The House of the Devil

Name: Le manoir du diable
Genre: Short, Horror
Released: 1896-12-25
Duration: 3 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Jehanne d'Alcy, Jules-Eugène Legris, Georges Méliès

Original title: Le manoir du diable

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6.7/10

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Supernatural Horror Horror Short

With the help of a magic cauldron, Mephistopheles conjures up a variety of supernatural characters.With the help of a magic cauldron, Mephistopheles conjures up a variety of supernatural characters.With the help of a magic cauldron, Mephistopheles conjures up a variety of supernatural characters.

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IMDb RATING

6.7/10

4.2K

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Jehanne d'Alcy

Young woman
(as Jeanne d'Alcy)

Jules-Eugène Legris

Mephistopheles
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Georges Méliès

Mephistopheles

Director
- Georges Méliès
Writer
- Georges Méliès
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Trivia
Film historians argue that this is the first film depiction of a vampire. While director and actor credited his character as Mephistopheles, a legendary demon, many horror elements associated with vampires exist in the film and are exhibited by the character. These include the transformation from bat to human form, conjuring a harem of demonic brides, apparent mesmeric control, and the ability to conjure humans and creatures to serve him. Many of vampire stereotypes featured here remained tropes in early films about vampires.

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.

Connections
Featured in Horror Hotel: Nosferatu (2015)

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7/10

Capturing the transformation n the gothic feel in 3 mins n that too in 1896 is truly amazing.

I saw this for the first time recently. If this film is not the first horror film at least it is the first vampire film n it includes the first transformation, that too of a human turning into a bat. A skeleton turning into a bat n then into a demon.

The plot is about a demon who disguised as a bat enters a castle n turns into a demon who produces a large pot n an assistant. Aft some mumbo jumbo a woman appears from the pot. Later kingsmen enter n they r harassed by the demon's assistant.... This film was supposed to b a fantasy amusement but the gothic feel n the transformation is truly that of a horror film.