Editor's Top Picks Sharing the Atmosphere of Shadi Ki Raat: Cult Guide

Dir: Urban Gad

A loose and unofficial silent adaptation of H. G. Wells' The Island Of Dr. Moreau.

Dir: Károly Lajthay

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Dracula's Death perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A girl has frightening visions after visiting an insane asylum where one of the inmates claims to be Drakula and she can not be sure whether they were a nightmare or real.

Dir: André Deed

The story begins with a scientist creating a device shaped like a man that can be remote-controlled by a machine.

Dir: Richard Smith

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of The Mechanical Man perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Harpo played the hero, a detective named Watson who "made his entrance in a high hat, sliding down a coal chute into the basement". Groucho played an "old movie" villain, who "sported a long mustache and was clad in black", while Chico was probably his "chuckling [Italian] henchman". Zeppo portrayed a playboy who was the owner of a nightclub in which most of the action took place, including "a cabaret, [which allowed] the inclusion of a dance number". The final shot showed Groucho "in ball and chain, trudging slowly off into the gloaming". Harpo, in a rare moment of romantic glory, gets the girl in the end.

Dir: Victor Sjöström

On New Year's Eve, the driver of a ghostly carriage forces a drunken man to reflect on his selfish, wasted life.

Dir: Eugenio Testa

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Humor Risk perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

The Italian adaptation of the famous novel about Dr. Frankenstein and his monstrous creation.

Dir: Charles Raymond

A magician helps outwit a Chinaman's gang.

Dir: F.W. Murnau

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of The Phantom Carriage perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

In the castle Vogeloed, a few aristocrats are awaiting baroness Safferstätt. But first Count Oetsch invites himself.. Everyone thinks he murdered his brother, baroness Safferstat's first husband, three years ago. So he is rather undesirable. But Oetsch stays; arguing he is not the murderer and will find the real one...

Dir: Jacob Fleck

Depicts a society lady trapped under the spell of an unskilled hypnotist.

Dir: John Cosgrove

The Films centers around a family who is plagued by a mysterious pultergeist. Basesd on true events