An expressionist thriller set in an old house that was apparently one of the triggers that contributed to Bob Kane's creation of the Batman. Based on the highly successful stageplay by Mary Rheinhart and Avery Hopwood, Roland West directed this in 1926 with far more imagination than the vast majority of directors these days. Only Sam Raimi, Peter Jackson and the Coen brothers come close. The Bride of Frankenstein Come on, it's a classic. The best horror film that Universal ever did by a long chalk.
Some people say it's camp as if that explains everything.
Some people like thinking in shorthand, apparently. Dead of Night First of the portmanteau horror films, i.e. an anthology of short stories, to my knowledge, and probably still the best. Everybody always goes on about the ventriloquist story with Michael Redgrave which is fair enough, it's very good. I'm not afraid. I'm not afraid.