The silent french film, which may or may not exist, was. Georges melies, the film that makes you go mad, and the birth of horror. The 50 best horror movies of the decade film school rejects. This film shares its titles with a silent horror short first released on an unsuspecting public in 1897 paris. Like most films that cross my path, fury of the demon is one that i knew.
The film fury of the demon was released with melies name listed as the creator, but many think it was actually a forgery crafted by one of melies pupils, a gent obsessed with magic and the occult named sicarious. Fury of the demon official extended international trailer hd duration. Starting with a recounting of its most recent showing in 2012 the film traces its history of violence. Regardless, in 1897 the short screened once and reportedly caused the audience to go absolutely insane.
And attempts to determine who made it and why it has the effect it does. While the films creator is alleged to be none other than george melies, it is found to be more probable that an occultist photographer friend of melies named sicarius might have actually made it. Fury of the demon 2016 fury of the demon 2016 user. Discover the truth about the lost movie that has been shaking the film world for over a century. The film fury of the demon was released with melies name. The silent french film, which may or may not exist, was allegedly made in 1897, and is rumored to be among the most overwhelming cinematic experiences ever.
One theory is that the worlds most dangerous silent film was actually made by an occultloving onetime murder suspect victor sicarius. Fury of the demon official extended international trailer hd. Fury of the demon appears to be a very well made shockumentary about the legendary, lost silent film of the title. A documentary investigation on the rarest and most controversial french movie in the history of early cinema. A silent film that causes madness and violence every time its shown. This fury of the demon may be as fictional as its namesake, but it is completely convincing and creatively compelling from its first minute to its last. But could this lost silent film short actual cause an entire audience to go all. Fury of the demon works wonderfully because it presents a little known aspect of the life of a man who changed the world to an audience it. Coming in at a fast sixty minutes the film tells the mysterious tale of fury of the demon.