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Nightmarish Collection

Background imageNightmarish Collection: Scene from The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

Scene from The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
(Original Caption) 1919- Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt and Lil Dagover in a scene from Robert Wiene's "Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, " 1919

Background imageNightmarish Collection: Cartoon Warning Against Chinese Labor

Cartoon Warning Against Chinese Labor
(Original Caption) Cartoon warning cigar makers not to use Chinese labor

Background imageNightmarish Collection: Cartoon about Cholera

Cartoon about Cholera
Cartoon from 1884 depicting how bad food helps spread cholera

Background imageNightmarish Collection: Los Disparates No. 2: Fearful Folly by Francisco de Goya

Los Disparates No. 2: Fearful Folly by Francisco de Goya
Disparate de miedo, from the series Los Disparates (Follies)

Background imageNightmarish Collection: Los Disparates No. 17: Loyalty by Francisco de Goya

Los Disparates No. 17: Loyalty by Francisco de Goya
La Lealtad, from the series Los Disparates (Follies)

Background imageNightmarish Collection: Los Caprichos No. 72: You Will Not Escape by Francisco Goya

Los Caprichos No. 72: You Will Not Escape by Francisco Goya
(Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageNightmarish Collection: Los Disparates No. 17: Loyalty by Francisco de Goya

Los Disparates No. 17: Loyalty by Francisco de Goya
La Lealtad, from the series Los Disparates (Follies)

Background imageNightmarish Collection: Los Caprichos No. 77: What One Does to Another by Francisco de Goya

Los Caprichos No. 77: What One Does to Another by Francisco de Goya
Plate 77 from Goya's series of "Los Caprichos"

Background imageNightmarish Collection: Los Disparates No. 5: Flying Folly by Francisco de Goya

Los Disparates No. 5: Flying Folly by Francisco de Goya
Disparate Volante, from the series Los Disparates (Follies)

Background imageNightmarish Collection: Los Caprichos No. 80: It is Time by Francisco Goya

Los Caprichos No. 80: It is Time by Francisco Goya
(Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageNightmarish Collection: Los Caprichos No. 72: You Will Not Escape by Francisco Goya

Los Caprichos No. 72: You Will Not Escape by Francisco Goya
A graceful young woman is pursued by a group of winged creatures. As she seems not to mind their attentions, perhaps she intends to be caught. | Part of: Los Caprichos by Francisco de Goya

Background imageNightmarish Collection: Los Caprichos No. 48: Squealers by Francisco Goya

Los Caprichos No. 48: Squealers by Francisco Goya
Besieged by squealing witches, terrified monks cover their ears in vain, trying to quiet the evil sounds. A winged warlock rides on a cat while blowing vile information at the clergy

Background imageNightmarish Collection: Devil Carrying Woman to Hell

Devil Carrying Woman to Hell
(Original Caption) Devil carrying woman to hell. Detail of mural on Last Judgment in Cathedral of Orvieto

Background imageNightmarish Collection: Diana Barrymore In Movie Still

Diana Barrymore In Movie Still
(Original Caption) Photo shows actress Diana Barrymore seated at a table with a cup of tea in a still from the movie "Nightmare." Movie released in 1942

Background imageNightmarish Collection: Webbed Depiction of Bruno Hauptmann Situation

Webbed Depiction of Bruno Hauptmann Situation
(Original Caption) Flemington, N. J.: Hauptmann...Web. The Web Is Spun Fine And Strong...Can Bruno Break It. The prosecution has spun a fine web about Bruno Richard Hauptmann

Background imageNightmarish Collection: Engraving of Martin Luther Being Inspired by Satan

Engraving of Martin Luther Being Inspired by Satan
Martin Luther was a German theologian and leader of the Reformation. His belief of salvation based on faith alone led to his excommunication from the Catholic Church

Background imageNightmarish Collection: Skeletons Surrounding Sleeping Man

Skeletons Surrounding Sleeping Man
(Original Caption) 1910-From Gallery of photographic absurdities of the Gay Nineties. A skeletal nightmare. 1910

Background imageNightmarish Collection: Ghost Frightening Elderly Professor

Ghost Frightening Elderly Professor
(Original Caption) Lady ghost stalks frightened elderly professor. Photograph ca. 1910. BPA2# 2165

Background imageNightmarish Collection: Max Schreck as Count Orlok in Nosferatu

Max Schreck as Count Orlok in Nosferatu
(Original Caption) Still from the famous 1922 German film, "Nosferatu, " prototype of future films dealing with vampires. BPA 2 #3124

Background imageNightmarish Collection: Boris Karloff as Frankenstein's Monster

Boris Karloff as Frankenstein's Monster
(Original Caption) 1930-Boris Karloff as Frankenstein. Dungeon scene

Background imageNightmarish Collection: American Soldier Carrying a Flame Thrower

American Soldier Carrying a Flame Thrower
(Original Caption) U.S. Army engineer with flame thrower. Camouflaged soldier with his weapon

Background imageNightmarish Collection: Detail of the Head of Laocoon from The Laocoon Group

Detail of the Head of Laocoon from The Laocoon Group
(Original Caption) Laocoon. Head of Greek sculpture in Vatican. BPA2# 3531

Background imageNightmarish Collection: Engraving of Men Raiding a Magician's Laboratory

Engraving of Men Raiding a Magician's Laboratory
(Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageNightmarish Collection: Engraving of a Witch Flying on a Broomstick

Engraving of a Witch Flying on a Broomstick
Witchcraft: Picture shows a witch and a cat on a broom about the middle of the 15th century. Undated engraving. BPA2# 5471

Background imageNightmarish Collection: Engraving of a Witches Sabbath

Engraving of a Witches Sabbath

Background imageNightmarish Collection: Black Widow Spider

Black Widow Spider
(Original Caption) The black widow is probably the deadliest of insects

Background imageNightmarish Collection: Hand Holding Hypodermic Needle

Hand Holding Hypodermic Needle
A gloved hand holding a hypodermic needle. Undated photograph

Background imageNightmarish Collection: Illustration of a French Protestant being Tortured by Roman Catholics

Illustration of a French Protestant being Tortured by Roman Catholics
A female Huguenot tethered to a chain hangs in mid air during the religious persecution of French protestants

Background imageNightmarish Collection: Illustration of Martians Using a Death Ray by Alvim Correa

Illustration of Martians Using a Death Ray by Alvim Correa
An illustration of Martians attacking from a 1906 edition of The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells

Background imageNightmarish Collection: Engraving of a 17th-Century Plague Hospital in Vienna

Engraving of a 17th-Century Plague Hospital in Vienna
(Original Caption) Vienna Plague Hospital at the time the city was under siege by the Turks, 1679. Copper engraving

Background imageNightmarish Collection: St. Michael Slaying the Dragon by Albrecht Durer

St. Michael Slaying the Dragon by Albrecht Durer
DURER: DEPICTION OF THE APOCALYPSE WITH THE ANGELS FIGHTING THE EVILS. UNDATED ILLUSTRATION

Background imageNightmarish Collection: Illustration of a Man Encountering a Martian by Alvim Correa

Illustration of a Man Encountering a Martian by Alvim Correa
An illustration of a Martian emerging from his spaceship from a 1906 edition of The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells

Background imageNightmarish Collection: Rex Mays Fatal Racing Accident

Rex Mays Fatal Racing Accident
Racecar driver Rex Mays is thrown onto the racetrack as his racecar crashes into a guard rail during a race in Del Mar, California. Mays died of his injuries

Background imageNightmarish Collection: Vincent Price and Phyllis Kirk in House of Wax

Vincent Price and Phyllis Kirk in House of Wax
(Original Caption) 1953- Picture shows a scene from the movie, "House of Wax, " where Vincent Price (Jarrod) is chasing actress, Phyllis Kirk (Sue), down the street at night

Background imageNightmarish Collection: Alfred Hitchcock Screaming for Camera

Alfred Hitchcock Screaming for Camera
(Original Caption) British director Alfred Hitchcock vamps for the camera as he appeared in Paris to present his new thriller, Psycho. (Photo by Bettmann via Getty Images)

Background imageNightmarish Collection: Man Sinking in Quicksand in Movie Scene

Man Sinking in Quicksand in Movie Scene
(Original Caption) A terrified man is swallowed by quicksand

Background imageNightmarish Collection: Nightmarish Apparitions Scaring Two Old People

Nightmarish Apparitions Scaring Two Old People
(Original Caption) Lex Goudsmit (Tevye) and Enny Mol-de Leeuwe (Golde) are frightened by unpleasant nightmares in the Amsterdam edition of Fiddler on the Roof

Background imageNightmarish Collection: Body Being Dragged by Car

Body Being Dragged by Car
(Original Caption) Lebanon Now. Beirut: Leftist gunmen in a car drag the body of a right-wing Phalangist during a March 21st assault on the Holiday Inn in Beirut

Background imageNightmarish Collection: Grace Jones Performs At Studio 54

Grace Jones Performs At Studio 54
Jamaican fashion model and Disco singer Grace Jones performs at the nightclub Studio 54 on New Year's Eve, New York, New York, December 31, 1977. An estimated 2000 people attended the event

Background imageNightmarish Collection: Depiction of Witches in Covenantal Scene

Depiction of Witches in Covenantal Scene
(Original Caption) Two Witches


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