At the Nickelodeon: Le Squelette Joyeux (1895) dir. by The Lumière brothers

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Hope your bones get to do some dancing tonight! 

At the Nickelodeon: The Clairvoyant aka The Evil Mind (1934/5) starring Fay Wray and Claude Rains

A phony clairvoyant meets a mysterious woman and gains the power he always claimed he had...

At the Nickelodeon: Flip the Frog in "Spooks" (1932)

Ub Iwerks presents Flip the Frog getting the skeleton hospitality treatment... (the first few minutes of this is giving me some Rocky Horror vibes...)

At the Nickelodeon: Genuine: A Tale of a Vampire (1920) by Robert Wiene

Genuine: A Tale of A Vampire directed by Robert Wiene (director of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari) in 1920 has a somewhat convoluted story...but the sets by Expressionist artist César Klein and the costumes are fantastic! I have been trying to find out who's responsible for the modern soundtrack, but to no luck - if anyone knows the artist, please leave a comment!

At the Nickeldeon: Poe meets Redon meets Maddin

Picking up on yesterday's Edgar Allan Poe/Odilon Redon post comes this extraordinary short film by Canada's Guy Maddin entitled "Odilon Redon or The Eye Like a Strange Balloon" (1995)