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 The Dream Cheater Ernest C. Warde J. Warren Kerrigan Wedgwood Nowell Joseph J. Dowling United States Desire (1920 film) - Dennis Neilson-Terry Yvonne Arnaud George W. Anson United Kingdom The House of Whispers Ernest C. Warde J. Warren Kerrigan Joseph J. Dowling Fritzi Brunette United States Lost film Der Graf von Cagliostro Reinhold Schünzel Reinhold Schünzel Anita Berber Conrad Veidt Austrian Lost film Love Without Question B. A. Rolfe Olive Tell James W. Morrison Mario Majeroni American Lost film The Dark Mirror (1920 film) Charles Giblyn Dorothy Dalton Huntley Gordon Jessie Arnold American The Hunchback and the Dancer F. W. Murnau Sascha Gura John Gottowt Paul Biensfeldt Germany Lost film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari Robert Wiene Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt Germany Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde John S. Robertson John Barrymore, Martha Mansfield Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde J. Charles Haydon Sheldon Lewis United States Genuine Robert Wiene Fern Andra, Hans Heinrich von Twardowski Germany The Golem: How He Came into the World Paul Wegener, Carl Boese Paul Wegener, Albert Steinrück Germany The Head of Janus F. W. Murnau Conrad Veidt, Bela Lugosi Germany Lost film The Penalty Wallace Worsley, Sr. Lon Chaney, Claire Adams United States From Morn to Midnight Karlheinz Martin Ernst Deutsch, Roma Bahn, Erna Morena Germany The Monster of Frankenstein Eugenio Testa Umberto Guarracino Italy Lost film 1921 Das grinsende Gesicht Julius Herska Anna Kallina Nora Gregor Franz Höbling Austria Destiny Fritz Lang Lil Dagover, Bernard Goetzke, Walter Janssen Germany Dracula's Death Ka'roly Lajthay Erik Vanko, Lene Myl Hungary Lost film Labyrinth of Horror Michael Curtiz Lucy Doraine Alfons Fryland Max Devrient Austria The Arrival from the Darkness Jan S. Kolár Theodor Pištěk (actor) Anny Ondra Karel Lamač Czechoslovakia The Haunted Castle F. W. Murnau Arnold Korft, Lothar Mehnert Germany The Phantom CarriageWorkman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era. Midnight Marquee Press. p. 228. . Victor Sjöström Victor Sjöström, Hilda Borgström Sweden Kinnard, Roy (1999). Horror in Silent Films: A Filmography, 1896–1929. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. . 1922 A Blind Bargain Wallace Worsley, Sr. Lon Chaney, Raymond McKee, Jacqueline Logan, Fontaine La Rue United States Lost film The Ghost Breaker Alfred Green Wallace Reid, Lila Lee, Walter Hiers United States Lost film Häxan Benjamin Christensen Benjamin Christensen, Clara Pontoppidan Sweden The Headless Horseman Edward D. Venturini Will Rogers, Ben Hendricks, Lois Meredith United States Nosferatu F. W. Murnau Max Schreck, Gustav von Wangenheim, Greta Schröder Germany One Exciting Night D. W. Griffith Carol Dempster, Henry Hull, Morgan Wallace United States 1923 The Hunchback of Notre Dame Wallace Worsley Lon Chaney, Patsy Ruth Miller, Norman Kerry United States The Last Moment J. Parker Read Henry Hull, Doris Kenyon, Louis Wolheim United States Old Baron of Rautakylä Carl Fager Einar Rinne, Adolf Lindfors, Naimi Kari Finland 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 The Hands of Orlac Robert Wiene Conrad Veidt, Alexandra Sorina GermanyAustria Waxworks Paul Leni Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Emil Jannings, William Dieterle Germany 1925 The Monster Roland West Lon Chaney, Johnny Arthur, Gertrude Olmstead United States The Phantom of the Opera Rupert Julian Lon Chaney, Mary Philbin, Norman Kerry United States Wolfblood: A Tale of the Forest George Chesebro, Bruce M. Mitchell Marguerite Clayton, Ray Hanford United States 1926 A Page of Madness Teinosuke Kinugasa Masou Inoue, Ayako Iijima Japan The Bat Roland West Jack Pickford, Louise Fazenda United States The Bells James Young Lionel Barrymore, Boris Karloff United States Faust – Eine deutsche Volkssage F. W. Murnau Emil Jannings, Yvette Guilbert, Gösta Ekman Germany Maciste all'inferno Guido Brignone Bartolomeo Pagano, Franz Sala, Pauline Polaire Italy The Magician Rex Ingram Alice Terry, Paul Wegener United States The Student of Prague Henrik Galeen Conrad Veidt, Werner Krauss, Agnes Esterhazy Germany 1927 The Cat and the Canary Paul Leni Laura La Plante, Creighton Hale United States The Gorilla Alfred Santell Charlie Murray, Fred Kelsey, Alice Day United States Lost film London After Midnight Tod Browning Lon Chaney, Marceline Day United States Known in the UK as The Hypnotist Lost film The Unknown Tod Browning Lon Chaney, Norman Kerry, Joan Crawford United States The Wizard Richard Rosson Edmond Lowe United States Lost film 1928 Alraune Henrik Galeen Brigitte Helm, Paul Wegener Germany The Ape Beverly C. Rule Gladys Walton, Ruth Stonehouse, Basil Wilson, Bradley Barke United States The Fall of the House of Usher Jean Epstein Jean Debucourt, Marguerite Gance France The Fall of the House of Usher James Sibley Watson, Melville Webber Herbert Stern, Hildegarde Watson United States The Terror Roy Del Ruth May McAvoy, Louise Fazenda, Edward Everett Horton United States The Man Who Laughs Paul Leni Mary Philbin, Conrad Veidt United States The Last Warning Paul Leni Laura La Plante, Montagu Love United States
See also Lists of horror films
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External links Horror films of the 1920s on Internet Movie Database