Author Archive: Retro

In this fantastic scene, a man who is eager to retire has a difficult time finding peace, as his nocturnal illusions come to life out of thin air.

A series of disappearing acts as performed by a magician and his Spanish-garbed assistant.

An alchemist owns a pharmacy for the rich. His assistants play a trick on him and put a drug in his medicine, resulting with ghostly hallucinations visiting him. He goes to a wizard for help, who brings forth a fairy. The fairy transforms the pharmacy into a candy shop for the poor.

Satan appears in a convent and takes the guise of a priest. Before long he is causing all manner of perturbation and despair.

An energetic Russian Cossack dancer who knows how to impress his audience with his extraordinary set of moves has a trick up his sleeve designed to capture applause.

Denied a handout, a witch exacts vengeance by cursing the village well.

A thief attempts to steal treasure from the tomb of Delphi when a spirit appears. He brings two statues come to life, who in turn transform to thief’s head into that of a donkey.

eleased under different titles in France–and not surprisingly, often confused with its analogous 1896 movie, “Le Manoir du Diable (1896)”–Georges Méliès’ Haunted Castle is considered, by all means, a remake.