the x-ray fiend (1897) - it's just cute! even if dangerous
chirurgie fin de siÚcle (1900) - this one made me gasp, limbs getting cut and replaced, alice guy-blaché was goated
loĂŻe fuller (1905) - chomĂłn made dancer loie fuller get in the frame by FLYING AS A BAT so i'm counting this as a horror and it is lovely
faustinus (1906) - posted here today, the print is so yummy. i love how so much of it is him getting tied to the chair, plus the framing is neat!
drengen med den sjette sans (1907) - a boy is able to see where a lost little is when he puts his hands over his eyes and that's how he helps her parents find her. when looking for horror before the genre was established you gotta stretch definitions a little so this was one of my own picks bc, well, psychic abilities kinda fit? love the cut to him pointing out where she is on the map
la légende du fantÎme (1908) - a woman is turned into a warrior by a ghost in a cemetery, given a small army of women and a nice carriage and sent to hell to grab satan's flame of life.. :o
bonus: this was a sneak bc there's no way this was filmed in the 1900s but i saw el satario (19??) listed as from 1907 on letterboxd and watched it. it's a stag film, probably from the 30s, but well it does have a lot of elements you would only find around 60s/70s horror and i love the print someone uploaded to archive.org. not linking bc it's an adult film but worth watching at least the beginning with the girls just chilling in the woods like it's a doris wishman nudie cutie.
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