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Fury of the Demon (2016)

Fury of the Demon poster
Original title
La rage du Démon
Directed by
Fabien Delage
Genre
documentary film, fantasy film, horror film, mockumentary, mystery film
Country
France
Runtime
1h
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 15 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This mockumentary pretends to uncover the truth about a lost silent short film that supposedly drives people mad. It shifts between telling the real story of filmmaker Georges Méliès and fictional accounts of the cursed movie's effects.

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What happens

Fury of the Demon (French: La rage du Démon) is a 2016 French/Croatian/United States mockumentary film that was written and directed by Fabien Delage. The movie tells the history of film pioneer and director Georges Méliès by way of a documentary focusing on a fictional lost short film that is reputed to have the capability of driving its viewers insane. The film had its world premiere in 2016 and its United States premiere on October 15, 2016 at the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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