List of horror films of the 1890s

This is a list of horror films released in the 1890s

List

Horror films released in the 1890s
Title	Director	Cast	Country	Subgenre/notes
1896
Le Manoir du diable	Georges Méliès	Georges Méliès, Jeanne d'Alcy	France	Short film[1][2]
Une nuit terrible	Georges Méliès	Georges Méliès	France	Short film[2]
Escamotage d’une dame au théâtre Robert Houdin	Georges Méliès	Georges Méliès	France	Short film[3]
1897
The Haunted Castle	George Albert Smith	George Albert Smith	United Kingdom	Short film[4]
The Bewitched Inn	Georges Méliès	Georges Méliès	France	Short film[4]
The X-Rays	George Albert Smith	Laura Bayley, Tom Green	United Kingdom	Short film[4][5]
The Alchemist's Hallucination	Georges Méliès	Georges Méliès	France	Short film[4]
1898
Photographing a Ghost	George Albert Smith	George Albert Smith	United Kingdom	Short film[6]
The Accursed Cavern	Georges Méliès	Georges Méliès	France	Short film[6]
The Astronomer's Dream	Georges Méliès	Georges Méliès	France	Short film[6]
Shinin No Sosei (Resurrection of a Corpse)			Japan	Short film[7][8]
Bake Jizo (Jizo the Spook)			Japan	Short film[7]
The Cavalier's Dream	Edwin S. Porter	N/A	United States	Short film[6]
1899
Cléopâtre	Georges Méliès	Georges Méliès, Jeanne d'Alcy	France	Short film[9]
The Miser's Doom	Walter R. Booth	Walter R. Booth	United Kingdom	Short film[9]
Le Diable au couvent	Georges Méliès	Georges Méliès	France	Short film[9]
Raising Spirits	Georges Méliès	Georges Méliès	France	Short film[9]

Hardy 1995, p. 16.
Kinnard 1999, p. 9.
Kinnard 1999, pp. 8−9.
Kinnard 1999, p. 10.
Brooke, Michael. "The X-Rays". BFI Screenonline Database. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
Kinnard 1999, p. 11.
Sarah Nour - The First 10 Horror Films in Recorded History, reelrundown.com, November 12, 2019
Shinin No Sosei, imdb.com
Kinnard 1999, p. 12.

Hardy, Phil, ed. (1995). The Overlook Film Encyclopedia. 3. Overlook Press. ISBN 0-87951-624-0.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
Kinnard, Roy (1999). Horror in Silent Films: A Filmography, 1896–1929. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-0751-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

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