Tag Archives: Silent
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
Robert Wiene’s The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) is one of those rare films whose stamp has marked so much of horror, fantasy, and film noir that it hardly seems to have existed in the first place. Therefore it seems … Continue reading
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Tagged 20's, Dr. Caligari, Fantasy, German Expressionism, horror, hypnotism, insane asylum, Mind Control, Silent, Slasher, somnambulist, Surreal
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The Lost World (1925)
When Sir Arthur Conan Doyle published The Lost World in Strand Magazine in 1912, he was allowing his name to be associated not just with his creation Sherlock Holmes, but with the likes of speculative fiction authors H. Rider Haggard … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Fantastique
Tagged 20's, Action, dinosaurs, lovable animals, prehistoric, Silent, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Stop Motion, Wallace Beery, Willis O'Brien
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100 Essential Films of the Fantastic (1-25)
First off, this list is entirely personal. You will have 100 of your own. The intention is to draw a broad outline of fantasy films since the start of cinema in hopes that the reader might find some helpful recommendations. … Continue reading
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Tagged 100 Essential Films of the Fantastic, 20's, 30's, 40's, 50's, Aleksandr Rou, angel, Animation, Arabian Nights, Beauty and the Beast, Bela Lugosi, Charles Laughton, Dante's Inferno, Douglas Fairbanks, Dracula, Dystopia, F.W. Murnau, fairy tale, Frankenstein, Fritz Lang, Georges Méliès, German Expressionism, Jean Cocteau, Magician, Michael Powell, Musical, opera, Powell & Pressburger, Robot, Russian, Science Fiction, Silent, Stop Motion, The Devil, Universal Monsters, Val Lewton, Vampire, Walt Disney, Werewolf, William Cameron Menzies, Witch, witches, Wizard of Oz
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