Born on this day
#MarioBava (1914): Pioneering Italian director and cinematographer known as the master of Italian gothic horror and giallo, with credits like Black Sunday and Black Sabbath.
#TedCassidy (1932): The towering 6'9" actor best remembered for playing the iconic, spooky butler Lurch in the original television adaptation of The Addams Family.
#WesleySnipes (1962): The action star who cemented his place in horror history by playing the titular half-vampire marvel hero in the gothic action-horror Blade trilogy.
#MichaelBiehn (1956): An iconic sci-fi and thriller actor who starred in James Cameron's genre-defining classics The Terminator and Aliens, as well as Robert Rodriguez's gritty horror feature Planet Terror.
🎬This is Le Manoir du diable (1896), directed by Georges Méliès and widely regarded as the first horror film.
In just a few minutes, it already contains a devil, a transforming bat, skeletons, ghosts, and a gothic setting — all created with Méliès’ pioneering trick photography. It’s theatrical and playful rather than truly frightening by modern standards, but it established many of the visual ideas that horror films would keep using for decades.
It’s remarkable how many genre elements appear this early.
❓Do you think this still counts as the true starting point of horror cinema, or do you place the beginning of the genre later? 👇
#GeorgesMéliès #LeManoirDuDiable #FirstHorrorFilm #SilentCinema #FilmHistory
:O SENSEI !!!
I am watching it and taking notes at the same time.
The best documentaries I have watched so far! 🥰
First one watched it twice and it took me more than 9hrs
the second time so I could note everything
you are amazing Thanks for your great work 🥰🫶🫶🫶
Et si les VHS avaient sauvé le cinéma d'horreur?
Dans cet excellent article, Criterion explique comment l'arrivée des magnétoscopes et des clubs vidéo dans les années 1980 a complètement transformé le genre horrifique.
https://t.co/fMewGySQab