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A Terrible Night
A Terrible Night

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A Terrible Night

NR·1896·1m

Summary

A man tries to get a good night's sleep, but is disturbed by a giant spider that leaps onto his bed, and a battle ensues in hilarious comic fashion.

Crew

Director, Writer

Georges Méliès

Reviews

SteveMcQueen36

SteveMcQueen36

February 21, 2017

4

Georges Méliès does it again in the same fashion as Le Manoir du Diable. Albeit shorter than his prior voyage into horror film. This is at least a different story. Instead of this being a period piece, it appears to be a modern one.

The film shows George Melies, himself, having One Terrible Night with a creepy, crawly, spider. The film is one of dozens of shorts released during the era that focused more on drawing crowds biased on technology rather than the plot of a film. It is still going to be a few years before Horror is fully shaped and functioning.

If you are curious to see what film looked like in the 1800's then check out below where I have included the short.

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Keywords

insect
camping
bedroom
bed
giant spider
giant insect
silent film
inn
19th century
chamber pot
short film