With the help of a magic cauldron, Mephistopheles conjures up a variety of supernatural characters.
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Title: The House of the Devil (1896)
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Cast
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Jehanne d'Alcy | ... | Young woman (as Jeanne d'Alcy) |
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Jules-Eugène Legris | ... | Mephistopheles (unconfirmed) |
| Georges Méliès | ... | Mephistopheles | |
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A bat flies into an ancient castle and transforms itself into Mephistopheles himself. Producing a cauldron, Mephistopheles conjures up a young girl and various supernatural creatures, one of which brandishes a crucifix in an effort to force the devil-vampire to vanish. Written by Doug Sederberg <vornoff@sonic.net>
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May be the first horror and "vampire" film. See more »Goofs
At around 00:03:00, while the ghosts are dancing in a circle, one of the ghosts makes contact with the wall and the entire set shakes considerably. See more »
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FranceLanguage:
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24 December 1896 (France) See more »Also Known As:
The House of the Devil See more »Filming Locations:
Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis, FranceCompany Credits
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this film, although generally seen as the first horror, was in fact originally intended to amuse rather than scare. its only when you look at it with todays understanding of horror conventions that we see it as such. yes, it does correspond with the whole dark and impending thing and have aspects of the supernatural and creatures that we, as a modern cinema going audience connect automatically with horror, but if you view it as those at the time would have, you start to see that contrary to being a fear inspiring piece, it is actually a very interesting and cleverly put together series of artistic images. also, bearing in mind the level of filmic technology available at the time, is a fairly superior piece, but most definitely not a horror.