<P> The first depictions of supernatural events appear in several of the silent shorts created by the film pioneer Georges Méliès in the late 1890s , the best known being Le Manoir du Diable , which is sometimes credited as being the first horror film . Another of his horror projects was La Caverne maudite ( 1898 ) ( a.k.a. The Cave of the Demons , literally `` the accursed cave '' ) . Japan made early forays into the horror genre with Bake Jizo ( Jizo the Spook ) and Shinin no Sosei ( Resurrection of a Corpse ) , both made in 1898 . The era featured a slew of literary adaptations , adapting the works of Poe and Dante , among others . In 1908 , Selig Polyscope Company produced Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde . </P>
<P> The first depictions of supernatural events appear in several of the silent shorts created by the film pioneer Georges Méliès in the late 1890s , the best known being Le Manoir du Diable , which is sometimes credited as being the first horror film . Another of his horror projects was La Caverne maudite ( 1898 ) ( a.k.a. The Cave of the Demons , literally `` the accursed cave '' ) . Japan made early forays into the horror genre with Bake Jizo ( Jizo the Spook ) and Shinin no Sosei ( Resurrection of a Corpse ) , both made in 1898 . The era featured a slew of literary adaptations , adapting the works of Poe and Dante , among others . In 1908 , Selig Polyscope Company produced Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde . </P>
when did the first horror movie come out
when did the first horror movie come out
late 1890s
late 1890s