The Haunted Castle 1896 George Melies Silent Film

The Haunted Castle 1896 Silent Film. Early Geoge Melies filmed.

Le Manoir du diable (English: The Haunted Castle) is a three-minute-long French film directed by Georges Méliès. The film contained many traditional pantomime elements and was intentionally meant to amuse people, rather than frighten them. Nonetheless, it is considered to be the first horror film.

In English, this film has been known as The Haunted Castle, The Devil's Castle, The Devil's Manor, and The Manor of the Devil. It was released on Christmas Eve, 1896, at the Theatre Robert Houdin, 8 boulevard des Italiens, Paris.

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[Jaynee Lin]

@2:04 : 1 of the ghost hit its face on the wall :)))

@2:40 : This is where Scooby Doo has its idea :))))

The whole movie was like a comedy. But it was scary back then =]]=]]

[silentfilmhouse]

true it isn't so scary by todays standards but back then film was a marvel to the people of the era

[brousteen]

Sounds broken



[silentfilmhouse]

broken?

[iuyklklk]

careful Disney might buy this and remake it.

[HarryBalsonia1]

silent movies are scary regardless of content

[bleebloe]

AWESOME!!

[Andre Fiszman]

our face that old movie!

[Richard Noel Hedditch]

From before the 20th Century began. I would not say this is un-scary. His buddy takes off, a humungous mongrel of a bat appears in front of him, etc, and so on. At 2.48-50 his buddy leaps over the railing - this is supposed to be seen as a full-on suicide, and only a moment's lament permitted. But, conversely, there is a lot of camping around, so that it is, intentionally, part comedy. The disappearances and reappearances might almost give Bewitched and I Dream Of Jeannie a run for their money.

[MrCastoro1983]

1896!!!! OO wow!!!!

[silentfilmhouse]

lol totally

[ALISSA HAYES]

pretty good for the 1890's