The First Horror Films Really old films occurred as found objects The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari 1920. By Hans Janowitz & Carl Mayer. Directed by Robert Wiene. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1920. By Thomas Russell Sullivan & Robert Louis Stevenson (novella). Directed by John S. Robertson. Nosferatu 1922. By Henrik Galeen & Bram Stoker (story). Directed by F. W. Murnau. The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1923. By Edward T. Lowe, Jr. & Victor Hugo (novel). Directed by Wallace Worsley. Frankenstein (1910) 1910. By J. Searle Dawley & Mary Mary Shelley (book). Directed by J. Searle Dawley. The Phantom of the Opera 1925. By Gaston Leroux (novel). Directed by Rupert Julian. Metropolis 1927. By Thea von Harbou & Thea von Harbou (story). Directed by Fritz Lang.
