Horror films were made in the earliest decades of film in the 1890s to 1910s. But genre classics mostly began in the 1920s in Europe - particularly in Germany. These were silent films until around 1930, which is when the horror film genre gained popularity in Hollywood. This is known as the "classical" period of horror films, which would last until around 1960. Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 film Psycho is seen as the film that moved horror out of its classical stage. Let's take a look at the best classical horror films from 1920 to 1960!