Le chaudron infernal (1903)
AKA: The Infernal Boiling Pot

Film details
View on IMDb ↗CastGeorges Méliès
Review
"This is one of Melies's more impressive trick films, not so much because of the complexity of the special effects, but because the hand-tinted color is particularly vivid, and there's an authentically eerie air to the proceedings, especially when the three spirits manifest themselves. There's not really much of a story, and what there is is a bit muddled in the final moments; I suspect that the spirits may be taking revenge on the devils, but it looks like some action is lost in the splices. This may be one of Melies's most pronounced forays into horror." - Dave Sindelar, Fantastic Movie Musings and Ramblings
Ranking history
The 1,000 Greatest Horror Films
EDITIONS IN TOP 1,0000
HIGHEST#1,8312019
LOWEST#3,5942026
Top 1,000Outside Top 1,000Missing ranking data
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Hidden Horrors
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Lists featuring this film 3 lists
| BFI's 10 great silent horror films | 2019 | Unranked | — |
| Jeffrey Weinstock's The Vampire Film - Undead Cinema (Short Cuts) | 2012 | Unranked | — |
| TOP 666 HORROR MOVIES (Freaky Fuckin Friday) | 2014 | Ranked | #651 |