The first on screen depiction of Dracula occurs in F. W. Murnaus horror classic Nosferatu! Real estate agent Jonathan Harker (Wangenheim), travels to Transylvania to visit a new client, Count Dracula... more
Grave robbing, torture, possessed nuns, and a satanic Sabbath: Benjamin Christensen's legendary silent film uses a series of dramatic vignettes to explore the scientific hypothesis that the witches... more
Emil Jannings, Gosta Ekman. This colossal adaptation of the classic tale of a deal with the devil presents the struggling Dr. Faustus and the fiend Mephisto in the operatic glory that befits them. Is... more
Conrad Veidt, Werner Krauss, FriedrichFeher. This landmark German Expressionist film tells a nightmarish tale about a magician who hypnotizes victims to carry out his evil schemes. Directed by Robert... more
The last person to die on New Years Eve before the clock strikes twelve is doomed to take the reins of Deaths chariot and work tirelessly collecting fresh souls for the next year. So says the legend... more
Lon Chaney, Mary Philbin, Norman Kerry. Meet the terrifying masked phantom who lurks inside the Paris Opera House in this first film version of the timeless legend. Silent. 2 DVDs or 2 Blu-ray Discs.... more
Paul Wegener, Albert Steinruck, Ernst Duetsch. Based on the Jewish folk legend that influenced the American film Frankenstein, a Talmudic rabbi creates a giant warrior out of clay to protect his... more
Before plumbing the depths of horror and despair with such films as Nosferatu (1922) and Faust (1926), Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau crafted a moody drama of a storm-bound manor and the grim mystery that... more