Horror Movies from the 1910s
A list of every horror movie from the 1910s
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- DirectorJ. Searle DawleyStarsMary FullerCharles OgleAugustus PhillipsThe first filmed version of Frankenstein. The young doctor discovers the secret of life, which he uses to create a perfect human. Things do not go according to plan.
- DirectorPyotr ChardyninStarsPavel BiryukovAleksandra GoncharovaAntonina PozharskayaBased on Pushkin's short story: When his friends play faro, German always enjoys watching, but he never gambles himself. One day, as he is watching their game, he learns that an elderly countess staying nearby is said to possess a secret for winning a fortune at the game. German is determined to learn this secret from her, and he initiates a romance with her grand-daughter Liza, in order to improve his chances.
- DirectorHenri AndréaniDavid BarnettEnrico GuazzoniStarsUgo BazziniFernanda Negri PougetAlfredo BracciThis entrancing story, drawn from the world-renowned tragedy of Goethe, opens in the mysterious working den of Dr. Faust, who, old and worn out with years of stern study, and on the verge of despair through longing for the pleasures of his bygone youth, all of which he has surrendered to his learning, thinks of resorting to in order to end the weariness of his declining days. He, however, dashes down the cup at the last moment, and calls upon the infernal powers to aid him. Immediately Mephistopheles appears and offers him youth and pleasure in exchange for the surrender of his soul. Faust, dazzled by the splendor of the vision which is to him by his alluring companion, accepts the compact, signs the fatal paper, and is at once transformed into a handsome young man. Mephistopheles then shows Faust the beautiful Marguerite, and immediately he falls desperately in love with the innocent girl. Finally, aided by the perfidious suggestions of his companion, Faust succeeds is in winning the heart of poor Marguerite. Valentine, eager to revenge his sister's honor, is killed in a duel by Faust, who seeks safety in flight. Betrayed, deserted, demented from sorrow, the unfortunate Marguerite is thrown into a dungeon and left to her grief. Meanwhile, Mephistopheles endeavors to make Faust forget the unhappy girl, but in vain; love has overcome the powers of evil, and all his magic is In vain. Faust hastens to the prison and seeks Marguerite; his passionate words of love restore her for a moment to reason, but only for a moment. She is just able to offer him forgiveness, and then dies in his arms. Rarely has there been a better representation of this wonderful drama. The pitiful story of Marguerite and Faust makes its appeal to all humanity, and words cannot add to its charm and effectiveness.
- DirectorAugust BlomStarsAlwin NeußOda AlstrupAugust BlomDr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of man and releases a murderer from within himself.
- Dr. Jekyll faces horrible consequences when he lets his dark side run wild with a potion that changes him into the animalistic Mr. Hyde.
- DirectorJ. Searle DawleyStarsMary FullerThere is a carpenter by the name of Maule who owns a pretty little cottage in the historic town of Salem. A great man of the village, Col, Pyncheon by name, fancies this place as a site for a great house for his own family. He makes an offer of purchase which Maule refuses, he then insists upon buying whether the poor man will or no. When he meets with a stubborn refusal his wits set to work, and the days of witchcraft being at their height, he soon sees a way of accomplishing his purpose. Maule is accused of witchcraft and is arrested in his own home and dragged away from his wife, daughter and son. Then a startling scene is shown in which the carpenter is being led to the stake to be burned. The fires are lighted, and as the flames leap toward their victim we see the unfortunate man pronounce a curse upon Colonel Pyncheon and upon his house and children and their children's children. The next scene shows Maule's son, a young man, engaged upon some finishing touches in the work of the great house which Colonel Pyncheon has built upon the site of father Maule's dismantled cottage. Being left alone in the room, the son notices a grant from the king to a vast territory in the east, a grant which means the fortunes and affluence of the whole Pyncheon family. He secretes this document in a niche in the wall in the very room where he finds it, behind the great picture of Colonel Pyncheon's father. When the great man returns and misses the document he flies in a passion and would pursue the young man, but at that moment he finds himself confronted by a vision of the older Maule at the stake, his clenched bands upraised as he again seems to hurl the awful curse at the cringing rascal. The sight is so terrible that the old man falls back in his chair dead, and is found there by the villagers when they come to see the great house for the first time. Then the scene shifts to the fortunes of the family two hundred years later. The descendant who occupies the house is an old maiden woman, whose circumstances are so reduced by the lack of this wonderful grant from the king that she opens a little shop in the lower part of the house. She is not a very successful storekeeper and takes a lodger, a young man who bears a great resemblance to the Maule family of preceding generations, and who watches her unsuccessful business efforts until a young niece of hers, an embodiment of youth and buoyancy, comes to help her with the shop. Trade immediately picks up because of the young girl's fascinations, and the fortunes of the family mend a little, while the lodger becomes interested in the Pyncheon family from an entirely new point of view. It is evident, too, that the interest is mutual. One day, while he and the young girl are away for the day, Judge Pyncheon, a miserly relative and an exact prototype of the original Pyncheon, comes to the house and insists upon the family's right to have it razed to the ground and a thorough search made for the missing grant. In his search he almost stumbles upon the button which would open the space behind the portrait, but just as his finger rests upon it the ghostly figure of Maule at the stake appears above him and warns him away. The shock is too great for the old man, and like his ancestor he drops into the same antique chair and breathes, his last. When the young people return to the house they find the man dead, and that the aunt has been frightened by the happening and stolen away. She returns, however, in time to hear the young man announce his love and his right to speak of it even in the presence of death. He tells the whole secret of the story of "The House of the Seven Gables." which is that the curse pronounced upon the Pyncheons is operative until the mighty force of love overrules it. His love for the young girl and hers for him can remove the curse; and as evidence that it is gone he steps to the old portrait, pushes the button, and as it swings out, shows them the long lost grant from the king, and, raising it, places the fortune in the hands of the girl.
- DirectorAxel StrømStarsValdemar PsilanderClara PontoppidanAdam PoulsenA corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.
- DirectorJacob FleckStarsWiener Schauspieler
- DirectorLuigi MaggiStarsPaolo AzzurriOreste GrandiUmberto MozzatoA witch casts a spell over a poor fisherman.
- StarsMévistoHenri ÉtiévantJeanne GrumbachTony, a variety artist, by his clever impersonations pleases the manager of a traveling circus, and is engaged as one of the troupe. After the show is over that night, the old showman, with the proceeds of the day's performances in his pockets, sets off in search of fresh talent. Overtaken by a severe storm, he takes refuge at a lonely country inn. Getting a glimpse at the contents of his wallet, the innkeeper's cupidity is aroused. His wife surreptitiously removes the wallet. The old man discovers his loss, and, in the act of accusing the guilty couple, falls dead. The innkeeper has secretly dropped a deadly poison into his glass of wine. The innkeeper afterwards hides the bag in a secret cupboard, and informs the authorities of the old showman's death. His identity is discovered, and news of his death is sent to the circus. Tony arrives, and questions the innkeeper as to the wallet, but he denies all knowledge of it. Tony's suspicions are aroused, and an idea occurs to him. The innkeeper is haunted by a vision of the showman. Suddenly the door opens, and the guilty pair are confronted by a specter of the dead man. They are made to confess their guilt, and Tony then throws off his disguise and hands the guilty pair over to the police.
- DirectorMario CaseriniWith several well-aimed pistol shots, followed by a few powerful thrusts with his sword, Sir Edgar puts to rout a party of outlaws and rescues the beautiful Lucy Ashton. On the way to her home the young couple fall in love with each other and exchange tokens of betrothal. Nothing occurs to mar the happiness of the lovers until Lady Ashton returns from a distant voyage, and sternly opposes the engagement of her daughter. She urges upon Lucy the suit of Lord Bucklaw, of a neighboring estate, and finally arranges a marriage. The unhappy daughter is forced to consent and the contract is signed with great pomp and ceremony. Lucy has just unwillingly affixed her signature, when in rushes Sir Edgar, and accusing her of breaking her word, tears the contract to shreds and hastily leaves the room. Lucy is terribly upset at this, and when the parents rush to question her, they find that she has lost her mind. Lucy's condition does not improve, and soon afterward the unhappy bride, not realizing what she is doing, stabs her husband and then sinks to the floor, lifeless, dying of a broken heart.
- DirectorLéonce Perret
- DirectorLuigi MaggiStarsGigetta MoranoEnrico VaserErcole VaserA young man named Leandro tries to force himself onto his love interest, but she already has another man, and while escaping punishment for his rushed actions, he enters an alchemist's house and releases the lame devil that was being held there. Together they make some mischief.
- DirectorSegundo de ChomónA musketeer arrives at an inn and announces to the staff that he possesses a magic sword. Greatly excited by this news, they beg him for a performance, and so, taking his sword and spreading his arms in the air, a tablecloth appears out of mid-air and spreads itself on the table. Next come some goblets which also come out of mid-air and set themselves on the table. Following this is a centerpiece, also coming out of mid-air, and some candelabras which dance. A moment later, everything disappears. The musketeer, tired after his performance, wishes to be shown a room to rest, and a moment later is soon fast asleep. No sooner has he dozed off then in sneaks Nicholas, a kitchen boy who was entranced by the performance. Without giving it a second thought, he grabs the sword and sneaks back downstairs, and into the main room. Excited to perform his own magic with the sword, he has no idea how to use it properly, and disastrous results follow. Plates come out of nowhere and fall on him, rendering him momentarily unconscious. These are followed by some pillars, and climbing on top of one, he rides around a whole circle of them, fights with them, and is bewildered by them. Soon, more plates come out of nowhere and bury him completely, causing a huge racket and waking up the musketeer, who, upon finding the sword missing, runs downstairs and finds the rest of the staff. Going into the main room, they find the foolish boy buried, and pull him out, the sword running through the back of his shirt. He is all too happy to be rid of it.
- DirectorJoë HammanStarsJoë Hamman
- DirectorJens Christian GundersenAlfred LindStarsAnnegrethe AntonsenArne StrømRasmus OttesenThis adventure, horror and dance movie called "The Devil" is the fourth oldest known Norwegian movie, and is believed to be lost.
- DirectorFrancesco BertoliniAdolfo PadovanGiuseppe de LiguoroStarsSalvatore PapaArturo PirovanoGiuseppe de LiguoroLoosely adapted from Dante's Divine Comedy and inspired by the illustrations of Gustav Doré the original silent film has been restored and has a new score by Tangerine Dream.
- DirectorArrigo FrustaStarsMary Cleo TarlariniOreste GrandiErcole VaserA young mother loses her little son and seeks to recover him from the hands of death. The pitying angel of life guides her through storm and over obstacles, until at last she stands in the presence of the Grim Reaper and passionately pleads with him to restore her loved one. For answer he shows her a marvelous spring, in whose limpid depths the future can be seen, and the life of the boy, as ordained by Fate, is shown to the mother. The youth is shown arriving at manhood and becoming involved in disgraceful difficulties, which lead to his suicide. Death then stops the clock of life and asks the mother if she would have her son fulfill such a life. She replies. "No!" and ceases her pleadings.
- DirectorAlbert CapellaniStarsHenry KraussStacia NapierkowskaRené Alexandre1911 adaption of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" in which three men around the Notre Dame Cathedral are romantically interested in Esmeralda, a Romani girl: Commander Phöebus, Quasimodo the bell ringer and archdeacon Claude Frollo.
- Count Carnac, just before death, appoints his steward, Gaspard, as guardian of his niece, Yvonne, and tells him where her small fortune is hidden. Gaspard and his sons bring Yvonne home from the convent where she is being educated, but the old man hides from her the fact that she has inherited a fortune. John, the second son, falls in love with Yvonne. One night Gaspard creeps away to the ruined castle in which the treasure lies hidden. He has just found the casket when he is stricken with fear at the appearance before him of the ghost of the dead count. Peter, the eldest son, who has followed his father out of curiosity, reaches the spot just as his father has run from it in terror. He sees the casket and hides it. Gaspard's agitation is so great that he falls into an apoplectic fit. Before he dies he gives Yvonne her father's will. She and her lover go to the spot and see that the hiding place has been rifled. A vision of his father appears to Peter and orders him to restore the treasure. This he does, so justice is done in the end.
- StarsWilliam GarwoodHarry BenhamAn electric current accidentally brings a female mummy back to life with decidedly romantic inclinations, much to the surprise of a young Egyptologist and his less than understanding fiancée.
- DirectorCecil M. HepworthStarsHay PlumbClaire PridelleJack Hulcup