The Cat and the Canary 4K 1927

A classic silent horror film based on John Willard's play, in which the action takes place in a haunted house for the first time.

An eccentric millionaire is driven to the brink of insanity by his greedy relatives, and to spite them, he draws up a will that can only be opened 20 years after his death.

Years have passed, and on the anniversary of Uncle Cyrus' death, the potential heirs gather at the old castle to hear the will read. The main heir named in the documents is his granddaughter Annabelle West, but on the condition that “she is found sane by a doctor.” All that remains is to drive her mad by morning and deal with the other claimants to the inheritance, while also finding a dangerous maniac nicknamed “The Cat” who has escaped from a nearby psychiatric hospital. The killer's nickname, by the way, comes from the fact that he tears his victims to pieces like canaries...