A Terrible Night

• Man: Georges Méliès

Une nuit terrible is a French comedy by Georges Méliès in the year 1896. The film was released as a film 26 of the company Star film.

Action

A man lies down to finally be able to sleep in bed, but he is distracted by a giant spider. He takes up the fight against the animal and it may flatten with a broom and his feet. However, he finds after the killing of the animal no rest, because it distracts louder smaller vermin from sleeping.

Background information

The spider was used in this film is artificial and was brought to life by stop motion.