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The Haunted Hotel

The Haunted Hotel

1907Short⏱️ 5m
AnimationShortComedyFantasyHorror
6.5
IMDB Rating
618 votes

On a dark and stormy night, a traveler takes a room at a spooky hotel in the forest. As soon as the proprietor leaves, the room comes alive with ghosts and poltergeists who torment the man as he tries to unpack, eat, and go to sleep.

Director
J. Stuart Blackton
Writers
N/A
Stars
Paul Panzer, William V. Ranous
Release Date
February 23, 1907
Language
None
Country
United States
💬 10
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Paul Panzer
Paul Panzer
William V. Ranous
William V. Ranous

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Production
Vitagraph Company of America

🏷️ Keywords

supernatural powerpsychotronic shortdark and stormy nighthaunted hotelwitch

🎯 Categories

Stop Motion AnimationAnimationComedyFantasyHorrorShort

⭐ Featured Review

Great Trick Film
by Michael_Elliott2012-10-07

"The Haunted Hotel (1907) **** (out of 4) This film from Vitagraph is obviously one of the dozens (if not hundreds) of Georges Melies rip-offs but this one here is actually a mini-masterpiece. There appear to be many films with this title that were released around this time so this leads to some confusion about what people are actually seeing. The film (subtitled The Strange Adventures of a Traveler) here starts with a close up shot of a table with items like a loaf of bread, coffee and a few other things. Out of nowhere these items come to life. Melies was a master at the trick film but I ..."

📖 Synopsis

On a dark and stormy night, a traveler takes a room at a spooky hotel in the forest. As soon as the proprietor leaves, the room comes alive with ghosts and poltergeists who torment the man as he tries to unpack, eat, and go to sleep.