The X-Ray Fiend
The X-Ray Fiend
5.4 The X-Ray Fiend
1897, 1 m
Comedy, Horror
A romantic couple are transformed into skeletons via X-Rays. The film combines two very recent innovations: Wilhelm Roentgen's discovery of X-rays in 1895, and Georges Méliès' accidental realisation of the special-effects potential of the jump-cut in 1896.