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So you want to be a Horror Geek?

by arballoanhel • Created 1 year ago • Modified 1 month ago
So you want to be a horror geek? Watch these! 40% or more watched and you are officially in too deep. Congratulations!

"I have such sights to show you."

Essential horror across all decades organized in chronological order.

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  • The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)

    1. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

    19201h 7mNot Rated
    8.0 (74K)
    Hypnotist Dr. Caligari uses a somnambulist, Cesare, to commit murders.
    DirectorRobert WieneStarsWerner KraussConrad VeidtFriedrich Feher
  • The Golem (1920)

    2. The Golem

    19201h 31mUnrated
    7.2 (9.1K)
    In 16th-century Prague, a rabbi creates the Golem - a giant creature made of clay. Using sorcery, he brings the creature to life in order to protect the Jews of Prague from persecution.
    DirectorsPaul WegenerCarl BoeseStarsPaul WegenerAlbert SteinrückErnst Deutsch
  • The Head of Janus (1920)

    3. The Head of Janus

    19201h 47m
    7.4 (176)
    Two opposing characters are hidden in the person of the inconspicuous London gentleman Dr. Warren and Janus.
    DirectorF.W. MurnauStarsConrad VeidtMagnus StifterMargarete Schlegel
  • The Phantom Carriage (1921)

    4. The Phantom Carriage

    19211h 47mNot Rated
    8.0 (15K)
    On New Year's Eve, the driver of a ghostly carriage forces a drunken man to reflect on his selfish, wasted life.
    DirectorVictor SjöströmStarsVictor SjöströmHilda BorgströmTore Svennberg
  • Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (1922)

    5. Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror

    19221h 34mNot Rated
    7.8 (120K)
    Vampire Count Orlok expresses interest in a new residence and real estate agent Hutter's wife.
    DirectorF.W. MurnauStarsMax SchreckAlexander GranachGustav von Wangenheim
  • Häxan (1922)

    6. Häxan

    19221h 31mNot Rated
    7.6 (18K)
    Fictionalized documentary showing the evolution of witchcraft, from its pagan roots to its confusion with hysteria in Eastern Europe.
    DirectorBenjamin ChristensenStarsBenjamin ChristensenElisabeth ChristensenMaren Pedersen
  • Alla Nazimova in Salomé (1922)

    7. Salomé

    19221h 12mNot Rated
    6.6 (1.3K)
    Salome, the daughter of Herodias, seduces her step-father/uncle Herod, governor of Judea, with a salacious dance. In return, he promises her the head of the prophet John the Baptist.
    DirectorsCharles BryantAlla NazimovaStarsAlla NazimovaNigel De BrulierMitchell Lewis
  • Carmen Cartellieri, Fritz Kortner, Alexandra Sorina, Conrad Veidt, and Robert Wiene in The Hands of Orlac (1924)

    8. The Hands of Orlac

    19241h 32mNot Rated
    7.0 (3.7K)
    A world-famous pianist loses both hands in an accident. When new hands are grafted on, he doesn't know they once belonged to a murderer.
    DirectorRobert WieneStarsConrad VeidtAlexandra SorinaFritz Strassny
  • Lon Chaney in The Phantom of the Opera (1925)

    9. The Phantom of the Opera

    19251h 33mPassed
    7.5 (21K)
    A mad, disfigured composer seeks love with a lovely young opera singer.
    DirectorsRupert JulianLon ChaneyErnst LaemmleStarsLon ChaneyMary PhilbinNorman Kerry
  • F.W. Murnau, Gösta Ekman, Yvette Guilbert, Gerhart Hauptmann, Camilla Horn, Emil Jannings, and Hans Kyser in Faust (1926)

    10. Faust

    19261h 47mNot Rated
    8.1 (18K)
    The demon Mephisto wagers with God that he can corrupt a mortal man's soul.
    DirectorF.W. MurnauStarsGösta EkmanEmil JanningsCamilla Horn
  • A Page of Madness (1926)

    11. A Page of Madness

    19261h 10mNot Rated
    7.3 (5K)
    A man takes a job at an asylum with hopes of freeing his imprisoned wife.
    DirectorTeinosuke KinugasaStarsMasuo InoueAyako IijimaYoshie Nakagawa
  • Joan Crawford and Lon Chaney in The Unknown (1927)

    12. The Unknown

    19271h 8mUnrated
    7.7 (9.9K)
    A criminal on the run hides in a circus and seeks to possess the daughter of the ringmaster at any cost.
    DirectorTod BrowningStarsLon ChaneyNorman KerryJoan Crawford
  • The Fall of the House of Usher (1928)

    13. The Fall of the House of Usher

    19281h 12mNot Rated
    7.2 (4.8K)
    Allan visits the sinister Usher family mansion, where his friend Roderick is painting a portrait of his sickly wife Madeline. The portrait seems to be draining the life out of Madeline, slowly leading to her death.
    DirectorJean EpsteinStarsJean DebucourtMarguerite GanceCharles Lamy
  • Boris Karloff, John Boles, Mae Clarke, Colin Clive, and Dwight Frye in Frankenstein (1931)

    14. Frankenstein

    19311h 10mApproved91Metascore
    7.8 (84K)
    Dr Henry Frankenstein is obsessed with assembling a living being from parts of several exhumed corpses.
    DirectorJames WhaleStarsColin CliveMae ClarkeBoris Karloff
  • M (1931)

    15. M

    19311h 39mPassed
    8.3 (178K)
    When the police in a German city are unable to catch a child-murderer, other criminals join in the manhunt.
    DirectorFritz LangStarsPeter LorreEllen WidmannInge Landgut
  • Bela Lugosi in Dracula (1931)

    16. Dracula

    19311h 15mPassed71Metascore
    7.3 (62K)
    Transylvanian vampire Count Dracula bends a naive real estate agent to his will, then takes up residence at a London estate where he sleeps in his coffin by day and searches for potential victims by night.
    DirectorsTod BrowningKarl FreundStarsBela LugosiHelen ChandlerDavid Manners
  • Fredric March in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)

    17. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

    19311h 38mApproved88Metascore
    7.6 (17K)
    Dr. Jekyll faces horrible consequences when he lets his dark side run wild with a potion that transforms him into the animalistic Mr. Hyde.
    DirectorRouben MamoulianStarsFredric MarchMiriam HopkinsRose Hobart
  • Olga Baclanova, Harry Earles, and Henry Victor in Freaks (1932)

    18. Freaks

    19321h 4mNot Rated80Metascore
    7.8 (53K)
    A circus' beautiful trapeze artist Cleopatra agrees to marry Hans the leader of side-show performers, but Hans' deformed friends discover that she is only marrying him for his inheritance. So they seek revenge.
    DirectorTod BrowningStarsWallace FordLeila HyamsOlga Baclanova
  • Vampyr (1932)

    19. Vampyr

    19321h 15mApproved
    7.4 (22K)
    A drifter obsessed with the supernatural stumbles upon an inn where a severely ill adolescent girl is slowly becoming a vampire.
    DirectorCarl Theodor DreyerStarsJulian WestMaurice SchutzRena Mandel
  • Boris Karloff and Gloria Stuart in The Old Dark House (1932)

    20. The Old Dark House

    19321h 12mApproved
    7.0 (14K)
    Seeking shelter from a storm, five travelers are in for a bizarre and terrifying night when they stumble upon the Femm family estate.
    DirectorJames WhaleStarsBoris KarloffMelvyn DouglasCharles Laughton
  • Kathleen Burke in Island of Lost Souls (1932)

    21. Island of Lost Souls

    19321h 10mApproved
    7.3 (12K)
    A mad doctor conducts ghastly genetic experiments on a remote island in the South Seas, much to the fear and disgust of the shipwrecked sailor who finds himself trapped there.
    DirectorErle C. KentonStarsCharles LaughtonBela LugosiRichard Arlen
  • Fay Wray and King Kong in King Kong (1933)

    22. King Kong

    19331h 40mApproved92Metascore
    7.9 (94K)
    A film crew goes to a tropical island for a location shoot, where they capture a colossal ape who takes a shine to their blonde starlet, and bring him back to New York City.
    DirectorsMerian C. CooperErnest B. SchoedsackStarsFay WrayRobert ArmstrongBruce Cabot
  • Claude Rains, Gloria Stuart, William Harrigan, and Henry Travers in The Invisible Man (1933)

    23. The Invisible Man

    19331h 11mApproved87Metascore
    7.6 (42K)
    A scientist finds a way of becoming invisible, but in doing so, he becomes murderously insane.
    DirectorJames WhaleStarsClaude RainsGloria StuartWilliam Harrigan
  • The Black Cat (1934)

    24. The Black Cat

    19341h 5mNot Rated
    6.9 (14K)
    American honeymooners in Hungary become trapped in the home of a Satan-worshipping priest when the bride is taken there for medical help following a road accident.
    DirectorEdgar G. UlmerStarsBoris KarloffBela LugosiDavid Manners
  • Boris Karloff and Elsa Lanchester in Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

    25. Bride of Frankenstein

    19351h 15mApproved95Metascore
    7.8 (56K)
    Mary Shelley reveals the main characters of her novel survived: Baron Henry Frankenstein, goaded by an even madder scientist, builds his monster a mate.
    DirectorJames WhaleStarsBoris KarloffElsa LanchesterColin Clive

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