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A Terrible Night (1896)

A Terrible Night poster
Original title
Une nuit terrible
Directed by
Georges Méliès
Genre
comedy film, horror film
Country
France
Runtime
1 min
Rating
5.2 of 10 from 89 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man tries to sleep in his bedroom but is bothered by a giant bedbug crawling on his bed. He chases and fights the bug until he finally kills it.

comedicsillyshortold-fashionedplayfulmildly absurd

What happens

A Terrible Night (French: Une nuit terrible) is an 1896 French silent comic trick film by Georges Méliès, who is also the actor in the film. It was released by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 26 in its catalogues, where it is listed with the descriptive subtitle scène comique. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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