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
Dante's Inferno	Henry Otto	Pauline Starke, Ralph Lewis, Josef Swickard, Gloria Grey	United States	[30]
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	[31]
Wolfblood: A Tale of the Forest	George Chesebro, Bruce M. Mitchell	Marguerite Clayton, Ray Hanford	United States	[32]
1926
A Page of Madness	Teinosuke Kinugasa	Masou Inoue, Ayako Iijima	Japan
The Bat	Roland West	Jack Pickford, Louise Fazenda	United States	[33]
The Bells	James Young	Lionel Barrymore, Boris Karloff	United States
Faust – Eine deutsche Volkssage	F. W. Murnau	Emil Jannings, Yvette Guilbert, Gösta Ekman	Germany	[34]
Maciste all'inferno	Guido Brignone	Bartolomeo Pagano, Franz Sala, Pauline Polaire	Italy	[35][36]
The Magician	Rex Ingram	Alice Terry, Paul Wegener	United States	[37]
The Student of Prague	Henrik Galeen	Conrad Veidt, Werner Krauss, Agnes Esterhazy	Germany	[38]
1927
The Cat and the Canary	Paul Leni	Laura La Plante, Creighton Hale	United States	[39]
The Gorilla	Alfred Santell	Charlie Murray, Fred Kelsey, Alice Day	United States	Lost film [40]
London After Midnight	Tod Browning	Lon Chaney, Marceline Day	United States	Known in the UK as The Hypnotist[41] Lost film
The Unknown	Tod Browning	Lon Chaney, Norman Kerry, Joan Crawford	United States	[42]
The Wizard	Richard Rosson	Edmond Lowe	United States	Lost film
1928
Alraune	Henrik Galeen	Brigitte Helm, Paul Wegener	Germany	[43]
The Ape	Beverly C. Rule	Gladys Walton, Ruth Stonehouse, Basil Wilson, Bradley Barke	United States	[44]
The Fall of the House of Usher	Jean Epstein	Jean Debucourt, Marguerite Gance	France	[45][46]
The Fall of the House of Usher	James Sibley Watson, Melville Webber	Herbert Stern, Hildegarde Watson	United States	[47]
The Terror	Roy Del Ruth	May McAvoy, Louise Fazenda, Edward Everett Horton	United States	[48][49]
The Man Who Laughs	Paul Leni	Mary Philbin, Conrad Veidt	United States	[50]
The Last Warning	Paul Leni	Laura La Plante,Montagu Love	United States

See also

• Lists of horror films

References

Citations

1. Kinnard 1999, p. 108.
2. Worland 2007, p. 44.
3. Sadoul & Morris 1972, p. 48.
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.
7. Kinnard 1999, p. 114.
8. Worland 2007, p. 47.
9. Wiener, Tom. "Der Golem". Allmovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
10. Hardy 1995, p. 27.
11. Wiener, Tom. "The Penalty". Allmovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
12. Kinnard 1999, p. 119.
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.
18. Hardy 1995, p. 28.
19. Clark 2004, p. 13.
20. Erickson, Hal. "A Blind Bargain". Allmovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
21. Hardy 1995, p. 30.
22. Hallenbeck 2009, pp. 5–6.
23. Erickson, Hal. "Häxan". Allmovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
24. Hallenbeck 2009, p. 8.
25. Hardy 1995, p. 31.
26. Hallenbeck 2009, pp. 6–7.
27. Kinnard 1999, pp. 147–152.
28. Hardy 1995, p. 32.
29. "Rautakylän vanha parooni". Mykkäelokuvat (in Finnish). Retrieved October 24, 2021.
30. Worland 2007, p. 46.
31. Brenner, Paul. "The Phantom of the Opera". Allmovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
32. Richardson, Thomas E. "Wolf Blood". Classic-Horror.com. Retrieved July 25, 2011.
33. Hallenbeck 2009, p. 9.
34. Paszylk 2009, pp. 16–19.
35. Peters, Rebecca. "Maciste all'inferno, 1926". San Francisco Silent Film Festival. Retrieved December 1, 2014.
36. Kinnard 1999, p. 171.
37. Erickson, Hal. "Magician". Allmovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
38. Hardy 1995, p. 36.
39. Erickson, Hal. "The Cat and the Canary". Allmovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
40. Hardy 1995, p. 37.
41. Hardy 1995, p. 38.
42. Erickson, Hal. "The Unknown". Allmovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
43. Hardy 1995, p. 39.
44. Kinnard 1999, pp. 212–213.
45. Erickson, Hal. "The Fall of the House of Usher". Allmovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
46. Kinnard 1999, pp. 213–214.
47. Kinnard 1999, p. 214.
48. Munden 1997, p. 792.
49. Dirks, Tim. "Horror Films". Filmsite.org. Retrieved December 1, 2014.
50. 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