This Day in Halloween: Paul Leni’s silent anthology horror fantasy "Waxworks" opens across the U.S. in 1926. / Illustration by Kyo Johnson
Waxworks opens across the U.S. in 1926. Director Paul Leni’s silent anthology horror fantasy features a wax museum, Jack the Ripper and Ivan the Terrible and is influential for both its storytelling and cinematography. It’s also Leni’s last German film.
