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A list of horror films released in the 1920s.
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Title | Director | Cast | Country | Notes | ||
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1920 | ||||||
Anita | Jacob Fleck, Luise Fleck | Lola Urban-Kneidinger, Wilhelm Klitsch, Julius Strobl | Austria | [1] | ||
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari | Robert Wiene | Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt | Germany | [2][3] | ||
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | John S. Robertson | John Barrymore, Martha Mansfield | United States | [4][5] | ||
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | J. Charles Haydon | Sheldon Lewis | United States | [6] | ||
Genuine | Robert Wiene | Fern Andra, Hans Heinrich von Twardowski | Germany | [7] | ||
The Golem: How He Came into the World | Paul Wegener, Karl Boese | Paul Wegener, Albert Steinrück | Germany | [8][9] | ||
The Head of Janus | F. W. Murnau | Conrad Veidt, Bela Lugosi | Germany | [10] Lost film | ||
The Penalty | Wallace Worsley, Sr. | Lon Chaney, Claire Adams | United States | [11] | ||
The Monster of Frankenstein | Eugenio Testa | Umberto Guarracino | Italy | [12] Lost film | ||
1921 | ||||||
Destiny | Fritz Lang | Lil Dagover, Bernard Goetzke, Walter Janssen | Germany | [13] | ||
Dracula's Death | Ka'roly Lajthay | Erik Vanko,Lene Myl | Hungary | Lost film | ||
The Haunted Castle | F. W. Murnau | Arnold Korft, Lothar Mehnert | Germany | [14][15] | ||
The Phantom Carriage[16] | Victor Sjöström | Victor Sjöström, Hilda Borgström | Sweden | [17][18] | ||
1922 | ||||||
A Blind Bargain | Wallace Worsley, Sr. | Lon Chaney, Raymond McKee, Jacqueline Logan, Fontaine La Rue | United States | [19][20] Lost film | ||
The Ghost Breaker | Alfred Green | Wallace Reid, Lila Lee, Walter Hiers | United States | [21][22] Lost film | ||
Häxan | Benjamin Christensen | Benjamin Christensen, Clara Pontoppidan | Sweden | [23][21] | ||
The Headless Horseman | Edward D. Venturini | Will Rogers, Ben Hendricks, Lois Meredith | United States | [24] | ||
Nosferatu | F. W. Murnau | Max Schreck, Gustav von Wangenheim, Greta Schröder | Germany | [8] | ||
One Exciting Night | D. W. Griffith | Carol Dempster, Henry Hull, Morgan Wallace | United States | [25][26] | ||
1923 | ||||||
The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Wallace Worsley | Lon Chaney, Patsy Ruth Miller, Norman Kerry | United States | [27] | ||
The Last Moment | J. Parker Read | Henry Hull, Doris Kenyon, Louis Wolheim | United States | [28] | ||
Old Baron of Rautakylä | Carl Fager | Einar Rinne, Adolf Lindfors, Naimi Kari | Finland | [29] | ||
While Paris Sleeps | Maurice Tourneur | Lon Chaney,Mildred Manning | United States | |||
1924 | ||||||
The Hands of Orlac | Robert Wiene | Conrad Veidt, Alexandra Sorina | Germany Austria | [8] | ||
Waxworks | Paul Leni | Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Emil Jannings, William Dieterle | Germany | [8] | ||
1925 | ||||||
The Monster | Roland West | Lon Chaney, Johnny Arthur, Gertrude Olmstead | United States | [19] | ||
The Phantom of the Opera | Rupert Julian | Lon Chaney, Mary Philbin, Norman Kerry | United States | [30] | ||
Wolfblood: A Tale of the Forest | George Chesebro, Bruce M. Mitchell | Marguerite Clayton, Ray Hanford | United States | [31] | ||
1926 | ||||||
The Bat | Roland West | Jack Pickford, Louise Fazenda | United States | [32] | ||
The Bells | James Young | Lionel Barrymore, Boris Karloff | United States | |||
Faust – Eine deutsche Volkssage | F. W. Murnau | Emil Jannings, Yvette Guilbert, Gösta Ekman | Germany | [33] | ||
Maciste all'inferno | Guido Brignone | Bartolomeo Pagano, Franz Sala, Pauline Polaire | Italy | [34][35] | ||
The Magician | Rex Ingram | Alice Terry, Paul Wegener | United States | [36] | ||
The Student of Prague | Henrik Galeen | Conrad Veidt, Werner Krauss, Agnes Esterhazy | Germany | [37] | ||
1927 | ||||||
The Cat and the Canary | Paul Leni | Laura La Plante, Creighton Hale | United States | [38] | ||
The Gorilla | Alfred Santell | Charlie Murray, Fred Kelsey, Alice Day | United States | Lost film [39] | ||
London After Midnight | Tod Browning | Lon Chaney, Marceline Day | United States | Known in the UK as The Hypnotist[40] Lost film | ||
The Unknown | Tod Browning | Lon Chaney, Norman Kerry, Joan Crawford | United States | [41] | ||
The Wizard | Richard Rosson | Edmond Lowe | United States | Lost film | ||
1928 | ||||||
Alraune | Henrik Galeen | Brigitte Helm, Paul Wegener | Germany | [42] | ||
The Ape | Beverly C. Rule | Gladys Walton, Ruth Stonehouse, Basil Wilson, Bradley Barke | United States | [43] | ||
The Fall of the House of Usher | Jean Epstein | Jean Debucourt, Marguerite Gance | France | [44][45] | ||
The Fall of the House of Usher | James Sibley Watson, Melville Webber | Herbert Stern, Hildegarde Watson | United States | [46] | ||
The Terror | Roy Del Ruth | May McAvoy, Louise Fazenda, Edward Everett Horton | United States | [47][48] | ||
The Man Who Laughs | Paul Leni | Mary Philbin, Conrad Veidt | United States | [49] | ||
The Last Warning | Paul Leni | Laura La Plante,Montagu Love | United States |
See also
References
Citations
- ^ Kinnard 1999, p. 108.
- ^ Worland 2007, p. 44.
- ^ Sadoul & Morris 1972, p. 48.
- ^ Worland 2007, p. 41.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde". Allmovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
- ^ Wollstein, Hans J. "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde". Allmovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
- ^ Kinnard 1999, p. 114.
- ^ a b c d Worland 2007, p. 47.
- ^ Wiener, Tom. "Der Golem". Allmovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
- ^ Hardy 1995, p. 27.
- ^ Wiener, Tom. "The Penalty". Allmovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
- ^ Kinnard 1999, p. 119.
- ^ Hardy 1995, p. 29.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "Schloss Vogelod". Allmovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
- ^ "Haunted Castle". Allmovie. Archived from the original (DVD) on July 18, 2012. Retrieved November 28, 2011.
- ^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era. Midnight Marquee Press. p. 228. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
- ^ Kinnard, Roy (1999). Horror in Silent Films: A Filmography, 1896–1929. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-0751-4.
- ^ Hardy 1995, p. 28.
- ^ a b Clark 2004, p. 13.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "A Blind Bargain". Allmovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
- ^ a b Hardy 1995, p. 30.
- ^ Hallenbeck 2009, pp. 5–6.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "Häxan". Allmovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
- ^ Hallenbeck 2009, p. 8.
- ^ Hardy 1995, p. 31.
- ^ Hallenbeck 2009, pp. 6–7.
- ^ Kinnard 1999, pp. 147–152.
- ^ Hardy 1995, p. 32.
- ^ "Rautakylän vanha parooni". Mykkäelokuvat (in Finnish). Retrieved October 24, 2021.
- ^ Brenner, Paul. "The Phantom of the Opera". Allmovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
- ^ Richardson, Thomas E. "Wolf Blood". Classic-Horror.com. Retrieved July 25, 2011.
- ^ Hallenbeck 2009, p. 9.
- ^ Paszylk 2009, pp. 16–19.
- ^ Peters, Rebecca. "Maciste all'inferno, 1926". San Francisco Silent Film Festival. Retrieved December 1, 2014.
- ^ Kinnard 1999, p. 171.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "Magician". Allmovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
- ^ Hardy 1995, p. 36.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "The Cat and the Canary". Allmovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
- ^ Hardy 1995, p. 37.
- ^ Hardy 1995, p. 38.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "The Unknown". Allmovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
- ^ Hardy 1995, p. 39.
- ^ Kinnard 1999, pp. 212–213.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "The Fall of the House of Usher". Allmovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
- ^ Kinnard 1999, pp. 213–214.
- ^ Kinnard 1999, p. 214.
- ^ Munden 1997, p. 792.
- ^ Dirks, Tim. "Horror Films". Filmsite.org. Retrieved December 1, 2014.
- ^ PopMatters Staff. "PopMatters: The Man Who Laughs". popmatters.com. Retrieved January 11, 2007.
Bibliography
- Clark, Mark (2004). Smirk, Sneer, and Scream: Great Acting in Horror Cinema. McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-1932-6.
- Hallenbeck, Bruce G. (2009). Comedy-horror films: a chronological history, 1914-2008. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-3332-2.
- Hardy, Phil, ed. (1995). The Overlook Film Encyclopedia. Vol. 3. Overlook Press. ISBN 0-87951-624-0.
- Kinnard, Roy (1999). Horror in Silent Films: A Filmography, 1896–1929. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-0751-4.
- Munden, Kenneth White, ed. (1997). American Film Institute Catalog, Feature Films 1921–1930. University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-20969-9.
- Paszylk, Bartłomiej (2009). The pleasure and pain of cult horror films: an historical survey. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-3695-8.
- Sadoul, Georges; Morris, Peter (1972). Dictionary of films. University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-02152-5.
- Worland, Rick (2007). The horror film: an introduction. Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 978-1-4051-3902-1.
External links
- Horror films of the 1920s on Internet Movie Database