A Terrible Night

Name: A Terrible Night
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Released: 1896-01-01
Duration: 1 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Georges Méliès

1896·Comedy·1m

6.7

★

A man tries to get a good night's sleep, but is disturbed by a giant spider that leaps onto his bed, and a battle ensues in hilarious comic fashion.

Directed by Georges Méliès

insect

camping

bedroom

bed

giant spider

giant insect

silent film

inn

19th century

chamber pot

short film

Trailer

IMDB

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Cast

Georges Méliès

L'homme qui essaie de dormir

Crew

Georges Méliès

Director

Georges Méliès

Writer

Georges Méliès

Producer

Georges Méliès

Production Design

Popular Reviews

107 reviews

taso

5.0★ · 02/04/25

he’s stronger than me i would’ve killed myself

Matty Costa

5.0★ · 07/11/26

this is me with ants on my body all night

Skipp

10.0★ · 06/08/26

Méliès leg drops a spider.

Clive Rosfield

3.0★ · 05/07/26

Wasn’t even a spider.

Elvira

8.0★ · 04/21/26

scariest movie in the eighteen hundreds