List of horror films:Pre 1920
A list of horror films released before the 1920s.
Title |
Director |
Cast |
Country |
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| 1890 |
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none |
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| 1891 |
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none |
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| 1892 |
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none |
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| 1893 |
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none |
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| 1894 |
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none |
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| 1895 |
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The Execution of Mary Stuart |
Alfred Clark |
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| 1896 |
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Le Manoir du diable |
Georges Méliès |
Jeanne d'Alcy, Georges Méliès |
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Une nuit terrible |
Georges Méliès |
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| 1897 |
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L` Auberge ensorcelée |
Georges Méliès |
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Le Cabinet de Méphistophélès |
Georges Méliès |
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L` Hallucination de l'alchimiste |
Georges Méliès |
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The Haunted Castle |
George Albert Smith |
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The X-Ray Fiend |
George Albert Smith |
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| 1898 |
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The Cavalier's Dream |
Edwin S. Porter |
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La Caverne maudite |
Georges Méliès |
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Photographing a Ghost |
George Albert Smith |
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| 1899 |
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Cléopâtre |
Georges Méliès |
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Le Diable au convent |
Georges Méliès |
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The Haunted House |
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The Miser's Doom |
Walter R. Booth |
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Un bon lit |
Georges Méliès |
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Évocation spirite |
Georges Méliès |
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1900s
Title |
Director |
Cast |
Country |
Notes |
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| 1900 |
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The Prince of Darkness |
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The Troublesome Fly |
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| 1901 |
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none |
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| 1902 |
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A Fight with Sledgehammers |
Dicky Winslow |
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Maria Marten: or, The [...] at the Red Barn |
Dicky Winslow |
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Les Trésors de satan |
Georges Méliès |
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| 1903 |
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The Infernal Boiling Pot |
Georges Méliès |
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| 1904 |
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none |
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| 1905 |
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The Fairy of the Black Rocks |
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| 1906 |
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La Maison hantée |
Segundo de Chomón |
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Les Quatre cents farces du diable |
Georges Méliès |
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| 1907 |
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none |
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| 1908 |
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none |
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| 1909 |
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The Sealed Room |
D.W. Griffith |
Arthur V. Johnson, Marion Leonard, Henry B. Walthall, Mary Pickford, Mack Sennett |
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1910s
Title |
Director |
Cast |
Country |
Notes |
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| 1910 |
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Frankenstein |
J. Searle Dawley |
Augustus Phillips, Mary Fuller, Charles Ogle |
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| 1911 |
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none |
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| 1912 |
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none |
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| 1913 |
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The Student of Prague |
Stellan Rye, Paul Wegener |
Paul Wegener, John Gottowt |
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| 1914 |
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none |
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| 1915 |
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Der Golem (The Golem) |
Henrik Galeen |
Paul Wegener, Carl Ebert |
shown in the USA as The Monster of Fate |
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| 1916 |
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none |
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| 1917 |
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none |
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| 1918 |
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none |
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| 1919 |
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Unheimliche Geschichten |
Richard Oswald |
Anita Berber, Conrad Veidt |
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