Eyes of the Mummy (Die Augen der Mumie Ma) 1918
Director: Ernst Lubitsch"The Eyes are alive! The Eyes are alive!"A traveller to Egypt rescues a beautiful girl from the evil influence of her captor, until fate decrees that he follow the lovers to...
View ArticleThe Ghost of Slumber Mountain 1918
Director: Willis O'Brien"His fevered breath was in my face! - - I could almost feel his fangs tearing my flesh!!"A ghostly hermit's strange telescope opens a window into the prehistoric world in 'King...
View ArticleUncanny Tales (Unheimliche Geschichten) 1919
Director: Richard Oswald“If it is totally silent we can summon the spirits... Are you afraid?”Conrad Veidt stars in a rarely-seen, tongue-in-cheek anthology of five macabre tales. Death, the Devil and...
View ArticleThe Devil's Church (Die Teufelskirche) 1919
Director: Hans Mierendorff"The lord has forced the Evil One to build Him the temple! Come - follow me - let us cleanse the temple!"Congregation, please be seated, and pray silence for today's sermon!...
View ArticleThe Cabinet of Dr Caligari (Das Kabinett Des Dr Caligari) 1920
Director: Robert Wiene"You Will Become Caligari!"The Devil's Manor proudly presents a horror classic and one of the best-known films of the silent era. When darkness falls on the town of Holstenwall...
View ArticleDr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (John Barrymore) 1920
Director: John S. Robertson"For some time, Jekyll renounced the dark indulgences of Hyde -- until in an hour of weakness, the demon, long caged, burst forth more malignant than before."And so we call...
View ArticleThe Golem (Der Golem, Wie Er In Die Welt Kam) 1920
Directors: Paul Wegener (with Karl Boese)"The word, the terrible life-giving word, I have snatched it from the Dark Powers. Now I shall call the Golem to life..."From the mouth of the demon Astaroth...
View ArticleDr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Sheldon Lewis) 1920
Director: J Charles Haydon"An Apostle of Hell!"Among the many fine vintages in the Manor's cellars we find the occasional bottle fit only for the least sophisticated of palates, and so it is with our...
View ArticleGenuine (Die Tragodie eines Seltsamen Hauses) 1920
Director: Robert Wiene"See her, that's Genuine ... She was a priestess of the conquered tribe ... She is beautiful, but they have perverted her ... She has become savage and barbaric."So you've created...
View ArticleLeaves From Satan's Book (Blade Af Satans Bog) 1920
Director: Carl Dreyer"And God judged Satan: Thou shalt continue thy evil doings against man. Go amongst men in fashion of a man and tempt them to do against My will."As I write this, it's Easter at the...
View ArticleThe Arrival From The Darkness (Prichozi Z Temnot) 1921
Director: Jan S. Kolar"At the Black Tower, see the shadow that surrounds the walls. If you are brave, you will see what lies behind the shadow!"This rarity from Czechoslovakia concerns the mystery of...
View ArticleA Genuine Giveaway!
To all visitors to the Devil's Manor...Great News! Aficionados of Antique Anomalies may be pleased to learn that the Manor has a copy of the rare, full-length version of 'Genuine' to give away to one...
View ArticleDestiny (Der Mude Tod) 1921
Director: Fritz Lang"For love is strong as death,Passion is cruel as the grave;It blazes up like fire,Fiercer than any flame."It inspired the careers of two great directors, and was removed from...
View ArticleThe Phantom Carriage (Korkarlen) 1921
Director: Victor Sjöström"Its driver is no ordinary man, but serves a harsh master called Death"Although there's never a good time to be beaten and left for dead in a graveyard by your alcoholic...
View ArticleThe Conquering Power, 1921
Director: Rex Ingram“A cradle of greed – each glittering louis alive – smiling back at his maddened senses, while behind the walls – beneath the floors – voices croon the soothing lullaby – GOLD – GOLD...
View ArticleThe Man From Beyond, 1922
Director: Burton L. King“A gruesome sight -– this figure stark and stiff within its icy tomb – its features frozen in a snarl of hate” An Arctic expedition discovers a grounded ship, and in it a body...
View ArticleThe Headless Horseman 1922
Director: Edward Venturini"That Sleepy Hollow was a haunted and most superstitious region, Ichabod Crane had often heard, but he little dreamed how soon he was to encounter the famous chief of its...
View ArticleOne Exciting Night, 1922
Director: D.W. Griffith"Around this house a terrible mystery, that one might say rules the world - the mystery of FEAR. Fear that is nothing, and yet every man trembles at this invisible thing from the...
View ArticleDanse Macabre, 1922
Director: Dudley Murphy"Midnight in plague-ridden Spain -- Youth and Love flee from Death who follows their path --"Time for some high culture, horror lovers! In this little-known short film,...
View ArticleNosferatu, A Symphony of Terror (Eine Symfonie des Grauens) 1922
Director: F.W. Murnau"NOSFERATU! Does this word not sound to you like the midnight cry of the Deathbird? Take care in saying it, lest life's images fade into shadows, and ghostly dreams rise from your...
View ArticleWitchcraft Through The Ages (Häxan) 1922
Director: Benjamin Christensen"Burn me at the stake, pious fathers! Can't you see what the Devil forces me to do??"Copenhagen tabloid BT demanded, "Get This Film Off Our Screens!". Variety declared:...
View ArticleThe Hunchback of Notre Dame 1923
This post published as part of the Speechless Blogathon at Eternity of Dream. Click on icon at right for more information.Director: Wallace Worsley"To the townspeople he was an inhuman freak, a...
View ArticleAu Secours! 1923
This post published as part of the Speechless Blogathon at Eternity of Dream. Click on icon at right for more information.Director: Abel Gance"I would give a lot if there were in our midst a brave man...
View ArticleWarning Shadows (Schatten: Eine Nachtliche Halluzination) 1923
Director: Arthur RobisonA jealous husband, a philandering wife, a group of lustful party guests, and the scene is set. Enter a mischievous shadow player, who illuminates the repressed desires of those...
View ArticleHappy Halloween!
"We have no fear of you, silent shadows, who treadThe leaf-bestrewn paths, the dew-wet lawns. Draw nearTo the glowing fire, the empty chair,—we shall not fear,Being but ghosts for the lack of you,...
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