Sombras de Thule

Max accepts a wager that he cannot remain in a haunted castle for one hour (11 PM to midnight) without crying for help. As soon as he arrives he...

During an orgy, Emperor Justinian orders three people to be torched alive.

A young boy’s toys come to life through animation.

The Bogie Man's cave is one of the many triumphs of set design for Georges Méliès. More unusual for the pioneering French director is...

Polichinelle the servant (called Harlequin in the English language version) rescues his girlfriend from a gang of decadent aristocrats, who have...

This film from George Melies is sadly one that's only available in fragments. The film starts off with a title card stating that a drunk man has just...

Prospero and his daughter Miranda must take refuge on an enchanted island. There Prospero, who himself has magical powers, releases the spirit Ariel...

While going to a New Year's Eve party with friends, Isabelle is assaulted by ... a Christmas tree in search of freedom. She manages to escape and is...

A spoof of the early talkies and their supposedly wooden line readings.

An old proprietor is startled and haunted by the strange happenings inside his curiosity shop.

The Devil is bored. He goes back to Earth with a magic elevator. He surprises two sewer workers, disguises himself as a city man, and spreads...

A young woman passing through a cemetery at night is suddenly startled by a voice coming from one of the graves. She wishes to rush away, but the...

"La Commune" ( The Commune ) (1914) is a good example of Herr Guerra's peculiarities. It was produced by "Cinéma Du Peuple" ( People's Cinema...

A young man at the University of Southern California, called only Mr. Aaines, goes to a job interview at a television studio, where he is told over...

Husband comes home late and wakes the wife. Based on a popular stage play.

This short, otherwise unremarkable feature is of some interest because of the way that it unabashedly caters to the tastes that it perceived in its...

A barmaid plies a swell with smiles and with cherries from a box that's just been delivered. When she refuses a cherry to a roughly-dressed tradesman...

A child borrows his grandmother's magnifying glass to look at a newspaper ad for Bovril, at a watch, and then at a bird. The child shows grandma what...