Horror Movies - 1 The House of the Devil (1896, Fr.) (aka Le Manoir Du Diable) The Haunted Castle (French: Le Manoir du Diable which means The Manor of the Devil) is a 1896 three-minute-long French film by Georges Méliès and number 78-80 on the Star Films catalog. The film contains many traditional pantomime elements and is intended to amuse people, rather than frighten them. Nonetheless, it is considered by many to be the first horror film, as well as the first vampire film. The Haunted Castle is now in the public domain. In English, this film has been known as The Haunted Castle, The Devils Castle, The Devils Manor, The Manor of the Devil, and The House of the Devil. It was released on Christmas Eve, 1896, at the Theatre Robert Houdin, 8 boulevard des Italiens, Paris. youtube/watch?v=TfHQw6wT89c
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