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The Haunted Hotel

1909 · 4 min

A playful silent-era trick film where stop-motion mischief turns a tired man's rest into a giddy, restless chase.

Overview
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).

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Tone
    Pacing
    brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    background-friendly, 1 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • madness
    • isolation
    • survival
    Places
    • single country house
    Era
    period
    Audience
    family
    Form
    • single location
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action3
    Horror4
    Humour6
    Realism1
    Romance0
    Tension3
    Darkness3
    Complexity2
    Emotional weight1

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    Details

    Genres
    comedy, horror
    Directed by
    Segundo de Chomón
    Runtime
    4 min
    Country
    France
    Languages
    No Language

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