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The Infernal Cauldron


Date: 1903
Type: Macabre / Horror
Rating: 3 Stars 3/5
Colour: Yes (hand coloured) / Silent / Short
Director: Georges Melies
Producer: Georges Melies
Comment/Synopsis
Two green devils throw three women into a large pot who are consumed by red fire and the then their spirits float up into the air. THis short is more macarbe fantasy rather than horror. Horror as a genre needed time for the the narraive and charcters to develop. The hand coloring makes this visually impressive for the time and the tribk of the women appearing as ghostly apparitins works well.
Actors
Georges Melies
Oscars
None