes to Town – all-black comedy/horror (Mantan Moreland and F. E. Miller)
1941: The Smiling Ghost – Willie Best
1942: Jasper and the Haunted House
1942: The Mad Doctor of Market Street – Noble Johnson
1942: Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost
1942: Phantom Killer – Mantan Moreland
1942: Professor Creeps – all-black comedy/horror (Mantan Moreland)
1942: The Strange Case of Dr. Rx
1942: Whispering Ghosts – Willie Best
1943: Ghost and the Guest
1943: The Ghost Ship
1943: Haunted Ranch
1944: The Curse of the Cat People
1944: Gildersleeve’s Ghost
1944: Meeting at Midnight (AKA Black Magic)
1944: Voodoo Devil Drums (AKA Virgin Brides of Voodoo)
1946: The Face of Marble – Willie Best
1946: Fight That Ghost – all-black comedy/horror (Pigmeat Markham)
1949: Africa Screams
