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American Silent Horror Collection
(1920-1998)

Contents: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920), The Penalty (1920), The Cat and the Canary (1927), The Man Who Laughs (1928), Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pride (1925), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920) and Kingdom of Shadows (1998).

2007 Kino International edition

American Silent Horror Collection (1920-1998), black & white, color-toned black & white,
and color-tinted and color-toned black & white, ? minutes total, not rated,
including Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920), color-toned black & white, 73 minutes, not rated, The Penalty (1920), color-tinted and color-toned black & white, 93 minutes, not rated, The Cat and the Canary (1927), color-toned black & white, 80 minutes, not rated, and The Man Who Laughs (1928), black & white, 110 minutes, not rated, with Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pride (1925), black & white, 21 minutes, not rated, and exerpts from Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920), black & white, 10 minutes, not rated, and Kingdom of Shadows (1998), black & white and color, ? minutes, not rated.

Kino International, unknown catalog number, unknown UPC number.
Full-frame 4:3 NTSC, five single-sided, dual-layered DVD discs, Region 1, ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops, slimline keep cases in cardboard slipcase, $49.95.
DVD release date: 9 October 2007.
Country of origin: USA

This boxset includes three previously-released horror films from Kino International in addition to the Photoplay Productions presentation of The Cat and the Canary (1927), which makes its home video debut separately and as the fourth feature film in this set.

For our reviews of the Kino editions of the four feature films, see our DVD home video pages for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920), The Penalty (1920), The Cat and the Canary (1927) and The Man Who Laughs (1928).

The boxset includes the only DVD edition of Bret Wood’s documentary Kingdom of Shadows (1998), previously released on VHS home video, which includes exerpts from more than 50 cinematic horror classics.

 
USA: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 1 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.com.
 
Canada: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 1 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.ca.

Other silent era horror films available on home video:
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
The Cat and the Canary (1927)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)
Eyes of the Mummy (1918)
The Fall of the House of Usher (1928) [Epstein]
Faust (1926)
The Golem (1920)
The Hands of Orlac (1924)
Häxan (1922)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)
L’Inferno (1911)
Leaves from Satan’s Book (1921)
Maciste in Hell (1926)
The Man Who Laughs (1928)
Nosferatu (1922)
The Penalty (1920)
The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
The Student of Prague (1913)
The Student of Prague (1926)
The Unknown (1927)
Warning Shadows (1923)
Waxworks (1924)

Collections and boxsets that include silent era horror films:
American Silent Horror Collection (1920-1998)
The F.W. Murnau Collection (1922-1931)
German Horror Classics (1920-1924)
The Masterworks of the German Horror Cinema (1920-1922)

Other silent era LON CHANEY films available on home video.

 
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