10 Best Horror Films of 1913

by nauru-1 | created - 06 Mar 2016 | updated - 27 Mar 2016 | Public

An abundance of horror-related works populate this year, with the feature continuing to gain presence. The bulk of entries to consider are again lost and unknown titles, but selections like the top pick survive and advance the genre.

Notable Films sometimes labelled as horror: Fantomas, The Haunted Bedroom, Bewitched Matches, After the Welsh Rabbit, The Vampire (I), The Grip of Iron, From the Beyond, The Tempter, Dopo la morte

Notable Films that didn't make the cut: Das Abenteuer dreier Nachte, The Phantom Signal, Le cottage hanté, The Banshee, Maria Marten, or: The Murder in the Red Barn, A Modern Jekyll and Hyde, The Bells (I), The Mystery of the Haunted Hotel, L'effroi, The Skull, The Bells (II), The Eyes of Satan

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1. The Student of Prague (1913)

Approved | 85 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Balduin, a student of Prague, leaves his roystering companions in the beer garden, when he finds he has reached the end of his resources. He is scarcely seated in a quiet corner when a ... See full summary »

Directors: Hanns Heinz Ewers, Stellan Rye | Stars: Paul Wegener, Grete Berger, Lyda Salmonova, John Gottowt

Votes: 2,402

2. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (I) (1913)

26 min | Short, Drama, Horror

Dr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of man and releases a murderer from within himself.

Director: Herbert Brenon | Stars: King Baggot, Jane Gail, Matt Snyder, Howard Crampton

Votes: 404

3. Der Andere (1913)

48 min | Drama, Thriller

A man has an accident while out riding his horse one day. He soon discovers that he now has a split personality, and that his alternate is helping a criminal to rob his house.

Director: Max Mack | Stars: Albert Bassermann, Emmerich Hanus, Nelly Ridon, Hanni Weisse

Votes: 114

4. Balaoo (1913)

24 min | Short, Horror

An ape, turned near human by Dr. Coriolis and given the name 'Balaoo', is smitten by the beauty of Coriolis' niece, Madeleine. Being inquisitive, though, he runs off, getting into mischief,... See full summary »

Director: Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset | Stars: Lucien Bataille, Camille Bardou, Henri Gouget, Madeleine Grandjean

Votes: 49

5. The Pit and the Pendulum (1913)

Short, Drama, Horror

The first story begins with a young and pretty girl named Isabelle sitting upon a hill. It is then that she is attacked by Pedro. And following the common thematic trajectory of the time, ... See full summary »

Director: Alice Guy | Stars: Darwin Karr, Fraunie Fraunholz, Blanche Cornwall, Joseph Levering

Votes: 78

6. The Werewolf (1913)

18 min | Short, Adventure, Drama

An old Indian legend tells of the supposed ability of persons who have been turned into wolves through magic power to assume human form at will for purposes of vengeance.

Director: Henry MacRae | Stars: Clarence Burton, Marie Walcamp, Phyllis Gordon, Lule Warrenton

Votes: 56

7. Dr. Trimball's Verdict (1913)

12 min | Short, Fantasy

A doctor kills his rival and dies of shock on seeing him materialise on a purchased skeleton.

Director: Frank Wilson | Stars: Alec Worcester, Chrissie White

8. The Picture of Dorian Gray (1913)

16 min | Short, Drama

A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.

Director: Phillips Smalley | Stars: Wallace Reid, Lois Weber, Phillips Smalley

Votes: 20

9. The Vampire (III) (1913)

Short, Horror

In India, an explorer shoots the vampire woman who killed his friend. She becomes a snake and kills him.

10. Dr. Goudron's System (1913)

15 min | Horror, Short

Adapted from a one-act Grand Guignol play based on Edgar Allan Poe's short story 'The System of Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether', the film portrays a visitor to an insane asylum where it ... See full summary »

Director: Maurice Tourneur | Stars: Henri Gouget, Henry Roussel, Renée Sylvaire, Bahier

Votes: 21



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