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

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

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