Films

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The Phantom of the Opera

Rupert Julian, 1925. 78 mins (Cert PG)

The classic thriller starring Lon Chaney, the “Man of a Thousand Faces”, as the disfigured Phantom, wreaking havoc beneath the sewers of the Paris Opera House.

Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror

F.W. Murnau, 1922. 94 mins (Cert PG)

One of the silent era’s masterpieces. Its eerie, Gothic feel – and chilling performance from Max Shrek as the vampire – set the template for horror films that followed.

The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog

Alfred Hitchcock, 1927. 90 mins (Cert PG)

Set in a foggy and unsettled London with a serial killer on the loose, this is Alfred Hitchcock’s masterpiece of atmospheric thriller filmmaking, containing many of his subsequent trademark themes, including his first recognisable film cameo.

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

Robert Wiene, 1920. 76 mins (Cert U)

Made in the aftermath of the First World War, this is the quintessential German Expressionist film masterpiece. Distorted sets, sinister shadows and unnerving characters created a paranoid, unreal world at a time of despair throughout Europe.