Here we go - the first set of films from the 1890s, through the 1900s, 10s and the 20's, until 1929.

I have deliberately omitted those films which did not get any votes on IMDB from 1920 to 1929.

For the period of 1890-1919, I have kept out those films which got less than 100 votes, since most of those films are fantasy shorts made by George Melies and other vintage masters.


Choose 20 from the following and send me your PM:

• A Blind Bargain (1922)
  A Daughter of Destiny (1928)
  A Page of Madness - "Kurutta ippeji" (1926)
  Bluebeard (1901, Short)
  Broken Blossoms (1919)
  Cagliostro - Liebe und Leben eines groaen Abenteurers (1929)
  Dante's Inferno (1911)
  Dante's Inferno (1924)
  Der Bucklige und die Tenzerin (1920)
  Der Hund von Baskerville - 6. Teil: Das Haus ohne Fenster (1920)
  Der Hund von Baskerville (1929)
  Der Januskopf (1920)
  Destiny (1921)
  Die Pest in Florenz (1921)
  Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1912, Short)
  Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920) - Barrymore
  Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920) - Sheldon Lewis
  Drakula halala (1923)
  Eerie Tales (1919)
  Eyes of the Mummy Ma (1918)
  Faust (1926)
  Frankenstein (1910, Short)
  Genuine (1920)
  Haunted Range (1926)
  Help! (1924, short)
  Haxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages (1922)
  House of Horror (1929)
  Il mostro di Frankenstein (1921, short)
  Kyoren no onna shishe (1926)
  Le Manoir du Diable (1896)
  Le manoir de la peur (1927)
  London After Midnight (1927)
  Maciste in Hell (1925)
  Midnight Faces (1926)
  Noidan kirot (1927)
  Nosferatu (1922)
  One Exciting Night (1922)
  Salome (1923)
  Seven Footprints to Satan (1929)
  Tariel mklavadzis mkvlelobis saqme (1925)
  Ten Days (1925)
  The 400 Tricks of the Devil (1906, Short)
  The Bat (1926)
  The Bells (1926)
  The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
  The Cat and the Canary (1927)
  The Dark Mirror (1920)
  The Donovan Affair (1929)
  The Fall of the House of Usher (1928)
  The Fall of the House of Usher (1928, short)
  The Golem (1915)
  The Golem (1920)
  The Great London Mystery (1920)
  The Hands of Orlac (1924)
  The Haunted Castle (1921)
  The Headless Horseman (1922)
  The Hound of the Baskervilles (1922)
  The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)
  The Last Performance (1927)
  The Last Warning (1929)
  The Lodger (1927)
  The Lost World (1925)
  The Man Who Cheated Life (1926)
  The Man Who Laughs (1928)
  The Mechanical Man (1921)
  The Monkey's Paw (1923)
  The Monster (1925)
  The Penalty (1920)
  The Phantom Carriage (1921)
  The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
  The Queen of Spades (1916)
  The Sealed Room (1909, short)
  The Student of Prague (1913)
  The Terror (1928)
  The Thirteenth Chair (1929)
  The Unholy Night (1929)
  The Unknown (1927)
  The Wizard (1927)
  Un Chien Andalou (1929, Short)
  Warning Shadows (1923)
  Waxworks (1924)
  West Of Zanzibar (1928)
  While Paris Sleeps (1923)
  Wolf Blood (1925)

First entry in with some solid choices.

Let's see plenty more, folks!

That's better for me I would probably want to re-edit the ones I previously chose anyway. Another quick question-can I include L'inferno/Dante's Inferno (1911 Short)? I would class it as horror just as much as the 20s version already on your list.

Sure. It's listed under Adventure/Drama/Fantasy on IMDB so maybe it skipped the master list I generated. It's a full length feature as well (first full length feature from Italy).

In fact, I will add it to the Master List now. Good rec.

Thanks I wasn't sure if it was classed as a full length feature or a short (but certinly NOT a drama I don't know why IMDB would have it as that-nothing dramatic happens in it) but I'll try to narrow my choices down to 20-won't be easy

The Sealed Room probably deserves a place on the list too.... D.W. Griffith short loosely based on The Cask of Amontillado. Another one that falls into the Drama category on IMDb but has plenty of gothic horror elements and is a good early example of tension and suspense.

Also wanted to add that alot of these old movies are readily avaliable on youtube and pretty decent quality, so well worth checking out for those that haven't seen them.... Still got a few slots to fill on my top 20, but should be done in the next day or so. :cool:

Duly added. Thanks for the rec!

Totally agree. Do check them out on youtube, vimeo, dailymotion and other channels if you haven't seen them yet.

Eagerly waiting to see your choices, Straker!

2 more lists have come in, taking the tally to 3 - hammerfan, fortunato & neverending - thanks for submitting your choices!

We are getting an outline for the opening years of horror, folks. Let's see your list!

The 4th list has come in. Joining the ranks of hammerfan, fortunato & neverending, is Straker. Thanks for submitting!

Let's see your lists, folks!

Come on, you slackers! Send me your lists!