The first true horror film, directed by Robert Wiene in 1920. In the public domain.
Often cited as the first true horror film this is also the most well known example of German expressionist film making. The kanted camera and nightmare inspired mise-en-cine live on today in the works of Tim Burton, Sam Raimi and many others.
silent film
The Wasp Woman Directed by Roger Corman and stars Susan Cabot as a woman who wants to look young again and allows a scientist to inject her with his new wonder fomula that is derived from the royal jelly of a queen wasp. As you might expect there is a sting in this tale and the treatment has some rather nasty side effects. For more information on this movie ... go to: http://steve-calvert.co.uk/pub-dom/the-wasp-woman.htm
Lynn Bari stars as a young widow who thinks that she is being haunted by the spirit of her dead husband and turns to a spiritualist medium for help. For more information about this movie go to: http://steve-calvert.co.uk/pub-dom/the-amazing-mr-x.htm
old movie
F.W. Murnau's adaption of Bram Stoker's Dracula is a masterpiece and one of the earliest examples of the horror genre. Many of the genre conventions employed here live on today - the slow moving murderous villain, the screaming and seemingly paralized damsel. Remade by Werner Herzog in 1979.
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