---
title: 'The Terror (1928)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Roy Del Ruth'
released: '1928-01-01'
genres:
  - 'Horror'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-terror-1928'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0019456/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Terror (1928)

1928 · Horror · United States


## Synopsis

The Terror is a lost 1928 American pre-Code horror film written by Harvey Gates and directed by Roy Del Ruth, based on the 1927 play of the same name by Edgar Wallace. It was the second "all-talking" feature film released by Warner Bros. Pictures, following Lights of New York. It was also the first all-talking horror film, made using the Vitaphone sound-on-disc system.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Roy Del Ruth](https://cinepixo.com/people/roy-del-ruth)
- **Screenplay:** [Harvey Gates](https://cinepixo.com/people/harvey-gates)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Louis Silvers](https://cinepixo.com/people/louis-silvers)
- **Producer:** [Darryl F. Zanuck](https://cinepixo.com/people/darryl-f-zanuck)
- **Director of Photography:** [Barney McGill](https://cinepixo.com/people/barney-mcgill)
- **Editor:** [Thomas Pratt](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-pratt), [Jack Killifer](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-killifer)

## Cast

- [Louise Fazenda](https://cinepixo.com/people/louise-fazenda)
- [Otto Hoffman](https://cinepixo.com/people/otto-hoffman)
- [Frank Austin](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-austin)
- [Edward Everett Horton](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-everett-horton)
- [May McAvoy](https://cinepixo.com/people/may-mcavoy)
- [Matthew Betz](https://cinepixo.com/people/matthew-betz)
- [Holmes Herbert](https://cinepixo.com/people/holmes-herbert)
- [John Miljan](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-miljan)
- [Joseph W. Girard](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-w-girard)
- [Alec B. Francis](https://cinepixo.com/people/alec-b-francis)

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