Re-edit is a hard word to say. Haha hope you guys all have a safe, but spooky Halloween! Shoutouts to Cinemassacre for helping me wrap my head around The Phantom of the Opera. Godamn is that one mess of a film
blameitonjorge I will gonna go over missing historical footage like the burning the Irish GPO and the missing higher quality version of the moon landing
Which is always a shame. If it makes you feel better, the 1953 adaptation of The Tell Tale Heart was found in some guy's attic a few days ago, unaware of what it was or remembering that he had it in his possession after buying it from a junk shop in the 80s.
@@LostArchivist If that's the case, the film is likely in the public domain given the amount of time that has passed. So legally, if it's within their estate, it would depend on if they intend on releasing it.
There was also another vault fire at Warner Brothers or Universial in the 1930s or 1940s too. I believe the MGM one was the most devastating as far as what we lost goes, and it took the lives of at least two employees.
I find lost media upsetting for the fact that one of my biggest fears is everything I've made being lost forever, whether due to misplacement, natural disaster, or people just throwing it away when I die because they didn't deem it as important as I have. I can't imagine the feeling of having something you put effort into being just callously thrown away or accidentally destroyed like this.
Yeah dude, imagine for example the philosopher Zeno, he created Stoicism and all of his works is lost, the philosopher created the second most influential school of thought and we know almost nothing from him. Al least he did not minded this happening to him.
Ed Spongebob is one of my fave cartoons, so it is obvious that I can confirm this is what we do. I believe we're all legit vampires on the inside, bc I'm a hybrid :P
Me too! I flipping hate how creepy it is. The blank stare of a 2-tone black and white face staring at you like it wants to 'be your friend' and then murder you in the night.
I really hope London After Midnight and The Cat Creeps get found one day. I've wanted to see those movies ever since I saw James Rolfe's list of Top 10 Lost Horror Movies back in the day.
Considering their two of the most famous examples of lost movies that have a decent amount of stuff leftover to show it existed I'd say somewhere a copy or copies Exist.
Yeah, and truthfully one day they could be found. After all, both were massive hits in the U.S and I believe they're still out there. Surely somebody from the film industry would've wanted to have a copy. Like the take home prints with Phantom Of The Opera. There was so much popularity and praise at the time, it's hard to believe that none would survive the test of time.
I also want to point out that there are a lot of lost mummy films (14 to be exact). The earliest was at 1909 called la momie du roi. A 1911 verison only has one production still. Theres one in france and one from 1923. The good news is that a 1918. German film has been found its called eyes of the mummy ma and is pretty ridiculous in my opinion. You can find it in on youtube and its on a channel called a touch of evil
There's _three_ from 1911, all titled _The Mummy_ ! There's also another 1909 film and one from 1910. The latter actually still exists today but the other 4 are gone.
It's funny that you mentioned Nosferatu as it very nearly became a lost film itself. Bram Stoker's widow was unhappy that a film adaptation of the Dracula story had been produced without her permission so she had every available copy destroyed. IIRC, only one print managed to survive and it is from this print that every other copy derives.
Makes me want to see a list of "Almost Lost Media" to learn of stories of media that nearly avoided becoming Lost Media. And I don't mean by found Lost Media, I mean media that was never Lost
I would say out of all the fandoms I’ve come across, I feel like the lost media community is the least toxic , no heated debates on what movie is better, no trolling , no excessive Celebrity worship , honestly just a lot of positivity. Everyone coming together and just trying to shed light on what is lost with the goal of having it be found . I admire that
I'm a member of that community. :) I know people who not only spend their time searching for lost films, but also restoring silent films, I have supported 15 Kickstarters to date for film restoration - some titles which were considered lost - it is a very enthusiastic community, and I love being a part of it.
Instead of remaking horror movies that are very much available & rewatchable today (I'm looking at you, Rob Zombie), how about remaking these movies that have been lost to time? I for one would love to see a Golem Trilogy, produced & or directed by someone like Guillermo Del Toro.
@@hptwillightfan123 - Problem is too many Jewish filmmakers have been Hollywoodized a bit much & have lost a lot of their "Jewishness", imo. So long as they get a cinematographer/director of photography like Emmanuel "Chivo" Lubezki, I think a director like Del Toro or Cuaron might actually work better. Mel Brooks could produce it thru his Brooksfilms Productions house like how he handled The Elephant Man.
@@hptwillightfan123 What? The directors ethnicity/religion has nothing to do with how the film will turn out or even how the film is made... fucking identity politics...
@@TheSP33DFREAK I agree completely, the crew's religion or ethnicity has nothing to do with the film unless the film is supposed to revolve around those beliefs.
Bela Lugosi and Lon Chaney… I never thought I would hear those names in a lost media video! So sad that so many silent films are long gone… what a tragedy…
Reel #2 of the 1915 Golem has been found in an archive in Buenos Aires, oddly enough, the same archive that had a copy of the full Metropolis. This reel, along with the already surviving footage, has been shown at various festivals.
An update on phantom of the opera, the process of 2 cameras used is the same one used for 3d films, and some are trying to make a 3d version right now.
That's my #1 most-wanted lost silent. Seriously, enough about London After fucking Midnight. It wasn't even well-liked in its _own day_ when 95% of reviews were raves, how did it end up reaching mythic stature?
Most people agree that what you don't see is scarier than what you do see. The fact that you can't see these makes them scarier than any other horror films.
Also jorge forgot to update that "In the Mind of The Damned" has been found on December 24 2018. The director sent it to a random user through google drive. So, you could watch it for yourself.
Some of us horror fans do. A cool factoid on the film is that the writer of that version is Greta Schröder, who co-starred in Nosferatu as Hutter's wife and had a hand in The Golem (1920).
I just realized this while watching this again; In Phantom of the Opera, the guy with the lantern might've come from the silent version, but possibly the title card is missing. A lot of times in silent films they'll have people talk, followed by a card popping up to show what's being said. I'm not sure why the card wouldn't be put in, since usually they'll recreate the title cards in cases of missing scenes, but it could be that they simply forgot or didn't realize that scene needed a title card. That's just my theory on the lantern man scene.
Phantom of the opera is just a remix of a cover that is a cover of a remix mixed in with another remix! Had no idea that it’s history was just as a mess as the Phantoms face himself!
16:38 Recently saw this man in my dreams! I had sleep paralysis for the first time when I saw him. I first saw this drawing 2 years ago, but forgot about him, so I don’t know why I just now saw him. I was staying at a hotel with for a wedding that was out of my small suburban city. It was Sunday, the day we were going to leave, and I had woken up earlier only for my mom to tell me she would wake me up in forty five minutes and that I could go back to sleep, which I happily did. I fell asleep, which is surprising for me (sense I’m a insomnia patient) so this was already a red flag. Usually when I fall back asleep, I have nightmares. I was back in my hotel room, but instead my room was dark. It looked how it did when I had awoken at 4:00 AM because *_insomniaaa_* (i fell back asleep and awoke again to have my mom tell me to go back to sleep) I was laying on my back in bed (which I never do) and I couldn’t move, blink or speak. This dream was incredibly realistic. Suddenly, my sleepy peace was interrupted by someone (who looked like this man) on top of me screaming slurs and gibberish. Maybe it wasn’t gibberish, and it was some other language? At the time, I was learning Norwegian, so maybe my brain made up some Norsk words? Idk He was holding down my shoulders and he was not even 2 inches away from my face. After what felt like hours of me horrified and him screaming, he turned very calm. He then yelled loudly “45!” What creeps me out is that, all of his words before were gibberish- and somehow he just now said that number clearly, the fact that my mom said 45, and that I’m not the only one whose “seen” this man. I then jolted up as soon as he said 45. Usually I wake up and lay there after a nightmare, but this time I flew up and began to cry. - if you managed to get all the way down here, thanks for reading, you’re cool.
Another one … All American Massacre, the third and the last part of the original The Texas Chainsaw Massacre trilogy. As the movie wasn’t released other directors took advantage to make Texas Chainsaw a money making machine, spawning 7 horrible movies. RIP All American Massacre RIP Tobe Hooper, my fave horror director
In my film class, we watched “ A Trip to the Moon” to compare older films to newer ones. Georges is honestly pretty cool with his films, even if its older, its still pretty cool! Very cool he has Lost Media too
The colored scenes in Phantom of the Opera wasn't later colored, it came from the original. It has 17 minutes in Two-color Technicolor. It was one of the first movies with this color system. Only the masked-ball scene remains, the rest is lost
Something that's worth mentioning is that the events of the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, as well as the firebombing campaigns of WWII meant that a huge number of Japanese films of the time are missing or lost altogether; there's an ongoing search for countless films from this era. One such pair of films which interests me quite a bit are "King Kong Appears in Edo" and "Japanese King Kong", or "Wakusei King Kong". These two films show that even as early as the 1930s, Japan was interested in trying to follow the trends of western cinema, even though it would be almost 30 years until King Kong finally appeared in a Japanese film which is still around today, 1962's "King Kong vs. Godzilla".
I've actually seen Last House On Dead End Street, it was on RUclips a few years ago and I downloaded it and had it for a while on my phone. I had no idea there was so much mystery behind it 😱😱
Well, this explains a LOT about the single color scene in my copy of Phantom of the Opera, which I got on one of those bargain price 50 movie packs of mostly B-grade (and lower) stuff.
Nosferatu was once thought to have been lost forever but pirating saved it. I'm not saying people should pirate maliciously or anything but sometimes it does go to show these people sometimes respect the work more than the creators themselves
Technically, that's incorrect. When Bram Stoker's estate took the makers to court for copyright infringement, they won and one of the orders from the ruling was that all copies of the film were to be destroyed. At the time, we thought all prints and negatives were. However, the film had moved across Europe and parts of North America by this point, and one was ultimately found in the hands of a private collector a few decades later - if I remember correctly. So the version of the film we've seen is the only copy that is believed to have survived.
@@SirChubbyBunny Nosferatu was never lost, and in fact it was re-released in Germany in the 1930's under an new title, "The 12th Hour", with some new (talking) scenes added, end this print also exists at the Cinémathèque Française. And I saw the classic, original version when I was 15 at the Cinémathèque Française, in 1955, il a beautiful sepia print. Often, movies that are "lost" in America are in fact in European archives. Take for instance the 1932 RKO version of "The Monkey's Paw", directed by Wesley Ruggles, and (uncredited) Ernest B. Schoedsack. Apparently the US archives only have a fragment of this film. But it was released in France in 1936, dubbed, and a friend of mine has a 16mm print of it. From this print he made a numerization, so I have this "lost" movie on a DVD-r... Of course it's spoken in French, but it could be re-dubbed in English as the New York City archives have the complete dialogue in print !
I love the fact that one of the theories for This Man was that the face was that of God himself. That's absolutely hilarious to me. It reminds me of that meme that says "Scientists say this is the last image you see before you die. Could this be God himself?"
I think there wasn't a thought to preserve most silent films because people were used to not being able to see something again once it was taken out of theaters as with most plays and musicals. There were very few people to appreciate and archive classic film until television and the home video market became a thing so most people were just concerned with the most current films of the time. That along with the precious metals in film and the cost of storage make it understandable why so much of it wasn't saved.
Early television shows had a similar fate because the low interest didn't justify the high cost of storage. You could do a whole video on the dumont television network, the oldest tv network in the us. Almost the entirety of their archives were allegedly dumped in the hudson river in the 1970's
Once I saw a Silent Version of Phantom of the Opera but the first scene had sound. I never found this version again, but it was amazing. I loved the creepy, dark dialog! The rest of the movie was completely silent.
Paul Naschy made a franchise of films called 'The Waldemar Daninsky' saga. They were all based around the same character who was a werewolf. [There are at least 5 movies in this series] It's very possible that the discontinued film was picked up years later, retitled, and with a new director and cast, and rewritten and re-marketed.
Jorge is at his strongest when the spookiest casts over everyone. Seriously, the really old films Jorge talks about are always so interesting. I really learn a lot of cool stuff from them.
Sounds like a great plot for an anthology series: "Guy goes looking for lost movies." Each episode would recreate one of them in the style of its time.
Speaking of lost Phantom of the operas, there is also supposedly a completely different silent Phantom of the opera film released 9 years earlier in 1916 that is lost in it's entirety with only some promotional artwork still existing
It was also the first horror trilogy, the first horror parody ( _The Golem and the Dancing Girl_ ) and I believe the first official remake (the 1920 film). Up to that point it was usually literary sources being adapted almost yearly rather than actual "remakes" of an existing film.
This is super interesting! I was kind of surprised that The Head Of Janus (Der Januskopf) wasn't included, given how famous some of its cast were (it starred Conrad Veidt, and Bela Lugosi was in a supporting role) *and* the fact that it was directed by FW Murnau, the guy who directed Nosferatu. Plus, it was one of the earlier adaptations of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde... Can you tell how much I want to be able to watch this movie LOL.....It would have been amazing.....
I think more than half of Murnau's work is lost these days, which is a damn tragedy on top of his short lived career after he was killed in a car crash in the 1930s.
The original ending of 1925 Phantom of the Opera is the holy grail of the phandom. It would have made this film the closest adaptation of Leroux's book.
Golly.. Phantom of the Opera had a tough history. Ah, well, at least we have you, Jorge, to keep us..mostly up on track with it all! Have yourself a great Halloween, to all of you.
I agree. I also think modern (after the 1960s) lost films are interesting, even if their existence is unverifiable - such as the Brussels cut of Ringu or the 80s zombie film Dead End.
@@SirChubbyBunny My hobby is modern-era lost horror (post-1950) because it's such a neglected subject. While I believe Dead End is pure fiction there is WAY more lost content from this era than anybody realizes. The kicker is that the few modern films that actually _do_ get an occasional mention by those in the film preservation business (Hu-Man, The Dead The Devil and The Flesh, Voodoo Heartbeat) though scarce, are not and never have been lost! And the next several years we're going to see a _huge_ increase in lost films from the 1970s and 1980s. It's already begun actually but it takes a long time for the absence of a newly-lost film to become apparent.
@@zmbdog The SOV stuff comes to mind when it comes to the 70s-early 2000s type of content. It still amazes me how certain films resurface after being lost for over 20 years, like Metal Noir.
My theory with the Lantern fellow speaking in the silent film version was that, when the reel of film was sent to cinemas, a vinyl record or cylinder was sent along that had whatever the man was saying on it, and it would be played alongside the film. That, or a script was sent with it and a voice actor or local in the area would read it out, and that these had simply been lost over time as well.
There's a difference between "better than The Lion and the Mouse" and "not as bad as The Lion and the Mouse". Perhaps the reviewer might've enjoyed The Lion and the Mouse and found The Terror to be even more enjoyable.
There was also another silent film version of The Phantom of the Opera which pre dates any of the universal ones..it was from I want to say 1919 or 1920 and was from Europe (possibly German). There is little known about it but is believed that there may be a few prints in the hands of private owners and it was closer to the book.
I swear private collectors can be so good and bad at some times. Like they can find lost movies and release it to the public or they just keep it to themselves
Universal built a (sound ) stage specifically for this movie. Having been in the studio I can tell you that it is significantly different than any other.
The same fire that destoryed London After Midnight also destroyed the original negatives to all the MGM cartoons, including the Tom And Jerry cartoons.
Re-edit is a hard word to say. Haha hope you guys all have a safe, but spooky Halloween! Shoutouts to Cinemassacre for helping me wrap my head around The Phantom of the Opera. Godamn is that one mess of a film
blameitonjorge I will gonna go over missing historical footage like the burning the Irish GPO and the missing higher quality version of the moon landing
Oh Cinemassacre!?
Still subscribed to them for ages. I'll need to watch them again
I remember watching his video on Phantom of the Opera, its very fascinating
I have to use that word for one of my videos because I have to make some cuts.
the lon chaney sr one is a classic
“90% of silent films are completely lost.”
I felt physical pain when I heard that.
Same 😭
Why
@@karayoungs241 because that's important history just gone now
But they were silent films
@@karayoungs241 they're important pieces of history that have just disappeared, it really sucks.
The scariest thing... Knowing most of this will remain lost forever
Which is always a shame. If it makes you feel better, the 1953 adaptation of The Tell Tale Heart was found in some guy's attic a few days ago, unaware of what it was or remembering that he had it in his possession after buying it from a junk shop in the 80s.
@@corvo9100 I know, it just seems more hopeless at this moment in time.
@@corvo9100 Well some of them are just erased from existence because they were destroyed.
I wonder how many supposedly lost films are sitting in a Hollywood director's house like some arcane trophy?
@@LostArchivist If that's the case, the film is likely in the public domain given the amount of time that has passed. So legally, if it's within their estate, it would depend on if they intend on releasing it.
RIP to all the films that were lost in the MGM vault fire of 1965.
There was also another vault fire at Warner Brothers or Universial in the 1930s or 1940s too. I believe the MGM one was the most devastating as far as what we lost goes, and it took the lives of at least two employees.
@@SirChubbyBunny Fox had one too, I think, resulting in the lost of the first Charlie Chan films with Warner Oland.
Well this is all depressing to read
1922's _A Blind Bargain_ was another horror movie lost in the same fire.
zmbdog 😔😢
I find lost media upsetting for the fact that one of my biggest fears is everything I've made being lost forever, whether due to misplacement, natural disaster, or people just throwing it away when I die because they didn't deem it as important as I have. I can't imagine the feeling of having something you put effort into being just callously thrown away or accidentally destroyed like this.
Yeah dude, imagine for example the philosopher Zeno, he created Stoicism and all of his works is lost, the philosopher created the second most influential school of thought and we know almost nothing from him. Al least he did not minded this happening to him.
Same…
That is upsetting
You think remakes are unnecessary now, back in the 30s they had remakes coming of movies that weren't even 3 years old yet.
Tbh, though, you wouldn't have been able to rewatch the films that were being remade because there was no home video.
@@adfl7790 Then why not just re-release the original to theaters?
The movies deteriorated very fast and were lost.
The reason remakes were so quickly made back in the day was because after The Jazz Singer, silent movies were deemed worthless.
WTF?!
Jorge sounds like he completely lost it at the end
The Phantom claims another victim!!
@Krin EXACTLY! The phantom has claimed another victim, and the opera's here!
Hehe, *lost* it
"Nosferatu!"
*Nosferatu smiles and proceeds to turn lights off*
Hey, nice.
Ed Spongebob is one of my fave cartoons, so it is obvious that I can confirm this is what we do. I believe we're all legit vampires on the inside, bc I'm a hybrid :P
*Cues End Card*
Spooky101 UwU I’m not a vampire .-.
Adrian Abundiz Then....are you a zombie? Btw I made that response being a cringeworthy goth kid, lmao. I think you are a ghost....👻
London after dark sounds interesting. If only we could travel back in time to get a look at these movies.
Yep.
@@AlexThe1Menace Heyyyy Alex
@@WeegeeSlayer123 ayy
WeegeeSlayer yes
London After Midnight inspired a circus called The Circus Of Horrors to have a tour called London After Midnight 2-3 years ago.
Going into a violent rage after being rejected by a girl? Guess the golem was the original incel
Yeah.
"Hello everyone, Golem here."
He was a nice guy!
Or Hitler
Damn
Just the drawing of “this man” has terrified me since I first found the image years ago.
Me too! I flipping hate how creepy it is. The blank stare of a 2-tone black and white face staring at you like it wants to 'be your friend' and then murder you in the night.
"This man" looks like he exposes his privates for funsies.
+Davie Jones And then came the erratas image of some criminal. I guess they both got hit by the jojo virus.
ngl the movie idea that it was supposed to promote seems very intriguing and has a lot of potential. a shame they cancelled it
No joke, he reminds me of Lord Lloyd Webber! Seriously. Look up his image and put them side by side.
I really hope London After Midnight and The Cat Creeps get found one day.
I've wanted to see those movies ever since I saw James Rolfe's list of Top 10 Lost Horror Movies back in the day.
Considering their two of the most famous examples of lost movies that have a decent amount of stuff leftover to show it existed I'd say somewhere a copy or copies Exist.
Yeah, and truthfully one day they could be found. After all, both were massive hits in the U.S and I believe they're still out there. Surely somebody from the film industry would've wanted to have a copy. Like the take home prints with Phantom Of The Opera. There was so much popularity and praise at the time, it's hard to believe that none would survive the test of time.
I also want to point out that there are a lot of lost mummy films (14 to be exact). The earliest was at 1909 called la momie du roi.
A 1911 verison only has one production still. Theres one in france and one from 1923. The good news is that a 1918. German film has been found its called eyes of the mummy ma and is pretty ridiculous in my opinion. You can find it in on youtube and its on a channel called a touch of evil
There's _three_ from 1911, all titled _The Mummy_ ! There's also another 1909 film and one from 1910. The latter actually still exists today but the other 4 are gone.
It's funny that you mentioned Nosferatu as it very nearly became a lost film itself. Bram Stoker's widow was unhappy that a film adaptation of the Dracula story had been produced without her permission so she had every available copy destroyed. IIRC, only one print managed to survive and it is from this print that every other copy derives.
Makes me want to see a list of "Almost Lost Media" to learn of stories of media that nearly avoided becoming Lost Media.
And I don't mean by found Lost Media, I mean media that was never Lost
Can't wait til you reach 1 Million subs. You are a great youtuber!
Yeah, he's making more and more waves ☺
Yeah you can see him being as big as creepypasta youtubers or chills and unknowntop5s
This guy's Right
Me from the future: Just you wait
He did it
Your videos are on Bob Ross level. they're the greatest
Thanks!
@@blameitonjorge I love the way your voice sounds it's so calm
@@blameitonjorge man, the silent film era was creepy.
Isn’t that a happy cloud?
Bob Ross? The painter? What does that have to do with anything in this video?
I would say out of all the fandoms I’ve come across, I feel like the lost media community is the least toxic , no heated debates on what movie is better, no trolling , no excessive Celebrity worship , honestly just a lot of positivity. Everyone coming together and just trying to shed light on what is lost with the goal of having it be found . I admire that
Agreed
I'm a member of that community. :) I know people who not only spend their time searching for lost films, but also restoring silent films, I have supported 15 Kickstarters to date for film restoration - some titles which were considered lost - it is a very enthusiastic community, and I love being a part of it.
@@mht5875 that’s fantastic!!
Yep and even if this community finds previously lost media that in the grand scheme of things wasnt very good it's still a major win none the less.
When you're so early the video is private.
When youre so early this joke is still funny 😂😂😂😂
Buildin a sentry
Sadly I'm never that early
Spah zappin mah sentreh!!
When your privates are on video
Instead of remaking horror movies that are very much available & rewatchable today (I'm looking at you, Rob Zombie), how about remaking these movies that have been lost to time? I for one would love to see a Golem Trilogy, produced & or directed by someone like Guillermo Del Toro.
I'd personally prefer if a Jewish filmmaker made it, considering it is one of the most famous pieces of Jewish folklore
@@hptwillightfan123 - Problem is too many Jewish filmmakers have been Hollywoodized a bit much & have lost a lot of their "Jewishness", imo. So long as they get a cinematographer/director of photography like Emmanuel "Chivo" Lubezki, I think a director like Del Toro or Cuaron might actually work better. Mel Brooks could produce it thru his Brooksfilms Productions house like how he handled The Elephant Man.
@@hptwillightfan123 What? The directors ethnicity/religion has nothing to do with how the film will turn out or even how the film is made... fucking identity politics...
Well, look at Great Buddha Arrival that will release this year.
@@TheSP33DFREAK I agree completely, the crew's religion or ethnicity has nothing to do with the film unless the film is supposed to revolve around those beliefs.
Blameitonjorge is like a Saturday cartoons/shows to me.
Me too
Same, it's Saturday right now and i am relaxing just watching scary stuff cause that's just me, a-anyone else does the same as me, amyone?
Bela Lugosi and Lon Chaney… I never thought I would hear those names in a lost media video!
So sad that so many silent films are long gone… what a tragedy…
i think bela lugosi has a few lost films tbh
@@flaky9999 such a shame…
Reel #2 of the 1915 Golem has been found in an archive in Buenos Aires, oddly enough, the same archive that had a copy of the full Metropolis. This reel, along with the already surviving footage, has been shown at various festivals.
This needs more likes!
That still leaves the golem and dancing girl to this day....
You are quickly becoming one of my favorite channels. Keep up the good work!
Totally Not Depressed. Thank you !
Got interrupted by Jorge, even if I was still watching his other videos.
I'm blaming this on Jorge.
*rimshot*
Me too
I see you in comment sections a lot
@@rockstickcomics yeah... i got the justin y virus
😄
An update on phantom of the opera, the process of 2 cameras used is the same one used for 3d films, and some are trying to make a 3d version right now.
Who was flicking the lights? 12:21
Mitchell. W the hash slinging slasher
Nosferatu! *smiles and lights go out*
Nosferatu!!!
I don't know why, but "Dracula's Death" sounds like a real interesting movie to me.
That's my #1 most-wanted lost silent. Seriously, enough about London After fucking Midnight. It wasn't even well-liked in its _own day_ when 95% of reviews were raves, how did it end up reaching mythic stature?
@@zmbdog It's a Lon Chaney movie. Simple as that.
@@zmbdog From what I can tell the hype around this movie seems entirely based on the design of Chaney’s vampire
You can find an English translation of the novelisation these days. Not the same, but super interesting.
Most people agree that what you don't see is scarier than what you do see. The fact that you can't see these makes them scarier than any other horror films.
"Most people agree that what you don't see is scarier than what you do see."
Most people agree that this sentence has never actually been correct.
Does anyone else remember that Nosferactu character being in Spongebob? I swear that I do.
They were in SpongeBob, and they came back in a recent episode.
@@perpetualcollapse Okay, thanks!
In the season two episode "Graveyard Shift"
One lost movie that’s scary is *mannypulation not social climbing for once*
I hate the phrase/ word owo
HI SISTERS
*manipulation
Your fuckin profile picture creeped me out more than the video
The only films that I think should stay lost are anything from DaddyOFive.
True
Of course DaddyOFive is not a very great person.
And anything from onision
Agree
Some of his vids are lost
Watch all these get found the next day
BoomArt Studios I wouldn’t be surprised ; - ;
@@blameitonjorge shocking. 😱😱
@@blameitonjorge how have you been?
😂
gg
Also jorge forgot to update that "In the Mind of The Damned" has been found on December 24 2018. The director sent it to a random user through google drive. So, you could watch it for yourself.
Hey!! If you're reading this, In The Mind of the Damned was actually found!! There's a link to watch it on the lost media wiki!
Why does nobody remember the 1916 phantom of the opera
We may never know
Some of us horror fans do. A cool factoid on the film is that the writer of that version is Greta Schröder, who co-starred in Nosferatu as Hutter's wife and had a hand in The Golem (1920).
I initially thought that that was what he was gonna talk about.
We horror fans know of the movie. I describe it as the longest broadway musical/horror film ever.
I remember both of them.
Yes, there were _two_ 1916 Phantom's, though one of them was filmed in 1915. Neither survives today.
zmbdog 😔😢
The only youtuber that I can watch for hours and not get bored
I just realized this while watching this again; In Phantom of the Opera, the guy with the lantern might've come from the silent version, but possibly the title card is missing. A lot of times in silent films they'll have people talk, followed by a card popping up to show what's being said. I'm not sure why the card wouldn't be put in, since usually they'll recreate the title cards in cases of missing scenes, but it could be that they simply forgot or didn't realize that scene needed a title card. That's just my theory on the lantern man scene.
Squidward: "than who was flickering the lights?..."
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Everyone: NOSFERATU!
Saturday can be boring
But when Jorge uploads it's gets a little
S p o o k y
Great videos!!!
Christopheryouknowtherest it’s Saturday today. Are you still alive?
Phantom of the opera is just a remix of a cover that is a cover of a remix mixed in with another remix!
Had no idea that it’s history was just as a mess as the Phantoms face himself!
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Recently saw this man in my dreams! I had sleep paralysis for the first time when I saw him. I first saw this drawing 2 years ago, but forgot about him, so I don’t know why I just now saw him.
I was staying at a hotel with for a wedding that was out of my small suburban city.
It was Sunday, the day we were going to leave, and I had woken up earlier only for my mom to tell me she would wake me up in forty five minutes and that I could go back to sleep, which I happily did.
I fell asleep, which is surprising for me (sense I’m a insomnia patient) so this was already a red flag. Usually when I fall back asleep, I have nightmares.
I was back in my hotel room, but instead my room was dark. It looked how it did when I had awoken at 4:00 AM because *_insomniaaa_* (i fell back asleep and awoke again to have my mom tell me to go back to sleep)
I was laying on my back in bed (which I never do) and I couldn’t move, blink or speak.
This dream was incredibly realistic.
Suddenly, my sleepy peace was interrupted by someone (who looked like this man) on top of me screaming slurs and gibberish.
Maybe it wasn’t gibberish, and it was some other language? At the time, I was learning Norwegian, so maybe my brain made up some Norsk words? Idk
He was holding down my shoulders and he was not even 2 inches away from my face.
After what felt like hours of me horrified and him screaming, he turned very calm.
He then yelled loudly “45!”
What creeps me out is that, all of his words before were gibberish- and somehow he just now said that number clearly, the fact that my mom said 45, and that I’m not the only one whose “seen” this man.
I then jolted up as soon as he said 45.
Usually I wake up and lay there after a nightmare, but this time I flew up and began to cry.
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if you managed to get all the way down here, thanks for reading, you’re cool.
Spooky
Another one … All American Massacre, the third and the last part of the original The Texas Chainsaw Massacre trilogy. As the movie wasn’t released other directors took advantage to make Texas Chainsaw a money making machine, spawning 7 horrible movies.
RIP All American Massacre
RIP Tobe Hooper, my fave horror director
This subject will never cease to fascinate me
Look up _Wide World of Mystery_ on letterboxd. And that's just the tip of the iceberg of lost modern horror.
Good job including a bit about “this man” in this, I would have never known it was some movie promo this whole time
In my film class, we watched “ A Trip to the Moon” to compare older films to newer ones. Georges is honestly pretty cool with his films, even if its older, its still pretty cool! Very cool he has Lost Media too
>a trip to the moon from 1902 is cool
no it's not, it's absolutley horrifying. i've had nightmares over a single picture of the moon.
I know this wishful thinking but I really hope London After Midnight is somehow found one day
James Rolfe (AVGN) attempting to explain phantom of the opera is one of my favorite videos. It has such an interesting and confusing backstory!
The colored scenes in Phantom of the Opera wasn't later colored, it came from the original. It has 17 minutes in Two-color Technicolor. It was one of the first movies with this color system. Only the masked-ball scene remains, the rest is lost
Yep, even the ball scene was thought lost at one point. At least in color.
Something that's worth mentioning is that the events of the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, as well as the firebombing campaigns of WWII meant that a huge number of Japanese films of the time are missing or lost altogether; there's an ongoing search for countless films from this era. One such pair of films which interests me quite a bit are "King Kong Appears in Edo" and "Japanese King Kong", or "Wakusei King Kong". These two films show that even as early as the 1930s, Japan was interested in trying to follow the trends of western cinema, even though it would be almost 30 years until King Kong finally appeared in a Japanese film which is still around today, 1962's "King Kong vs. Godzilla".
"it's almost suicidal" did AVGN review this?
Maybe
Legend has it James Rolfe has been around for centuries and keeps getting reincarnated with the same sense of humor
"Boys and girls of every age
Wouldn't you like to see something
Strange"
“This is halloween, this is Halloween”
“Pumpkin scream in the dead of night”
(I forgot the line that came before it)
@@fionnasherri7746 it was,
Come with us and you will see,
In this town of Halloween
*Honestly, your probably my favorite horror youtuber. I just love your videos and your voice!!* 😍
I've actually seen Last House On Dead End Street, it was on RUclips a few years ago and I downloaded it and had it for a while on my phone. I had no idea there was so much mystery behind it 😱😱
And was it good, or fun, or at least shocking for its day?
If you so happen to stumble upon it on your old files one day, could you possibly re-upload it?
Was the movie actually good if so what’s the plot please tell me I’m a huge fan of 70’s horror
the 1920 soviet Drakula film is so lost you didn't even mention it. xD
XD
Dude, I *_might_* watch it. It is probably the inspiration for twilight. *shudders a little*
@@Spookythereaper3 good luck trying to, as nothing from the Russian Drakula film is known to have survived.
That film is a myth. It never existed.
*_Lindsay Ellis would like to know your location_*
What about “Das Phantom der Oper” the original 1915 “Phantom of the opera”
Missing and presumed dead. I blame Jorge.
I never imagined that This Man was going to be a movie. I would've loved to have seen it. I hope the premise will be picked up again one day.
It is worth mentioning that The Terror was remade in 1938, although the remake isn't amazing either.
Thanks for telling us I still want to watch it as a huge slasher movie fan
Well, this explains a LOT about the single color scene in my copy of Phantom of the Opera, which I got on one of those bargain price 50 movie packs of
mostly B-grade (and lower) stuff.
The scenes with color are from the original 1925 version.
Ian Stuckey , back then it was a big deal to show color /tint
Nosferatu was once thought to have been lost forever but pirating saved it. I'm not saying people should pirate maliciously or anything but sometimes it does go to show these people sometimes respect the work more than the creators themselves
Technically, that's incorrect.
When Bram Stoker's estate took the makers to court for copyright infringement, they won and one of the orders from the ruling was that all copies of the film were to be destroyed. At the time, we thought all prints and negatives were. However, the film had moved across Europe and parts of North America by this point, and one was ultimately found in the hands of a private collector a few decades later - if I remember correctly. So the version of the film we've seen is the only copy that is believed to have survived.
@@SirChubbyBunny Nosferatu was never lost, and in fact it was re-released in Germany in the 1930's under an new title, "The 12th Hour", with some new (talking) scenes added, end this print also exists at the Cinémathèque Française. And I saw the classic, original version when I was 15 at the Cinémathèque Française, in 1955, il a beautiful sepia print. Often, movies that are "lost" in America are in fact in European archives. Take for instance the 1932 RKO version of "The Monkey's Paw", directed by Wesley Ruggles, and (uncredited) Ernest B. Schoedsack. Apparently the US archives only have a fragment of this film. But it was released in France in 1936, dubbed, and a friend of mine has a 16mm print of it. From this print he made a numerization, so I have this "lost" movie on a DVD-r... Of course it's spoken in French, but it could be re-dubbed in English as the New York City archives have the complete dialogue in print !
I love the fact that one of the theories for This Man was that the face was that of God himself. That's absolutely hilarious to me. It reminds me of that meme that says "Scientists say this is the last image you see before you die. Could this be God himself?"
I think there wasn't a thought to preserve most silent films because people were used to not being able to see something again once it was taken out of theaters as with most plays and musicals. There were very few people to appreciate and archive classic film until television and the home video market became a thing so most people were just concerned with the most current films of the time. That along with the precious metals in film and the cost of storage make it understandable why so much of it wasn't saved.
Early television shows had a similar fate because the low interest didn't justify the high cost of storage. You could do a whole video on the dumont television network, the oldest tv network in the us. Almost the entirety of their archives were allegedly dumped in the hudson river in the 1970's
Once I saw a Silent Version of Phantom of the Opera but the first scene had sound. I never found this version again, but it was amazing. I loved the creepy, dark dialog! The rest of the movie was completely silent.
I've seen that version as well. It's probably a hybrid of the 1925 and 1929 version.
The fact that they’re lost is scarier than the actual films. It’s like a preview to what will happen to all of us someday
Paul Naschy made a franchise of films called 'The Waldemar Daninsky' saga. They were all based around the same character who was a werewolf. [There are at least 5 movies in this series] It's very possible that the discontinued film was picked up years later, retitled, and with a new director and cast, and rewritten and re-marketed.
Jorge is at his strongest when the spookiest casts over everyone. Seriously, the really old films Jorge talks about are always so interesting. I really learn a lot of cool stuff from them.
A lot of old movies in color have black and white photos so I’m pretty sure the werewolf movie is not lost and is just under a different title.
It's always a good day when Blameitonjorge makes a new video! And today is no exception!
Why am I so into this stuff? Every time I watch these lost media videos I get more angry and upset, but bro I can't stop.
Sounds like a great plot for an anthology series: "Guy goes looking for lost movies." Each episode would recreate one of them in the style of its time.
12:20 Who was flickering the lights??
Matt0417 Nosferatu
+Matt0417 Me and the vampire bois were flickering the lights while listening to the soundtrack to the whole twilight saga.
Thank you Jorge. You introduced me to lost films. It's so fascinating and sad at the same time, to look at lost media.
There is nothing I want more in life than to watch the OG London after Midnight
Speaking of lost Phantom of the operas, there is also supposedly a completely different silent Phantom of the opera film released 9 years earlier in 1916 that is lost in it's entirety with only some promotional artwork still existing
my favorite videos thank you so much
“90% of silent films are lost”
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More Info: The Golem movies just so happen to be directed, and written by the same guy who also played the title character.
It was also the first horror trilogy, the first horror parody ( _The Golem and the Dancing Girl_ ) and I believe the first official remake (the 1920 film). Up to that point it was usually literary sources being adapted almost yearly rather than actual "remakes" of an existing film.
Sadly, The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978) is not a lost film.
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If only it was
Thankfully**
Nah if it was then people would want to see itm
And the Emoji Movie.
Top 10 giant monster movies
I second that
King Kong and Godzilla should be on there.
@@live4marilyn Too obvious
This is super interesting! I was kind of surprised that The Head Of Janus (Der Januskopf) wasn't included, given how famous some of its cast were (it starred Conrad Veidt, and Bela Lugosi was in a supporting role) *and* the fact that it was directed by FW Murnau, the guy who directed Nosferatu. Plus, it was one of the earlier adaptations of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde...
Can you tell how much I want to be able to watch this movie LOL.....It would have been amazing.....
I think more than half of Murnau's work is lost these days, which is a damn tragedy on top of his short lived career after he was killed in a car crash in the 1930s.
Well Done, Jorge. I've wanted to see many of these lost pieces. Hopefully they'll find the film negatives somewhere.
The original ending of 1925 Phantom of the Opera is the holy grail of the phandom. It would have made this film the closest adaptation of Leroux's book.
Golly.. Phantom of the Opera had a tough history.
Ah, well, at least we have you, Jorge, to keep us..mostly up on track with it all!
Have yourself a great Halloween, to all of you.
Most of his info was ripped from Cinemassacre's video on the whole Phantom of the Opera mixup. I highly recommend it.
Why was I half expecting you to mention the God awful Steve Harley version of Phantom 😂😂
I’d love to see more lost film videos like this, especially ones of the Silent and golden age eras!
I agree. I also think modern (after the 1960s) lost films are interesting, even if their existence is unverifiable - such as the Brussels cut of Ringu or the 80s zombie film Dead End.
@@SirChubbyBunny My hobby is modern-era lost horror (post-1950) because it's such a neglected subject. While I believe Dead End is pure fiction there is WAY more lost content from this era than anybody realizes. The kicker is that the few modern films that actually _do_ get an occasional mention by those in the film preservation business (Hu-Man, The Dead The Devil and The Flesh, Voodoo Heartbeat) though scarce, are not and never have been lost!
And the next several years we're going to see a _huge_ increase in lost films from the 1970s and 1980s. It's already begun actually but it takes a long time for the absence of a newly-lost film to become apparent.
@@zmbdog The SOV stuff comes to mind when it comes to the 70s-early 2000s type of content. It still amazes me how certain films resurface after being lost for over 20 years, like Metal Noir.
(In regards to #7) I guess that's where Svengoolie got HIS signature look.
"90% of silent films are lost"
Oof! Why did you have to destroy my mood by saying that?!
I would like to say the In The Mind Of The Damned has been found. It can be downloaded off the Lost Media Wiki
I always try to get to your videos first because thay are all good
My theory with the Lantern fellow speaking in the silent film version was that, when the reel of film was sent to cinemas, a vinyl record or cylinder was sent along that had whatever the man was saying on it, and it would be played alongside the film. That, or a script was sent with it and a voice actor or local in the area would read it out, and that these had simply been lost over time as well.
*rip horror films*
sorry child, you have a goddamn gacha studio profile pic so your opinion doesn't count
Why is your profile name toxic the wolf? Thats gay
Ben Leggett-want yeah, *because I am gay*
your average commenter not anymore
And why is the pic springtrap from fnaf?
There's a difference between "better than The Lion and the Mouse" and "not as bad as The Lion and the Mouse". Perhaps the reviewer might've enjoyed The Lion and the Mouse and found The Terror to be even more enjoyable.
When I saw phantom of the opera as number one I thought he was gonna talk about the 1916 version
There was also another silent film version of The Phantom of the Opera which pre dates any of the universal ones..it was from I want to say 1919 or 1920 and was from Europe (possibly German). There is little known about it but is believed that there may be a few prints in the hands of private owners and it was closer to the book.
I swear private collectors can be so good and bad at some times. Like they can find lost movies and release it to the public or they just keep it to themselves
Hey Jorge, a second part for lost music or songs would be nice.
Keep it up :)
Well done especially the information on "The Phantom of the Opera"
Universal built a (sound ) stage specifically for this movie. Having been in the studio I can tell you that it is significantly different than any other.
Hey can you do a lost Nickelodeon media video?
Dan Schneider wouldn't like that lol
@@subliminalenterprise4062 Why, because Nickelodeon copyright on RUclips is heavily enforced?
@@4Corry Screw Copyright Laws!!!!!!!!!
Mario Mixels fan 2011 copyright on RUclips makes no sense.
@@4Corry I knew right?
It's not Halloween without an awesome blameitonjorge video!
The same fire that destoryed London After Midnight also destroyed the original negatives to all the MGM cartoons, including the Tom And Jerry cartoons.
Yup, pretty much everything made before 1965 was destroyed, and I think that fire in particular killed two people.