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This is a list of horror films released in the 1890s

## List

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Horror films released in the 1890s Title  | Director  | Cast  | Country  | Subgenre/notes

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1896
Le Manoir du diable | Georges Méliès | Georges Méliès, Jeanne d'Alcy | France | Short film[1][2]
Une nuit terrible | Georges Méliès | Georges Méliès | France | Short film[2]
Escamotage d’une dame au théâtre Robert Houdin | Georges Méliès | Georges Méliès | France | Short film[3]
1897
The Haunted Castle | George Albert Smith | George Albert Smith | United Kingdom | Short film[4]
The Bewitched Inn | Georges Méliès | Georges Méliès | France | Short film[4]
The X-Rays | George Albert Smith | Laura Bayley, Tom Green | United Kingdom | Short film[4][5]
The Alchemist's Hallucination | Georges Méliès | Georges Méliès | France | Short film[4]
1898
Photographing a Ghost | George Albert Smith | George Albert Smith | United Kingdom | Short film[6]
The Accursed Cavern | Georges Méliès | Georges Méliès | France | Short film[6]
The Astronomer's Dream | Georges Méliès | Georges Méliès | France | Short film[6]
Shinin No Sosei (Resurrection of a Corpse)  |  |  | Japan | Short film[7][8]
Bake Jizo (Jizo the Spook)  |  |  | Japan | Short film[7]
The Cavalier's Dream | Edwin S. Porter | N/A | United States | Short film[6]
1899
Cléopâtre | Georges Méliès | Georges Méliès, Jeanne d'Alcy | France | Short film[9]
The Miser's Doom | Walter R. Booth | Walter R. Booth | United Kingdom | Short film[9]
Le Diable au couvent | Georges Méliès | Georges Méliès | France | Short film[9]
Raising Spirits | Georges Méliès | Georges Méliès | France | Short film[9]

## See also

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* Lists of horror films

## References

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### Citations

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1. ^ Hardy 1995, p. 16.
2. ^ a b Kinnard 1999, p. 9.
3. ^ Kinnard 1999, pp. 8−9.
4. ^ a b c d Kinnard 1999, p. 10.
5. ^ Brooke, Michael. "The X-Rays". BFI Screenonline Database. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
6. ^ a b c d Kinnard 1999, p. 11.
7. ^ a b Sarah Nour - The First 10 Horror Films in Recorded History, reelrundown.com, November 12, 2019
8. ^ Shinin No Sosei, imdb.com
9. ^ a b c d Kinnard 1999, p. 12.

### Bibliography

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* Hardy, Phil, ed. (1995). The Overlook Film Encyclopedia. Vol. 3\. Overlook Press. ISBN 0-87951-624-0.
* Kinnard, Roy (1999). Horror in Silent Films: A Filmography, 1896–1929. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-0751-4.

## External links

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