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The 1940’s and 1950’s
1941: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1941: King of the Zombies
1941: The Wolf Man
1942: Cat People
1943: Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
1943: I Walked with a Zombie
1944: The Uninvited
1945: Dead of Night
1945: The Picture of Dorian Gray
1948: Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
1949: Mahal
1949: Mighty Joe Young
1951: The Thing from Another World
1953: The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
1953: House of Wax
1953: Ugetsu
1954: The Creature from the Black Lagoon
1954: Godzilla
1954: Them!
1955: Diabolique
1955: The Night of the Hunter
1956: The Bad Seed
1956: I Vampiri
1956: Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1957: The Curse of Frankenstein
1957: I Was a Teen-age Werewolf
1957: The Incredible Shrinking Man
1958: The Blob
1958: The Fly
1958: Horror of Dracula
1959: House on Haunted Hill
1959: Plan 9 from Outer Space
1959: The Tingler
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John Risner
John Morgan Risner is a screenwriter, novelist, and story analyst, and the founder of Screen Writer Ink. With over a decade of experience teaching screenwriting and filmmaking at the university level, he has helped writers develop stronger stories through a focus on character, structure, and cinematic storytelling. His work spans multiple genres, including thriller, horror, and mystery, with an emphasis on character-driven narratives. He is also a film historian with a deep knowledge of classic and modern cinema, including the James Bond films and novels. Through Screen Writer Ink, he provides writers with practical, experience-based insight into the craft of storytelling—helping them move beyond theory and write with clarity, purpose, and control.
