Favorite Horror Films 1900-1909
by bertramsharp | created - 10 Aug 2022 | updated - 12 Aug 2022 | PublicThese are all of the horror films I have watched with a release date between 1900 & 1909. I have listed them here ranked from best to worst (in my opinion).
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1. The Damnation of Faust (1903)
6 min | Short, Fantasy
Scenes. 1. The Route to the Depths of Perdition (a Dazzingly Sensational New Effect.) 2. The Fantastical Ride. 3. The Gloomy Pass. 4. The Stream. 5. The Entrance to the Lower Regions. 6. ... See full summary »
Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès
Votes: 465
2. The Infernal Cauldron (1903)
2 min | Short, Horror
Two demons throw helpless captives into a boiling cauldron, and then try to summon forth their spirits.
Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès
Votes: 2,316
3. A Trip to the Moon (1902)
TV-G | 13 min | Short, Action, Adventure
A group of astronomers go on an expedition to the Moon.
Director: Georges Méliès | Stars: Georges Méliès, Victor André, Bleuette Bernon, Brunnet
Votes: 55,806
4. The Red Spectre (1907)
Not Rated | 9 min | Short, Fantasy, Horror
A demonic magician attempts to perform his act in a strange grotto, but is confronted by a Good Spirit who opposes him.
Directors: Segundo de Chomón, Ferdinand Zecca | Star: Julienne Mathieu
Votes: 1,215
5. The Invisible Thief (1909)
6 min | Short, Crime, Fantasy
A man buys the novel The Invisible Man by "G.H. Wells" at a bookshop, and in it finds the recipe for Wells' invisibility potion. Then the opportunity makes the thief.
Directors: Segundo de Chomón, Ferdinand Zecca
Votes: 238
6. Faust et Méphistophélès (1903)
Not Rated | 2 min | Short, Drama, Horror
A re-telling of the classic tale of Faust in all of two minutes by French filmmaker Alice Guy (later known as Alice Guy-Blaché).
Director: Alice Guy
Votes: 303
7. The Mistletoe Bough (1904)
9 min | Short, Drama, History
During a game of hide and seek a bride hides in a chest and is found 30 years later.
Director: Percy Stow
Votes: 153
8. An Impossible Voyage (1904)
Not Rated | 24 min | Short, Action, Adventure
Using every known means of transportation, several savants from the Geographic Society undertake a journey through the Alps to the Sun which finishes under the sea.
Director: Georges Méliès | Stars: Georges Méliès, Fernande Albany, Jehanne d'Alcy, May de Lavergne
Votes: 4,002
9. The Delights of Automobiling (1900)
Not Rated | 1 min | Short, Comedy
As two couples enjoy their evening promenade in a nice but rickety open motor car, without notice, an explosion blows the vehicle to smithereens.
Director: Cecil M. Hepworth | Stars: Cecil M. Hepworth, Henry Lawley
Votes: 1,009
10. The House of Ghosts (1906)
16+ | 6 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy
Three friends go on a trip and decided to rest at an abandoned house. Everything seems pretty normal until really weird things start to happen.
Director: Segundo de Chomón
Votes: 1,521
11. The Black Imp (1905)
Not Rated | 4 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy
A traveler at an inn is harassed by a mischievous devil in his room.
Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès
Votes: 2,284
12. The Sealed Room (1909)
Not Rated | 11 min | Short, Drama, History
A king exacts vengeance upon his faithless mistress and her lover.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Arthur V. Johnson, Marion Leonard, Henry B. Walthall, Linda Arvidson
Votes: 961
13. The Haunted Curiosity Shop (1901)
2 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy
An old proprietor is startled by the sudden appearance of a skull. Just as he draws back from the uncanny object, the doors of a mediaeval wardrobe fly back and a hand prods him with a ... See full summary »
Director: Walter R. Booth
Votes: 505
14. The Cake-Walk Infernal (1903)
Not Rated | 5 min | Short, Fantasy, Horror
Deep into a vast cavern of the pitch-black inferno, a couple of professional dancers demonstrate the cakewalk that is currently so much in vogue, and now, everyone in the once-gloomy underworld is doing the crazy dance. Who is the best?
Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès
Votes: 1,202
15. The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon (1907)
Not Rated | 9 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy
As the clock strikes twelve, a weary astronomer attempts to answer the impertinent enquiries of his young students by scrutinising an impending lunar eclipse, as an effeminate and delicate moon caresses the mighty sun's hungry cosmic rays.
Director: Georges Méliès | Stars: Mlle. Bodson, Manuel, Georges Méliès
Votes: 1,411
16. The Devil's Money Bags (1902)
Not Rated | 3 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy
The setting of this fantastic scene represents the hall of an old chateau in which a miser has locked up seven large bags containing his wealth. Satan, who has made his way into the chateau... See full summary »
Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès
Votes: 499
17. Scrooge; or Marley's Ghost (1901)
6 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy
It's Christmas Eve. The miser Scrooge and his assistant Bob Cratchit finish their work in the office and go home. When Scrooge is going to open his front door, he sees the face of Marley's ... See full summary »
Director: Walter R. Booth | Star: Daniel Smith
Votes: 595
18. Long Distance Wireless Photography (1908)
Not Rated | 6 min | Short, Sci-Fi
An eccentric photographer demonstrates the wonders of technology to a couple who want to be photographed by his innovative wireless procedure that accents one's inner personality. Are they prepared for the harsh truth of the camera's eye?
Director: Georges Méliès | Stars: Fernande Albany, Georges Méliès
Votes: 568
19. The Mysterious Retort (1906)
Not Rated | 3 min | Short, Fantasy, Mystery
Sound asleep in his comfortable armchair next to a high-pressure retort, a mystic silver-haired alchemist can't even notice the strange manifestations emerging from the vessel's bottom. Is this a dream, or a cornucopia of secreted desires?
Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès
Votes: 701
20. La course aux potirons (1907)
6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Two youths unharness a man's donkey, letting the cart tip up, and the pumpkins inside roll down the street. The owner and his donkey then pursue the pumpkins through a variety of obstacles until they catch up with them.
Directors: Romeo Bosetti, Louis Feuillade
Votes: 173
21. Uncle Josh in a Spooky Hotel (1900)
1 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Short
Another adventure involving the recurring character from silent era Uncle Josh, one of the first characters to have film sequels of his own. This episode involves a haunted hotel where a ... See full summary »
Director: Edwin S. Porter | Star: Charles Manley
Votes: 334
22. Tit-for-Tat (1906)
5 min | Short
An entomologists is found guilty for trying to collect rare insects.
Director: Gaston Velle | Star: Fernand Rivers
Votes: 222
23. Sherlock Holmes Baffled (1900)
Not Rated | 1 min | Short, Comedy, Crime
Sherlock Holmes enters his drawing room to find it being burgled, but on confronting the villain is surprised when the latter disappears. Holmes initially attempts to ignore the event by ... See full summary »
Director: Arthur Marvin | Star: Anonymous
Votes: 779
24. A Funny Shave (1906)
16+ | 2 min | Short, Comedy
A man tries to shave, but his mirror keeps playing tricks on him.
Director: Segundo de Chomón
Votes: 598
25. The Living Playing Cards (1905)
Not Rated | 3 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy
With a brand-new deck of playing cards in his hand, an elegantly-attired thaumaturge, by fire and the pure power of illusion, transforms a plain nine of spades card into a full-size Queen of Hearts.
Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès
Votes: 1,576
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