"The Horror, the Horror..."

"Lon Chaney and Boris Karloff didn`t like the word horror. They, like I, went for the French description: "the theatre of the fantastique".

Christopher Lee

Pan's Labyrinth

Psycho

Nosferatu

Dead of Night

The Orphanage

Phantom of the Opera

LON CHANEY sr (April 1, 1883 – August 26, 1930)
regarded as one of the most versatile and powerful actors of early cinema,
renowned for his characterizations of tortured, often grotesque and afflicted characters,
and his groundbreaking artistry with makeup. His ability to transform himself using
makeup techniques he developed earned him the nickname
"The Man of a Thousand Faces."