The Bat (1926) — a silent horror classic that inspired everything from haunted house films to Batman's design. Shadows, secrets, and suspense in a gothic mansion. A must-watch for horror history buffs! 🦇 #TheBat1926 #SilentHorror #ClassicHorror #GothicCinema

👻 Horror's humble beginnings — The Haunted Hotel (1907) used stop-motion magic and silent scares to terrify audiences. A short film packed with haunted furniture and ghostly tricks — the foundation of horror cinema!

Ever seen this classic? Let’s talk spooky history!

#TheHauntedHotel #SilentHorror #ClassicHorror #HorrorCinema

😈 A surreal mystery-thriller from the silent era! Seven Footprints to Satan (1929) is a hidden gem for fans of vintage horror. 🎭

#SevenFootprintsToSatan #SilentHorror #ClassicCinema

A scene from the 1926 film THE MAGICIAN starring Paul Wegener as "Oliver Haddo," an occult magician based on Aleister Crowley, seen below in black. Actress Alice Terry is here introduced by Haddo to Pan during a drug hallucination sequence.

W. Somerset Maugham wrote the novel The Magician (1908) upon which this film was based; it was loosely based on the life of Aleister Crowley. (Crowley later wrote a damning review of the book, accusing Maugham of plagiarism from other occult works). (Silent and Pre-Code Horror)
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#themagician #wsomersetmaugham #paulwegener #aliceterry #silenthorror #silentandprecodehorror

Fagin, Quasimodo, The Phantom of the Opera, Echo and the Old Lady in The Unholy Three (1925/30), Alonzo the Armless and Prof Burke / the vampire in London After Midnight (1927). The world revered him as The Man of a Thousand Faces, a.k.a. Lon Chaney.

#LonChaney #BornOnThisDay #BOTD #OTD #SilentEra #ClassicCinema #HorrorIcon #Icon #Iconic #HorrorMovies #SilentHorror

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Stolen from a FB group: An image from the hallucinatory A PAGE OF MADNESS, a silent film from 1926, directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa in Japan. A Page of Madness (狂った一頁) was considered lost for 45 years until Kinugasa (re-)discovered it in a storehouse in 1971. (Silent and Pre-Code Horror)
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#teinisukekinugasa #apageofmadness #japanesehorror #Shinkankakuha #schoolofnewperceptions #silenthorror #silentandprecodehorror

"Here, it is cinema itself which is the phantom carriage, taking us on a journey that can divert, horrify and depress – but also enlighten and improve": Victor Sjöström’s silent horror THE PHANTOM CARRIAGE (KÖRKARLEN, 1921) is a #PerinnealPicture
#SilentMovies #SilentHorror #SwedishHorror https://projectedfigures.com/2020/12/25/the-phantom-carriage-korkarlen-1921/

Recommended viewing fodder for the forthcoming New Years Eve...

https://www.cinemacabre.co.uk/2021/09/thy-soul-shall-bear-witness-celebrating.html

#ThePhantomCarriage #SilentEra #SilentCinema #SilentHorror #Horror #HorrorMovies #VictorSjöström #SwedishCinema #Ghost #Ghosts #GhostStories #Folklore #Cinemastodon