The phrase "the silence was deadly" has never been more fitting. This set        includes four horror classics from the silent era: the UFA-inspired gothic       drama The Man Who Laughs (Paul Leni, 1927, 110 mins.); The Penalty (Wallace Worsley, 1920, 82 mins.), a gruesome tale of revenge starring a       contorted Lon Chaney as a legless man; the first great American horror film,   Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (John S. Robertson, 1920, 96 mins.), starring    John Barrymore; and Paul Leni's masterfully crafted "old dark house" chiller     The Cat and the Canary (1927, 82 mins.). These are joined by the         haunting documentary Kingdom of Shadows (Bret Wood, 1998, 70 mins.),     featuring footage of nearly 50 of the most famous and most obscure horror      films from the turn of the century to the end of the silent era. Rod Steig  er   narrates this look at the influence of German expressionism, the psychological roots of American horror, and the genre's trajectory in sound.                 USA---1920-1998---455 mins.