Le Manoir du Diable (1896)

This is the first ever horror movie. It was made by Gorges Méliès. Enjoy!

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[elpinchesaid]

Great piece of cinema history!

[TNA796]

People hating on this film. Guys you gotta remember, in 1896, this shit was cutting edge and scary. Yeah no shit in 2011 after multi-million dollar horror movie icons have been created. It looks pretty lame, but don't be so un-appreciative, take 3 and a half minutes of your life, and put yourself in the shoes of a person watching this in 1896, and just enjoy this historic work =]

[ljohank]

Thank you for the upload!

[SIRinLTHR]

Damn youtube stripped the audio track off another innocent video. Oh wait.

[ush92]

scary!

[hobo8675309]

This may seem hokey today, but really the symbolism and originality make this a masterpiece. I honestly don't know whether your typical viewer in 1896 was frightened by this- while this came at a time when film was very rare and thus seemed much more real, it's pretty much universal that anyone with a brain bigger than a walnut will realize that the special effects are pathetic. Still, I appreciate and admire this landmark in cinema culture.

[akumie2]

I remember when I was a kid back in 1896 and saw, this brings back memories

[eddlopez]

watching this back in 1896... I would have a trauma

[stubbedmytoedamnit]

gnarly.

[LoveIsrael89]

@LoveIsrael89 No, it is no joke, this is the first scary movie! FIRST!

[LoveIsrael89]

I really want to buy this movie on Blu-ray

[Jennyzitta]

Great effects from that decade :D

[luishenriquegarbelin]

que medo! kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

[sexseek23]

besse cooper born then!!!the worlds oldest validated person.

[headcase88ON]

@MyComicStyle It took a couple watch-throughs but it looks like it goes something like this:

- Dracula summons an assistant and uses a cauldron to make a hot chick, then hides everything

- two heroes enter the room. One is trying to convince the other the castle is haunted, the other guy never sees it and eventually sneaks away

- The remaining guy tries to take a seat, my fav scene

- Bunch of tormenting, including the hot chick transformation gag

- Eventually Dracula gets the cross

[LoveIsrael89]

this whole movie? 3 minutes ?

[tristen1230]

Definitely a Grey Ray Movie.

[geekixel]

Micheal Bay, where are you ?

[ChroniquesDeReadDick]

WTF 1896 !!! It's more than 1 F*in century ago :O

[InHumanFormR]

everyone keeps saying this was 'really scary' back in 1896, but it wasn't really. The director intended this to be goofy and slightly comical. Looks at how they all act. Gorges Méliès said himself he never intended to scare anyone. This film was literally made before anyone had thought of making a film scary. He was heading in the right direction by this point but it wasn't until a year later or so that the horror genre was created. I'm not saying who created it because there is no actual answer

[gszdanne]

This is the first horror movie ever made

[FlabbergastingMe]

Wow, if todays cinema was just as playful as then...

[MyComicStyle]

Could somebody explain to me what just happened? I'm kind of confused.

[itman131313]

kool kool

[bag3lmonst3r]

This is scarier than the exorcist.

[anactofdog]

And then a Quidditch match breaks out @ 2:39.

Derivative.