BEST OF EARLY HORROR (1896-1929)

Time to glance back to the beginning.. The primordial ooze of genre films from which all great modern horror cinema derives. These are the gems that made a lasting imprint on my young imagination growing up.

Click the following links to see past Horror posts at the Wandering Image: 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s

#22-19 = great

#18-10 = top shelf liquor

#9-1 = God tier

the countdown:

22. 

THE HAUNTED CASTLE

[THE HOUSE OF THE DEVIL]

-tie- 22.       THE 

MERRY FROLICS OF SATAN

21.  THE SKELETON DANCE

20.  DANTE'S INFERNO (1911)

19. 

LA MAISON ENSORCELÉE

18.    FRANKENSTEIN (1910)

                 DR. JEKYLL 

17.    AND MR. HYDE (1920)

 

16.       THE GOLEM

      [THE MONSTER OF FATE 1915]

              THE PHANTOM 

15.      OF THE OPERA (1925)

     THE HUNCHBACK OF 

14.    NOTRE DAME (1923)

13.        LES VAMPIRES

12.        THE UNKNOWN

11.  

THE HANDS OF ORLAC ('24)

10.              THE

 CAT & THE CANARY (1927)

         

9.  THE GOLEM: HOW HE 

CAME INTO THE WORLD ('20)

8.               DESTINY

      A PAGE OF MADNESS

7.             狂った一頁

            THE FALL OF

     THE HOUSE OF USHER 

6.         [1928 U.S. short]

5.   

THE PHANTOM CARRIAGE

4.                HÄXAN

3.                THE 

CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI

2.       NOSFERATU (1922)

1.            FAUST (1926)

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