Le manoir du diable (1896)

Movie Details

Original Title Le manoir du diable

Original Language FR

Status Released

Popularity 0.2

Cast

Georges Méliès

Mephistopheles

Popularity: 0.4

Jehanne d'Alcy

Young woman

Popularity: 0.3

Key Crew

Director Georges Méliès

Producer Georges Méliès

Writer Georges Méliès

Production

Georges Méliès

Star Film

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The Haunted Castle 1896 George Melies Silent Film

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Keywords

supernatural black and white silent film haunted castle early cinema

Reviews from TMDB

RottenPop 5/10

Feb 21, 2017

According to Wikipedia in August of 2011, Le Manoir du diable by Georges Melies is the first horror movie. Well, actually its a short film (about three minuets or so) but film was really hard to come by in that time so this counts as a film to me. The plot of the film is basic, you have your hero ... Read more

BrimmingTeacup

Jun 10, 2024

One of the first ever technical horror movies. While the term "horror" until the 30's, this can be considered one of the first of the genre. Hard to say if this or A Nightmare is the first film, but they do both use the same kind of jump cuts, and special props. Georges Melies is honestly crazy tale ... Read more