HALLOWEEN MONTH CONTINUES.
EERIE TALES (1919) – Conrad “Major Strasser from Casablanca” Veidt is, in my opinion, the most neglected figure from silent horror films. In this German work Veidt co-stars with Reinhold Schunzel and Anita Berber. The three portray various characters throughout the film.
In recurring bits, the trio play Death (Veidt), the Devil (Schunzel) and the Strumpet (Berber), figures who step out of the paintings in an antique book shop and provide the wraparound segment to the anthology of horror tales that follows.
Like Creepshow and other anthology horror films Eerie Tales sprinkles light fantasy and levity in with the scares.
The short horror stories that play in between the segments with Death and the Devil fighting over the Strumpet are The Manifestation, The Suicide Club, The Black Cat, The Hand, and The Spook. This flick made me want to see Veidt as Dapertutto and Dr Miracle in Tales of Hoffmann.
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This sounds great! I’ll add it to my Halloween watch list for October. Thanks! 🎃
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Oh 😳😳 really horror 😱 stories 😱 well shared
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Great posts as always. I have never heard of this silent horror film before but as always found your post to be extremely engaging to read.
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