Le Portrait (1915)A man is increasingly unnerved by a mysterious portrait. Based on a story by Nikolai Gogol, the film is thought to have run about 45 minutes long, but only an 8 minute fragment is known to have survived.
Pas de couvertureSatan's Castle (1914)A shepherd, answering the question of some tourists why the ruined castle near which they were standing was named "Satan's Castle," tells them the story on the screen.
Pas de couvertureThe Vampire (1913)In India, an explorer shoots the vampire woman who killed his friend. She becomes a snake and kills him.
The Pit and the Pendulum (1913)Alice Guy's version of Edgar Allan Poe's The Pit and the Pendulum. This film is partially lost.
Pas de couvertureThe Skull (1913)Just as the bead clerk and his assistants are closing up the jewelry store for the day, a package containing a very costly necklace arrives by special messenger. The large safe deposit vault has been closed for the night and the time clock set. The head clerk is fearful to leave the necklace in the store and so decides to take it home. His actions have been closely watched by one of the junior clerks, with sinister and stealthy glances.
The Werewolf (1913)An old Indian legend tells of the supposed ability of persons who have been turned into wolves through magic power to assume human form at will for purposes of vengeance. This film is presumed lost.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1913)Le docteur Jekyll, un philanthrope obsédé par sa double personnalité, met au point une drogue pour séparer son bon côté de son mauvais. C'est ce dernier qui, nuit après nuit, prendra finalement le dessus et le transformera en monstrueux Monsieur Hyde.
Three Tales of Terror (1912)The hypnotist Svengali makes an artist's model sing, but cannot force her love.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1912)Le Dr Jekyll aux cheveux blancs s'est secrètement enfermé dans son laboratoire, s'administrant une fiole de formule. Il s'affale sur sa chaise, la tête sur sa poitrine. Alors que le médicament fait lentement effet, une bête aux cheveux noirs, aux griffes et aux deux grands crocs apparaît sur la chaise. Après une utilisation répétée, l'alter ego maléfique de Jekyll émerge à volonté, faisant tomber une petite fille dans la rue et allant jusqu'à assassiner le père de sa petite amie (le pasteur local). La personnalité maléfique retourne en courant au laboratoire pour découvrir que l'antidote est terminé et qu'il devra rester à jamais M. Hyde. Un policier costaud enfonce la porte de Jekyll avec une hache pour trouver le gentil docteur mort d'avoir bu du poison.
The Mummy (1911)An electric current accidentally brings a female mummy back to life with decidedly romantic inclinations, much to the surprise of a young Egyptologist and his less than understanding fiancée. This film is presumed lost.
Pas de couvertureTenjiku Tokubei (1910)The first film depiction of the Tenjiko Tokubei, an exotic adventurer, and the protagonist of Tsuruya Nambobu IV's first big kabuki success, Tenjiku Tokubei Ikoku-Banashi (1804). Based on a real-life navigator, the play was remarkable for its heavy emphasis on the supernatural, conveyed through spectacular special effects: a famous highlight is the entrance of Tokubei astride a giant, poison gas-breathing toad, brandishing a man's severed head.
Pas de couvertureBotan Dōrō (1910)The first film of Botan Dôrô, the famous ghost story by Encho Sayutei, concerning a man who makes love to a beautiful woman in a strange house, and wakes up to embrace of a rotting skeleton.
Pas de couvertureThe Vampire (1910)Guy Temple, as "the fool there was" marries his brother's ward, his boyhood sweetheart, Emily. The young husband becomes ensnared in the toils of the Vampire (a destroyer of souls). Clandestine meetings are arranged and the cunning, unscrupulous, satanic actions of the Vampire compels the poor weakling, Temple, to falter and fall before her charms. John Temple, the other brother, determines to save the young husband when he discovers his perfidy, and to recover the jewels given the Vampire by Guy.
Pas de couvertureThe Picture of Dorian Gray (1910)A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.
Pas de couvertureDen skæbnesvangre opfindelse (1910)Le docteur Henry Jekyll trouve par des moyens scientifiques la façon de révéler le côté caché et sombre de l'homme et libère ainsi un meurtrier qui sommeillait en lui-même.
The Queen of Spades (1910)Based on Pushkin's short story: When his friends play faro, Germann always enjoys watching, but he never gambles himself. One day, as he is watching their game, he learns that an elderly countess staying nearby is said to possess a secret for winning a fortune at the game. Germann is determined to learn this secret from her, and he initiates a romance with her grand-daughter Liza, in order to improve his chances.
The Haunted Hotel (1909)Pathé film #2871. In a hotel, a weary traveler settles down to rest. But, hallucinations brought on by fatigue: monsters appear around the bed, which vanishes, while the traveler, thrown to the floor, gets up and grabs a chair. But it gives way beneath him and rolls to the other side of the room. The traveler tries again: the chair multiplies endlessly, multitudes of chairs fill the room but remain elusive to our traveler. Soon, they pile up around him, burying him as he struggles desperately… (Fondation Jerôme Seydoux-Pathé).
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1908)Le docteur Henry Jekyll trouve par des moyens scientifiques la façon de révéler le côté caché et sombre de l'homme et libère ainsi un meurtrier qui sommeillait en lui-même.
The Haunted Hotel (1907)A traveler stays the night at a rural inn, but gets no rest as he is tormented by various spectres and mysterious happenings.
The Bewitched House (1907)A group of travellers go into a house for protection. Little do they know, it is filled with ghosts who make unusual things happen to them.
