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A straightforward story and anticlimactic ending prevent The Golem from being amongst the top of the silent horror films, but there's still a lot to love. Large amounts of extras giving some scenes a great, massive feel. The sets and locations are quite interesting. And of course that lovable clay scoundrel, the Golem himself; Wegener's mannerisms and facial expressions definitely give the movie its charm.

Pretty good and sometimes quite frightning too.

Don't fuck with the Jews.

Great expressionistic visuals, but everything else is only good enough to keep things moving along.

This has not aged at all well, and today is horrifying in ways that its creators never intended -- yet it created most of the monster-movie tropes that still hold today. In order to appreciate this at _all_, you must see it in a good, restored print with a sensitive score. Kino's DVD is best.

One of the few golem movies, but it still bores like hell

Interesting film.

A unique twist on the story of Frankenstein's monster. Here, instead of electricity and mad science, revenge-inspired Jewish mysticism is the culprit in bringing the misunderstood monster to life. The clay effects on the creature are absolutely ingenious. Nothing in modern effects looks as effective. While the story's conclusion is a bit anticlimactic, the movie as a whole is quite good.

What do you say about a movie closing in on it's centennial? I guess it's pretty good, nice use of colored filters and some decent expressionism sets.

There were several versions of this story, but this is almost certainly the best, its splendid sets, performances and certain scenes all being clearly influential on later Hollywood films, especially _Frankenstein_.