October Monster Mash: “The Bells of Tragedy!” – Lon Chaney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)
Before the Monsters, There Was a Man Before vampires, mummies, and creatures of the lagoon haunted movie screens, there was Quasimodo — the bell ringer of Notre Dame. His story wasn’t one of evil or menace, but of pain, beauty, and loneliness. In 1923, Universal Pictures released The Hunchback of Notre Dame, starring the incomparable Lon Chaney, known as “The Man of a Thousand Faces.” The film marked a turning point for Universal and the horror genre. Though not a “monster” in the traditional sense, Quasimodo became the first of…
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