The first horror film in the history of cinema? He is 129 years old and the audience was shocked!

It is always interesting to delve into the sources of cinema, literally, to discover the marvels of ingenuity created by the pioneers of the 7th art. And even more incredible treasures like this sequence called The Scene in Roundhay Gardens. It is recorded at 12 frames per second and lasts 2.11 seconds. It is the oldest film still in existence, duly recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records. 136-year-old “film”, seven years before the famous Lumiere factory release in 1888.

Born in 1895 Born in 1895 Born in 1895, while on Place Garnier in Paris, the very first stunt in cinema history was created by Georges Méliès.

As he starts to take the shots, his camera crank stops. From the beginning of the film, there is a minute and a period during which the audience and the cars naturally change places. A little later, projecting a re-welded strip at the point where the break occurred, he sees the Madeleine – the Bastille omnibus, suddenly transformed into a ship and the men into women. The so-called “stop camera” trick was born.

It was with this technique and in the same year that the first horror film in the history of cinema was created, called “The Execution of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots”.

Here it is…

This 18-second short film was produced by Thomas Edison and directed by Alfred Clark. It shows the famous queen, blindfolded, being led to the execution block. He is actually played by male actor Robert Thomas. In Shakespearean tradition, it was common at the time for male actors to play female roles.

The director stopped him Kinetograph The moment the actor put his head on the block. The mannequin, which had been rented from a supplier four days earlier, was then replaced. The camera was reloaded, they filmed the ax falling on the queen’s neck. Guaranteed effect. We imagine viewers who were easily captivated by the novelty that was cinema, horrified by watching this short film.