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The X-Ray Fiend (1897)

5.5/10 0h 1m Oct 01, 1897

Comedy Horror

A romantic couple are transformed into skeletons via X-Rays. The film combines two very recent innovations: Wilhelm Roentgen's discovery of X-rays in 1895, and Georges Méliès' accidental realisation of the special-effects potential of the jump-cut in 1896.

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Movie Details

Original Title The X-Ray Fiend

Original Language EN

Status Released

Popularity 0.1

Cast

Laura Bayley

Laura Bayley

Woman

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Tom Green

Professor

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Key Crew

Director George Albert Smith

Writer George Albert Smith

Producer George Albert Smith

Production

George Albert Smith Films

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Keywords

skeleton silent film x rayed skeleton x-ray trick film

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RottenPop 4/10

Feb 21, 2017

The X-Rays (aka. The X-Ray Fiend) is another film from George Albert Smith. Smith directed The Haunted Castle, a remake of a George Melies film, earlier that year. The X-Rays shows us a young woman that gets confronted by an adoring older man. The older man flirts and blushes. Then an X-Ray camera ... Read more

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5.5

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Details

Release Date October 1, 1897

Runtime 0h 1m

Language EN

Status Released

Popularity 0.1

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