I didn't know anything about silent movies until I read "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" book. After that, I decided to see "A Trip to the Moon" for myself--and on the same YouTube page was this film, so I checked it out. While the actors in the film overact quite a bit and aren't really convincing, their makeup is cool and of course its effects are what steal the show. The stop-motion sequences are what particularly stand out, but it's all tons of fun.
In the 6 minutes of this film, we have a trio take cover in an abandoned house that (by the use of clever effects) grins at us (check out the pictures in IMDb's photo gallery). They soon discover the house is out to get them: Their coats hover in midair, a ghost appears on the spot, a creepy caricature appears in place of a painting, the house tilts back and forth, and finally a specter appears and attempts to eat the trio. Talk about a haunted house! Audiences must've been fascinated back when it was made. People today will be fascinated seeing stop-motion animation occur in 1906 (or 1908, whichever it was). In fact, even for a movie this old, it is a good watch even by today's standards.
(Note: Two IMDb titles for this film are in the database: "The Haunted House" and "The House of Ghosts". Both these films are one and the same, however, so don't be fooled by this mistake).
In the 6 minutes of this film, we have a trio take cover in an abandoned house that (by the use of clever effects) grins at us (check out the pictures in IMDb's photo gallery). They soon discover the house is out to get them: Their coats hover in midair, a ghost appears on the spot, a creepy caricature appears in place of a painting, the house tilts back and forth, and finally a specter appears and attempts to eat the trio. Talk about a haunted house! Audiences must've been fascinated back when it was made. People today will be fascinated seeing stop-motion animation occur in 1906 (or 1908, whichever it was). In fact, even for a movie this old, it is a good watch even by today's standards.
(Note: Two IMDb titles for this film are in the database: "The Haunted House" and "The House of Ghosts". Both these films are one and the same, however, so don't be fooled by this mistake).