The very first Horror Films (19th Century)
The You tube video below shows a fragment of a dancing skeleton in which this was one of the first ever horror films. It was created by the Lumiere brothers in 1895. Many people took an interest in this from the audience to producers although the genre was not defined until the 1930's. Before they were classed as horrors, they were referred as 'Spook Tales'.
The very first horror film (below) on record is Le Manoir du Diable (1896), created by Georges Melies. The running time for this first official horror film is just over three minutes. The contents of this short film contains bats, devils, witches, cauldrons, ghosts, and trolls who all appear and then disappear in puffs of smoke.
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