10 Best Horror Films of 1928
by nauru-1 | created - 10 Nov 2013 | updated - 10 Mar 2019 | PublicThere are some very strong genre films here, even if there are not many in total. For more obscure entries especially, there is also the issue of certain films being lost. With the silent era drawing to a close, this is a great collection in what has been a rather fruitful first decade of significance.
Notable Films sometimes labelled as horror:
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Notable Films that didn't make the cut:
Maria Marten, The Haunted House, The Ape, The Leopard Lady, Thief in the Dark
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1. The Man Who Laughs (1928)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
When a proud noble refuses to kiss the hand of the despotic King James in 1690, he is cruelly executed and his son surgically disfigured.
Director: Paul Leni | Stars: Mary Philbin, Conrad Veidt, Julius Molnar, Olga Baclanova
Votes: 8,079
2. The Fall of the House of Usher (1928)
Not Rated | 72 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Allan visits the sinister Usher family mansion, where his friend Roderick is painting a portrait of his sickly wife Madeline. The portrait seems to be draining the life out of Madeline, slowly leading to her death.
Director: Jean Epstein | Stars: Jean Debucourt, Marguerite Gance, Charles Lamy, Fournez-Goffard
Votes: 4,504
3. West of Zanzibar (1928)
TV-G | 65 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A magician seeks vengeance upon the man who paralyzed him and the illegitimate daughter he sired with the magician's wife.
Director: Tod Browning | Stars: Lon Chaney, Lionel Barrymore, Mary Nolan, Warner Baxter
Votes: 1,964 | Gross: $0.92M
4. The Fall of the House of Usher (1928)
Unrated | 13 min | Short, Horror
An avant-garde take on Poe's classic story of a traveller taking shelter at a household under a mysterious curse.
Directors: James Sibley Watson, Melville Webber | Stars: Herbert Stern, Hildegarde Watson, Melville Webber, Friedrich Haak
Votes: 1,435
5. A Daughter of Destiny (1928)
108 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A scientist with an interest in genetics impregnates a sex worker with the seed of a hanged murderer. The sex worker gives birth to a child who has no concept of love, whom the scientist adopts.
Director: Henrik Galeen | Stars: Brigitte Helm, Paul Wegener, Iván Petrovich, Wolfgang Zilzer
Votes: 430
6. Habeas Corpus (1928)
Passed | 20 min | Short, Comedy
Loony scientist (Carle) hires Laurel and Hardy to raid the cemetery to keep him supplied with dead bodies for his experiments.
Directors: James Parrott, Leo McCarey | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Richard Carle, Charley Rogers
Votes: 903
7. The Telltale Heart (1928)
24 min | Short, Drama, Horror
An expressionistic film based on Poe's story, about a murderer and his mental breakdown.
Directors: Charles Klein, Leon Shamroy | Stars: Otto Matieson, William Herford, Hans Fuerberg, Charles Darvas
Votes: 368
8. The Terror (1928)
85 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Guests at an old English manor house are stalked by a mysterious killer known only as 'The Terror.'
Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: May McAvoy, Louise Fazenda, Edward Everett Horton, Alec B. Francis
Votes: 69 | Gross: $1.22M
9. Sweeney Todd (1928)
73 min | Crime, Drama
A man dreams he is the 'demon barber' who cuts sailors' throats for jewels and uses the corpses for pies.
Director: Walter West | Stars: Moore Marriott, Iris Darbyshire, Judd Green, Charles Ashton
Votes: 79
10. Der geheimnisvolle Spiegel (1928)
67 min | Fantasy, Thriller
A mirror in a creepy old Bavarian castle has the magical ability to reveal the future of whoever looks into it while the full moon shines brightly. A series of characters looks into the ... See full summary »
Directors: Carl Hoffmann, Richard Teschner | Stars: Fay Wall, Fritz Rasp, Rina De Liguoro, Dante Cappelli
Votes: 16
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