List of horror films of the 1890s From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This is a list of horror films released in the 1890s List More information Title, Director ... Horror films released in the 1890s Title Director Cast Country Subgenre/notes 1896 Le Manoir du diable Georges MélièsGeorges Méliès, Jeanne d'AlcyFranceFirst Ever Horror Short film[1][2] Une nuit terrible Georges MélièsGeorges MélièsFranceShort film[2] Escamotage dâune dame au théâtre Robert Houdin Georges MélièsGeorges MélièsFranceShort film[3] 1897 The Haunted Castle George Albert SmithGeorge Albert SmithUnited KingdomShort film[4] The Bewitched Inn Georges MélièsGeorges MélièsFranceShort film[4] The X-Rays George Albert SmithLaura Bayley, Tom GreenUnited KingdomShort film[4][5] The Alchemist's Hallucination Georges MélièsGeorges MélièsFranceShort film[4] 1898 Photographing a Ghost George Albert SmithGeorge Albert SmithUnited KingdomShort film[6] The Accursed Cavern Georges MélièsGeorges MélièsFranceShort film[6] The Astronomer's Dream Georges MélièsGeorges MélièsFranceShort film[6] Shinin No Sosei (Resurrection of a Corpse) JapanShort film[7][8] Bake Jizo (Jizo the Spook) JapanShort film[7] The Cavalier's Dream Albert E. Smith, J. Stuart BlacktonN/AUnited StatesShort film[6] 1899 Cléopâtre Georges MélièsGeorges Méliès, Jeanne d'AlcyFranceShort film[9] The Miser's Doom Walter R. BoothWalter R. BoothUnited KingdomShort film[9] Le Diable au couvent Georges MélièsGeorges MélièsFranceShort film[9] Raising Spirits Georges MélièsGeorges MélièsFranceShort film[9] Close See also Lists of horror films References Citations [1]Hardy 1995, p. 16. [2]Kinnard 1999, p. 9. [3]Kinnard 1999, pp. 8â9. [4]Kinnard 1999, p. 10. [5]Brooke, Michael. "The X-Rays". BFI Screenonline Database. Retrieved November 18, 2014. [6]Kinnard 1999, p. 11. [7]Sarah Nour - The First 10 Horror Films in Recorded History, reelrundown.com, November 12, 2019 [8]Shinin No Sosei, imdb.com [9]Kinnard 1999, p. 12. Bibliography Hardy, Phil, ed. (1995). The Overlook Film Encyclopedia. Vol. 3. Overlook Press. ISBN 0-87951-624-0. Kinnard, Roy (1999). Horror in Silent Films: A Filmography, 1896â1929. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-0751-4. External links Horror films of the 1890s on Internet Movie Database Related Articles