thewisecrackingtwenties:MONSTERS FROM THE 1920s (from top to bottom)Lon Chaney as The Phantom in The
thewisecrackingtwenties:MONSTERS FROM THE 1920s (from top to bottom)Lon Chaney as The Phantom in The Phantom Of The Opera (1925) gifting us with one of the scariest monsters in cinema history.Conrad Veidt as Cesare in The Cabinet of Dr. Caligary (1920) one of the films that launched the German Expressionist movement.Max Schreck as Count Orlok in Nosferatu (1922) the first movie about the now legendary Dracula. Brigitte Helm as the iconic robot Maria in Metropolis (1927) a cinematic achievement of gigantics proportions. Benjamin Christensen as The Devil in Haxan: Witchcraft Through The Ages (1922) the most horrifying silent film you will ever watch. Paul Wegener as The Golem in Der Golem (1920) another expressionist jewel you should not miss. Conradt Veidt as Gywnplaine in The Man Who Laughs (1928). He does not play a monster or villan here, he is rather the victim of sick people and nasty royalty. I had to include him for this portrayal has become part of the Horror Culture for ever. -- source link