Part two of the top 28 silent horror films will cover numbers 22 through 17.
#22:The Raven:
The Raven is a 1915 American biographical film of Edgar Allan Poe starring Henry B. Walthall as Poe. The film was written and directed by Charles Brabin.
Poe marries and tries to make a living by writing, but is a failure financially. His wife dies because he is unable to provide her with the bare necessities of life. This causes him to plunged into a great depression. He spends all night obsessing on the loss of his wife. His journey into madness eventually results in his own death in which he and his wife are finally reunited.
#21: Eerie Tales
Eerie Tales was released in Germany inm 1919 as Unheimliche Geschichten (Uncanny Stories). It is a anthology film directed by Richard Oswald. The film is split into five stories: The Apparition, The Hand, The Black Cat, The Suicide Club and The Spectre.
After an antique book store closes, portraits of the Strumpet, Death, and the Devil come to life and read stories about themselves. Four of the stories are literary horror stories (Edger Allan Poe, R. L. Stevenson), one is a comedy involving a fake haunting.
#20: Häxan
Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages is a 1922 Swedish-Danish documentary-style horror film written and directed by Benjamin Christensen. The film is Based partly on Christensen's study of the Malleus Maleficarum, a 15th-century German guide for inquisitor.
#19: Genuine
Genuine is a 1920 German horror film directed by Robert Wiene, the same person who directed "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" which was released the same year.
The story follows an artist named Percy who creates a portrait of "Genuine", a high priestess. After completing it Percy becomes irritable and withdrawn. He loses interest in painting and refuses to see his friends, preferring to spend his time alone with the portrait in his study. After turning down a wealthy patron's offer to buy the picture, Percy falls asleep while reading stories of Genuine's life. Genuine comes to life from the painting and escapes.
#18: Dante's Inferno
This film, originally released as "L'Inferno", is a 1911 Italian film, loosely adapted from Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy. The film took over three years to make, and was the first full-length Italian feature film.
#17: A Page of Madness
A Page of Madness is a 1926 Japanese horror film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa.
In Japan, a man takes a job as a janitor at a mental asylum in order to be near his wife. Although his wife suffers genuine mental illness, the man believes he can rescue her. One night, he attempts to break her out.
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