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Is this really the first vampire movie?
23 May 2010
According to The Encyclopedia of Horror Movies, Edited by Phil Hardy, that's what this film is supposed to be. The version of this on YouTube is listed as 1 minute 28 seconds in length, but the entire beginning portion is a newer introduction showing miniature sets that resemble the actual sets in the 1896 film. Related films of Georges Melies include LE DIABLE AU COUVENT (1899) and A LA CONQUETE DU POLE (1912), in which a gigantic "abominable snowman" type monster crushes a human explorer. LE MANOIR DU DIABLE is very much a stage pantomime, with the characters running about, and absolutely no subtitles. You have to watch their mimed actions to determine the plot line, which is very basic to begin with. By the way, no one in America that I've met seems to know how to pronounce Georges Melies' name correctly. The closest I can do for you, phonetically, is: ZHOR-zha MaLEE.
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