| Le Manoir du diable | |
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| Directed by | Georges Méliès |
| Produced by | Georges Méliès Star Films |
| Written by | Georges Méliès |
| Starring | Jeanne d'Alcy Georges Méliès |
| Editing by | Craig Herring |
| Release date(s) | December 24, 1896 |
| Running time | 2 minutes |
| Country |  France |
| Language | Silent |
| IMDb profile | |
Le Manoir du diable (French: The House of the Devil) is a two-minute-long French film directed by Georges Méliès. Georges Méliès ( December 8, 1861 &ndash January 21, 1938) full name Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès, was a French Georges Méliès ( December 8, 1861 &ndash January 21, 1938) full name Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès, was a French Georges Méliès ( December 8, 1861 &ndash January 21, 1938) full name Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès, was a French Charlotte Lucie Marie Adèle Stephanie Adrienne Faës known as Jeanne d'Alcy (20 March 1865 &ndash 14 October 1956 was the earliest French film actress Georges Méliès ( December 8, 1861 &ndash January 21, 1938) full name Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès, was a French Events 563 - The Byzantine church Hagia Sophia in Constantinople is dedicated for the second time after being destroyed by Earthquakes Events January - In Britain, Birt Acres and Robert W Paul developed their own film projector the Theatrograph (later known This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people The cinema of France comprises the art of Film making within the nation of France or by French filmmakers abroad Georges Méliès ( December 8, 1861 &ndash January 21, 1938) full name Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès, was a French The film contained many traditional pantomime elements and was intentionally meant to amuse people, rather than frighten them. Pantomime (informally panto) (not to be confused with a Mime artist, referring to a theatrical performer of mime is a performance genre traditionally found Nonetheless, it is considered to be the first horror film. The film is often called other things by mistake, some of these include:
- The Haunted Castle
- The Devil's Manor
- The Manor of the Devil
It was released on Christmas Eve, 1896, at the Theatre Robert Houdin, 8 boulevard des Italiens, Paris. Christmas Eve, December 24, is the day before Christmas Day, the celebrated birthday of Jesus. Events January - In Britain, Birt Acres and Robert W Paul developed their own film projector the Theatrograph (later known Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city It was from this two-minute short that many assume the horror film was born. Horror films are Movies that strive to elicit Fear, Horror and terror responses from viewers
Plot Summary
The film starts off with a large bat flying into a medieval castle. Medieval architecture is a term used to represent various forms of Architecture popular in Medieval Europe. A castle is a defensive structure seen as one of the main symbols of the Middle Ages. Once in, the bat circles slowly while flapping its monstrous wings before suddenly changing into Mephistopheles. Mephistopheles (also Mephistophilus Mephistophilis Mephostopheles Mephisto and variants is a name often given to one representation of The devil or Satan After preparing a cauldron, the demon produces skeletons, ghosts, and witches from its bubbling contents before one of the summoned underworld cavaliers holds up a crucifix and Satan vanishes in a blast of smoke. A cauldron or caldron (from Latin Caldarium, hot bath is a large Metal pot ( Kettle) for cooking and/or boiling An animated skeleton is a type of physically manifested Undead often found in Fantasy, gothic and Horror fiction, and mythical A ghost is said to be the apparition of a Deceased person frequently similar in appearance to that person and usually encountered in places she or he frequented Witchcraft, in various historical anthropological religious and mythological contexts is the use of certain kinds of Supernatural or magical powers A crucifix (from Latin cruci fixus meaning "(one fixed to a cross" is a cross with a representation of Jesus ' body or corpus Satan, ( Standard Hebrew Satan'el, English accuser) is a term that originates from the Abrahamic faiths, being traditionally
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