Known for starring alongside Lon Chaney, Sr., in numerous silents, and for directing the classics Dracula and Freaks, Tod Browning has been called the Edgar Allan Poe of the cinema. In this work, film scholars and Browning experts study a number of the major themes in his works. Topics covered include the connection between Browning, Poe and Kant, cinematic techniques, disability, masochism, sound and suspense, duality, parenthood, narrative and cinematic trickery, George Melford, surrealism, and the occult. A Browning filmography is included.