List of horror films of the 1920s

A list of horror films released in the 1920s.

List

Horror films released in the 1920s
Title	Director	Cast	Country	Notes
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
A Page of Madness	Teinosuke Kinugasa	Masou Inoue, Ayako Iijima	Japan
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

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

[FOOTNOTEKinnard1999108-1] Kinnard 1999, p. 108.

[FOOTNOTEWorland200744-2] Worland 2007, p. 44.

[FOOTNOTESadoulMorris197248-3] Sadoul & Morris 1972, p. 48.

[FOOTNOTEWorland200741-4] Worland 2007, p. 41.

[5] Erickson, Hal. "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde". Allmovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.

[6] Wollstein, Hans J. "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde". Allmovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.

[FOOTNOTEKinnard1999114-7] Kinnard 1999, p. 114.

[FOOTNOTEWorland200747-8] Worland 2007, p. 47.

[9] Wiener, Tom. "Der Golem". Allmovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.

[FOOTNOTEHardy199527-10] Hardy 1995, p. 27.

[11] Wiener, Tom. "The Penalty". Allmovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.

[FOOTNOTEKinnard1999119-12] Kinnard 1999, p. 119.

[FOOTNOTEHardy199529-13] Hardy 1995, p. 29.

[14] Erickson, Hal. "Schloss Vogelod". Allmovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.

[15] "Haunted Castle". Allmovie. Archived from the original (DVD) on July 18, 2012. Retrieved November 28, 2011.

[16] Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era. Midnight Marquee Press. p. 228. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.

[17] Kinnard, Roy (1999). Horror in Silent Films: A Filmography, 1896–1929. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-0751-4.

[FOOTNOTEHardy199528-18] Hardy 1995, p. 28.

[FOOTNOTEClark200413-19] Clark 2004, p. 13.

[20] Erickson, Hal. "A Blind Bargain". Allmovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.

[FOOTNOTEHardy199530-21] Hardy 1995, p. 30.

[FOOTNOTEHallenbeck20095–6-22] Hallenbeck 2009, pp. 5–6.

[23] Erickson, Hal. "Häxan". Allmovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.

[FOOTNOTEHallenbeck20098-24] Hallenbeck 2009, p. 8.

[FOOTNOTEHardy199531-25] Hardy 1995, p. 31.

[FOOTNOTEHallenbeck20096–7-26] Hallenbeck 2009, pp. 6–7.

[FOOTNOTEKinnard1999147–152-27] Kinnard 1999, pp. 147–152.

[FOOTNOTEHardy199532-28] Hardy 1995, p. 32.

[29] "Rautakylän vanha parooni". Mykkäelokuvat (in Finnish). Retrieved October 24, 2021.

[30] Brenner, Paul. "The Phantom of the Opera". Allmovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.

[31] Richardson, Thomas E. "Wolf Blood". Classic-Horror.com. Retrieved July 25, 2011.

[FOOTNOTEHallenbeck20099-32] Hallenbeck 2009, p. 9.

[FOOTNOTEPaszylk200916–19-33] Paszylk 2009, pp. 16–19.

[34] Peters, Rebecca. "Maciste all'inferno, 1926". San Francisco Silent Film Festival. Retrieved December 1, 2014.

[FOOTNOTEKinnard1999171-35] Kinnard 1999, p. 171.

[36] Erickson, Hal. "Magician". Allmovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.

[FOOTNOTEHardy199536-37] Hardy 1995, p. 36.

[38] Erickson, Hal. "The Cat and the Canary". Allmovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.

[FOOTNOTEHardy199537-39] Hardy 1995, p. 37.

[FOOTNOTEHardy199538-40] Hardy 1995, p. 38.

[41] Erickson, Hal. "The Unknown". Allmovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.

[FOOTNOTEHardy199539-42] Hardy 1995, p. 39.

[FOOTNOTEKinnard1999212–213-43] Kinnard 1999, pp. 212–213.

[44] Erickson, Hal. "The Fall of the House of Usher". Allmovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.

[FOOTNOTEKinnard1999213–214-45] Kinnard 1999, pp. 213–214.

[FOOTNOTEKinnard1999214-46] Kinnard 1999, p. 214.

[FOOTNOTEMunden1997[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidrlLbRAPOgP0CpgPA792lpgPA792_792]-47] Munden 1997, p. 792.

[48] Dirks, Tim. "Horror Films". Filmsite.org. Retrieved December 1, 2014.

[PopMatters-49] PopMatters Staff. "PopMatters: The Man Who Laughs". popmatters.com. Retrieved January 11, 2007.

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