It’s the most wonderful time of the year! October is upon us. Join Silents, Please! STL for a month of virtual silent goodies. These selections were compiled in consultation with a number of silent film enthusiasts and historians — and includes some of the earliest examples of horror/suspense on film, as well as a few comedic entries.
A silent a day keeps the poltergeists away.
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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1921) dir. Robert Wiene
Buster Keaton's The Haunted House (1921) dir. Edward F. Cline
The Phantom of the Opera (1925) dir. Rupert Julian
The Lodger (1927) dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Faust (1926) dir. F.W. Murnau
Nosferatu (1922) dir. F.W. Murnau
The Haunted Castle (1921) dir. F.W. Murnau
The Man Who Laughs (1928) dir. Paul Leni
Cat and the Canary (1927) dir. Paul Leni
The Golem (1920) dir. Paul Wegener
the Phantom Carriage (1921) dir. Victor Sjöström
Daisy Doodad's Dial (1914) dirs. Florence Turner, Laurence Trimble
Vampyr (1932) dir. Carl Theodor Dreyer
Haxan (1922) dir. Benjamin Christensen
Suspense (1913) dir. Lois Weber
Felix the Cat in Sure-Locked Homes (1928)
Felix the Cat in Switches Witches (1927) dir. Otto Messmer
The Fall of the House of Usher (1928) dir. Jean Epstein
The Haunted House (1908) dir. Segundo de Chomon
The Red Spectre (1907) dir. Segundo de Chomon
A Panicky Picnic (1909) dir. Segundo de Chomon
A La Barbe (1906) dir. Segundo de Chomon
L'Inferno (1911) dir. Francesco Bertolini