
A Nightmare(1896)
A man has a fantastical nightmare involving, among other things, a grinning malevolent moon.


A man has an encounter with several spooky apparitions in a castle that is evidently owned by the Devil.

Georges Méliès
Mephisto

Jehanne d'Alcy
Young woman
Le château hanté is a horror film released in 1897 exploring themes of magic, vampire, castle, bat, fear, devil. Directed by Georges Méliès, it stars Georges Méliès, Jehanne d'Alcy. A man has an encounter with several spooky apparitions in a castle that is evidently owned by the Devil.
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