10 Lost Horror Movies You Can't Watch

10. A Blind Bargain

A Blind Bargain was reportedly a 1922 silent horror film that starred silent movie legends Raymond McKee, star of over two hundred movies from 1910 to 1935, and Lon Chaney, the ‘Man Of A Thousand Faces’, legendarily known for his roles in The Phantom Of The Opera, The Hunchback Of Notre Dame, Oliver Twist and The Road To Mandaley.

It was produced under the watchful eye of Samuel Goldwyn, founder and owner of Goldwyn Pictures before it became the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer we all know today.

This prestigious horror movie - or at least prestigious for its time - was about a mad scientist, played by Lon Chaney, who exploits a young man, played by Raymond McKee, with a dying mother. In return for his mother’s life, the young man hands himself over to the scientist in order to become a human guinea pig for experiments, where he befriends the scientist’s hunchback assistant - a dual-role for Lon Chaney and his horrible make-up.

Unfortunately, all that remains of this movie are a few stills, some old posters, and a few lobby cards. The original negative was purposely destroyed in 1931 by MGM themselves after the merger from Goldwyn Pictures, and the last surviving print was sadly destroyed due to the 1965 vault fire at MGM. A real shame, as this could have been a great addition to Lon Chaney’s career history.