We choose 10 (or more) from the list?

Just 10 again

What a lovely decade of films! List sent.:)

Am i blind or is King Kong (the 33 version)missing from that list?

Maybe add:
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1936)
The Unholy Three (the remake)
Dead Eyes of London (1939)

You're blind.

Indeed I am lol....

I checked that a few times too....

List sent, you can relax everyone!

The first edit of my list has 14 titles... dear dear dear...

What a great decade for horror.

And I didn't even include Mad Love, even though Lorre is one of my all time faves and this is one of his greatest roles... but that film has a fatal flaw I can't get past every time I watch it...

send in my list

I'll send mie in when i return to ireland.

Damn this one is tough....Really hard to knock it down to 10.

Isn't Shadow of Chinatown a serial? Can we include these - I love The Phantom Creeps and thats 1939..

I hope this didn't die.:(

Yeah, it was just getting interesting. Keep posting so the thread stays at the top; like Gumtree!

I promise you, it hasn't died. My work schedule just got turned on its head with very little notice, and I've been sleeping through most of my days off. Keep watching. We'll be back on track shortly.

Keep us posted cheers

Keep up the good work, it's appreciated!

*bump*

Now that the Vampire tourney & BR IV are drawing to a close, I will be diverting my attention to completing some of these projects which had immense potential but tapered off at the beginning.

Contrary to Flayed's title of the thread though, we shall be starting all the way from 1897 when Le Manoir Du Diable was made, and regarded as the first ever horror film.




And, we shall expand our choices to picking the best films from every decade of horror, and stack them up together with plenty of Honorable Mentions. I am hoping we can chisel out 200 of the absolute finest examples of our genre and carve them in stone for the present fans, and for the generations to come.


Watch this thread for more details soon.

Does that mean your scrapping the previous votes?

Well, since the previous votes were sent through PMs to Flayed, I have to start from scratch. Not too bad, since he had only done the 20s and was in the process of going through the 30s.

Here is how we are going to go through this compilation...

First off, I humbly request all those 14 HDC members who sent in their lists of their chosen films from the 1920s/1930s to me. Please check your Sent boxes to see if you have a copy saved in there. If not (and you can't remember your choices), don't fret. We will do the 1920s/1930s again, this time by picking not 10 choices (10 is too low a number for a whole decade, not to mention the number of films which were made in the later decades).

We shall go with 20 choices from each decade, and then prune the list further until we have (at least) 10 representations from each decade to make it a solid 100.

And yes, there will be scope for argument for choices in this very thread. If you feel a particular film should be included (like neverending wanted to argue for The Phantom Carriage), you can put forth your case in the film's favor. If enough people are convinced with the argument, the film will be included.

Since the inception of horror films started from George Melies' shorts from the 1890s, they will be included in the master list of very-early horrors right from the 1890s through till 1919, a time span which saw some excellent short films such as Edison's Frankenstein, Le Manoir Du Diable, Bluebeard, etc. and some full length films as well - Der Golem, The Student of Prague, etc. We shall round off our final choices from the other decades with examples of these very-early horror cinema as Special Mentions. Of course, they will be bundled with the choices from the 1920s as well.

Stay tuned for the first Master List - from the 1890s through 1929.

One more point - If you haven't seen a particular film but have heard of it and realise it's importance in the genre, you can research on it and it's significance and include it in your list. It is not necessary for you to have seen a film to include it as your choice.

We start off soon.

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!

5th - Fearonsarms
6th - The Villain

Thanks for submitting.

The deadline for the first era of horror ends on Friday. We will then move into the 30s. If you are thinking of compiling your choices, do so before Friday.

The 7th list of choices has just come in. Thank you, Duchess!

I expect at least 14-15 by Friday. Will be out of town for the next 4 days so I hope you will have sent in your choices by the time I get back.

Ciao till then and be safe, HDC!

Have a safe trip!

Likewise! Have a safe one!

The Duchess

Back home. Thanks for the good wishes.

Today is the final day for submission of entries for the first era of horror. Slightly disappointed that I have received no entries from the time I was online last. Let's see your choices, people!

We will move into the 30s tomorrow.

Just give me some minutes...I'm sending mine:)

The holiday season may have something to do with it.

Just sent mine:)

Thanks, roshiq. Duly received.

Roshiq is the 8th HDC-ian to send in his list, folks. I need to see yours before the day is over. Let's see those choices!

NEXT UP - THE 30s

Second set of films from the 1930s, through 1930 to 1939.

Again, those films which did not get even a single vote on IMDB have been omitted.

I have included a few noteworthy short films (some of them animated) of that era as well.


Choose 20 from the following and send me your PM:

A Night of Terror (1937)
A Shot in the Dark (1935)
A Shriek in the Night (1933)

Behind the Mask (1932)
Black Moon (1934)
Boo (1932 - Short)
Bottles (1936 - Animated Short)
Bucket of Blood (1934)

Chandu the Magician (1932)
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939)
Charlie Chan in Egypt (1935)
Charlie Chan's Secret (1936)
Chloe, Love Is Calling You (1934)
Condemned To Death (1932)
Condemned to Live (1935)

Doctor X (1932)
Double Door (1934)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
Dracula (1931)
Dracula's Daughter (1936)
Dracula (1931) Spanish

Every Madman to His Specialty (1939)

Fahrmann Maria (1936)
Frankenstein (1931)
Freaks (1932)

Geheimnis des blauen Zimmers (1932)
Get That Girl (1932)

House of Mystery (1934)

I Accuse (1938)
Ingagi (1930)
Island of Lost Souls (1932)

Jeepers Creepers (1939 - Animated/Short)

King Kong (1933)
King of the Wild (1931)
Kasartetek vonata (1933)
Kongo (1932)

La voluntad del muerto (1930)

M (1931)
Mad Love (1935)
Maniac (1934)
Mark of the Vampire (1935)
Midnight Blunders (1936 - Short)
Murder at Dawn (1932)
Murder by the Clock (1931)
Murder by Television (1935)
Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)
Murders in the Zoo (1933)
Mystery of Edwin Drood (1935)
Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)

Night of Terror (1933)

One Frightened Night (1935)
Ouanga (1936)

Pan Twardowski (1936)
Phantom Ship (1935)

Revolt of the Zombies (1936)

Secret of the Blue Room (1933)
Seven Keys to Baldpate (1935)
Shadow of Chinatown (1936)
Skeleton Frolics (1937 - Animated/Short)
Son of Frankenstein (1939)
Song at Midnight (1937)
Spook Sport (1939 - Animated/Short)
Spooks (1931 - Animated/Short)
Strangers of the Evening (1932)
Supernatural (1933)
Svengali (1931)

Thark (1932)
The Bat Whispers (1930)
The Beast of Borneo (1934)
The Bells (1931)
The Black Camel (1931)
The Black Cat (1934)
The Black Room (1935)
The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
The Cat and the Canary (1939)
The Cat Creeps (1930)
The Cat's Out (1931 - Animated/Short)
The Crime of Doctor Crespi (1935)
The Crimes of Stephen Hawke (1936)
The Crying Woman (1933)
The Dead Speak (1935)
The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1936)
The Devil's Daughter (1939)
The Devil-Doll (1936)
The Drums of Jeopardy (1931)
The Face at the Window (1939)
The Ghost Cat and the Mysterious Shamisen (1938)
The Ghost Goes West (1935)'
The Ghost Walks (1934)
The Ghoul (1933)
The Golem (1936)
The Gorilla (1939)
The Horror (1932)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1932)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1937)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939) Rathbone/Bruce
The Human Monster (1939)
The Invisible Man (1933)
The Invisible Ray (1936)
The Last Will of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
The Living Dead (1932)
The Macabre Trunk (1936)
The Mad Genius (1931)
The Man They Could Not Hang (1939)
The Man Who Lived Again (1936)
The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932)
The Monkey's Paw (1933)
The Monster Walks (1932)
The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
The Mummy (1932)
The Mysterious Mr. Wong (1934)
The Mystery of the Ghastly Face (1935)
The Old Dark House (1932)
The Phantom (1931)
The Phantom of the Convent (1934)
The Phantom of the West (1931)
The Phantom Fiend (1932)
The Phantom Light (1935)
The Phantom Ship (1936 - Animated/Short)
The Raven (1935)
The Rawhide Terror (1934)
The Return of Chandu (1934)
The Return of Doctor X (1939)
The Sign of Death (1939)
The Son of Kong (1933)
The Son of Frankenstein (1939 - Short)
The Super Madman (1937)
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
The Thirteenth Guest (1932)
The Vampire Bat (1933)
The Walking Dead (1936)
The Whispering Shadow (1933)
Tomorrow at Seven (1933)
Torture Ship (1939)

Vampyr (1932)

Werewolf of London (1935)
White Zombie (1932)
Witches' Night (1937)