The Haunted Castle 1896 George Melies Silent Film

[Erassiduonoir]

Primo montaggio della storia, prima vittima di pirateria, primo film horror, prima retrospettiva cinematografica della storia. Della serie "nostalgia di epoche mai vissute". Fuck yeah.

[DickieAnginson]

Even when I was a child, I was hated by skeletons. - Dr. Roger Fleming

[nickyq52]

play this with Kid Cudi- Scietist remix. it matches perfectly

[lambretta90dc]

min 1:02 harry potter's invisible cloack :)

[alejandreitor10]

I am overjoyed seeing this amazing film, it is incredible how this director was ahead at his age and his imagination, i wish i could have lived in this age and seeing it for the first time, it lift me up.

[lesjeuxaoublier]

omg...

[ultravioletgaia]

its old

[thunderkarla]

Very talented , its good to see that there still some people who appreciate it .

[merryfromhalo]

This is the first horror movie ever made!!!

[ziggycat999]

Nice scenery and atmosphere but needs a more simple plot to follow for a silent movie.

[thegermanhipster]

woah i was listning to zero by the yeah yeah yeahs and if should be the music video

[treddl691]

Kinda creepy actually in a way

[noonankevin1]

Lol

[noonankevin1]

Bloody hell eh? Lol

[GuyOffStreet]

nice camera work!

[abseedeeeeeffgee]

And to imagine this was "cool" and "awesome" so long ago, a piece of history. Too bad people don't appreciate it as much as they should...

[3investigators]

Great fun. Vive Georges Melies! Thank you for posting.

[DarkCrystalSage]

Impressive how far movies came

[farco27]

83 years before the start of Pixar, it's pretty impressive to see how the tech evolve in so short time. If only human beings could evolve in the same way.

Impressive work

[rayito2005]

Una pelicula muda del siglo 19 , la epoca de nuestros tatarabuelos.

[RossEStern]

JUMP CUTS!

[joshuaoha]

I hope there is a video of me on the internet 115 years from now.

[rem2267]

The quality is terrific! The special effects were ASTOUNDING for their time. The skeleton cracked me up no end, it was pretty out of proportion. I chuckled when it popped up out of nowhere. The bat was great as well.

Super upload, thanks for sharing it with us!

[tazman5290]

i <3 u for this

[uhohwhoops]

These are some rad special effects for 1896...!

[Wolfen443]

AMAZING, modern horror movies got nothing on this one pioneer.

[Madman2759]

And look at the imagination employed in this film. When film was young, directors experimented with what they could film and what film could be. Nowadays, they still experiment, but not as much.

[mattybock]

no film produced in hollywood since 1957 has had a plot this complex and involving.

[aeternusero]

it must have been amazing seeing these for the first time. I'm amazed today at how well they prove to be entertaining

[juantrippe82]

Interesting film trickery for the time period. I love the part where the four ghosts pop up, the last actor walks into the wall.

[AmayaElika]

I think this is pretty cool, plus it's considered the first vampire and horror film (even though they never intended it to scare people).

[ziggycat999]

Ancient in presentation today...I think this would look like a hell alot of fun being one of the actors back then!

[unrooolie]

Holy shit!! I bet in 1896 this was like Watching Jurassic park for the first time. HOLY COW IT IS REAL!!!!!

[jjobie]

Pretty astonishing.

[MDthornton83]

Judging by the year this came out, this film was only a year before the Dracula novel was written and published.

[MDthornton83]

Wow. Interesting for a film released in the late 19th century.

[islandbuoy4]

This is not real. I could tell at the end when the crucifix saved the day.

The opposite happens in real life. HIS-story clearly indicates that folks waving crucifixes around usually end up releasing much EvIL perpetuated against other humans, i.e. inquisitions, crusades, witchhunts, modern Vatican knights employed by Hitler and Mussolini, and 60 million heathens wiped out in the Americas.

*wink wink* nudge nudge* your mind is being screwed with on so many levels, made Linda Blairs head spin :)

[Domicrow1]

Awesome, genuinely alot better than most modern horror movies

[EmmetEarwax]

Mentioned in a book on Dracula in the chptr. on filmography. Giant bat turns into Mephistopheles . Cavalier arrrives and brandishes a crucifix or cross which repels the fiend.

Despite titles about "vampires" (vamps), Nosferatu and Dracula remain the earliest true vampire movies/

[AnalniRovokopac]

thank you for uploading

[Acodin100]

THIS IS RESIDENTION OF DEVIL!!!

[jjobie]

@Acodin100 I don't know what "Residention" means, but it's a pretty cool word and I think I'm gonna use it now.

[themysteriouscrumpet]

To think it all started with stop-motion bedsheet ghosts armed with brooms. What must be the first on-screen appearance of a vampire, however, is quite notable.

[kerrang1984]

is like paranormal activity omg

[hollyruth92]

"In 1896, the first horror film was shot. It was only three minutes long but it proved that fear could be contained and retold countless times. The Devil's Castle scared it's audience and gave them a taste of what horror films would be in the future." -Devin Watson- Horror film screenwriter in his book "Horror Screenwriting. The Nature of Fear." Chapter 1, Page 2.

I believe it was the first horror film made, and it was made by the French. It's great that you have this on here, I was curious as

[mkcdy1]

First 'American' horror film (first Frankenstein character related film as well) considered to be Edison's Frankenstein in 1910. Lasted aprox 13+ minutes. Only 1 found print exists/ed due to destruction of all silver nitrates. Any other horror themed films released between 'House' & 'EF'? - Chris Yambar

[vermillion303]

Is this the first 'horror' film ever made?

[hauntedportrait]

@vermillion303 it is considered to be I believe, even if it was only 3mins long :)

[vermillion303]

Thankyou for posting this. It's been on my list of films to see for 26 years!

[ThorneAstor]

He jumped!!!