SILENT horror films!

[Raptor]

If you have a chance to see any of these TRUE CLASSICS, it's really amazing what they were able to accomplish back then, as well as the fact that WE OURSELVES can also experience them. It's like a cinematic "time capsule" to view these rare works!

THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI
THE WIND starring Lillian Gish. Usually considered a drama, but with some of the best "scares" in the end.
NOSFERATU                      
METROPOLIS
Edison's FRANKENSTEIN                    
DR. JECKYL AND MR. HYDE
THE GOLEM
THE UNKNOWN
The LAND UNKNOWN  
LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT

Any other genre titles out there?

<font color='#FF0000'>I've got Hunchback it's a good costume drama with supernatural hints.
Phantom of the Opera Maccarbre masterpeice, i've got &nbsp;a bad dvd version with no coulored ball.
Nosferatu is terrifiying, horrid disturbing film.Best performer is Max Sherek, or Gustav Von Waggenheim, or Gustav Botz or Greta Shroda.
I hav'nt seen london after Midnight but i saw Mark of the Vampire and that was class.

[Melkor]

You are all depriving yourselves if you have not seen 'Metropolis'. Classic film, just brilliant. I've seen 'Hunchback of Nore Dame' once or twice, and that was years ago. But yes, I agree, it is definitely one of the best silent horror films I've seen. As for Edison's 'Frankenstein', I myself haven't seen it [ although I know stuff about it ], but if there's a candidate for oldest horror film, I think this would definitely be it [ though correct me if I'm wrong ].



Peace,



Melkor



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[Cosmos]

<font color='#0000FF'>Indeed, Metropolis is an Epic.... Epic... science fiction masterpeice... I highly recomend listening to Kraftwerk when watching it, I have yet to find a better match.

As well I recently saw a theatrical performance of Nosferatu, with live musical acompanyment by a curious musical artist named 'Nash the Slash&quot;... who aperently since his days in a Canadian 80's band called 'FM'... has moved on to re-scoring silent horror films with his signiture violin and mandolin music.
It was thouroughly amazing!... Nash had a presence of a narator on stage as Nosferatu played on the big screen behind him.

If not already seen, may I sugest [/B]Georges Milies[B] Impossible Voyage, (1904), considered to be the first fictional narative film... it was colourised by milies by hand painting the original film and is a sureal adventure on a Train that has been designed to launch off a mountain into the sun, where the travellers have all sorts of adventures....Very similar to George Milies &quot;A trip to the Moon&quot; which is more often seen in references for the characteristic image of the moon with the bullet like rocket in his eye.
Defenatly check out George Milies films if you haven't already.

And thank heaven Raptor started this thread, I hope to see lots of silent movie discussion...
p'raps Buster Keaton vs Charlie Chaplin or... or... http://www.rodansroost.com/ikonboard/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif &nbsp;I'm just too excited....

[Jet Jaguar]

Quote[/b] (Raptor @ Feb. 15 2004,01:12)]If you have a chance to see any of these TRUE CLASSICS, it's really amazing what they were able to accomplish back then, as well as the fact that WE OURSELVES can also experience them. It's like a cinematic &quot;time capsule&quot; to view these rare works!

THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI
THE WIND starring Lillian Gish. Usually considered a drama, but with some of the best &quot;scares&quot; in the end.
NOSFERATU * * * * * * * * * * *
METROPOLIS
Edison's FRANKENSTEIN * * * * * * * * * *
DR. JECKYL AND MR. HYDE
THE GOLEM
THE UNKNOWN
The LAND UNKNOWN *
LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT

Any other genre titles out there?
Seen 'em! &nbsp;http://www.rodansroost.com/ikonboard/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/cool.gif

I love Silent movies. Heck, even Mel Brooks' Silent Movie was a hoot!

At Wal-Mart recently in their cheap DVD bins, they have a 2 Disc set of Laurel &amp; Hardy's early silent comedies!
Highly recomended! They were one of the FEW comedy teams to emerge from the Silent Era intact and on top of their game!

<font color='#FF0000'>I find silents scary. When I 10 (2 years ago) I was so scared of Nosferatu I locked it in a cupboard wraped in cloth so i'd never see it again. But now i've seen Evil Dead i could watch it again.