''The Cave of the Demons'' (french: La Caverne maudite) is an 1898 French short

silent film A silent film is a film with no synchronized Sound recording and reproduction, recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) ...

directed by Georges Méliès. The film was one of Méliès's early forays into themes that would later be linked to

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(his '' The Haunted Castle'', made in 1896, is sometimes labeled the first horror film). ''The Cave of the Demons'' is also believed to be the first film in which Méliès used the cinematic technique of

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. The film was released by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 164 in its catalogues. It is currently presumed

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* 1898 films 1898 horror films French silent short films French black-and-white films Lost horror films Films directed by Georges Méliès French horror films Demons in film Lost French films 1890s lost films 1898 short films Silent horror films 1890s French films {{1890s-horror-film-stub

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