I was very surprised as I watched "The Bogie Man's Cave" as I didn't think any film from 1907 could be THIS disturbing! It's one that all the Hannibal Lecter fans will enjoy..all others watch with caution!
The film begins in a cave. Some large guy is preparing a sinner in his frying pan. Now it's time for the final ingredient...a person!! You see him grab a smaller guy, stab him and then chop him up for the pan!!! Then, after he falls asleep, he has a dream in which folks come out of the pan and dispense justice to the evil man.
Had this 'Bogie man' been a monster, I ton't think the film would hae been quite disturbing. Instead, he's just some guy who is into cannibalism!! Pretty sick stuff and one of the few Georges Méliès pictures that I thought was pretty revolting...much more so even than his "Blue Beard"!
Overall, well made for 1907 but also pretty sick!
The film begins in a cave. Some large guy is preparing a sinner in his frying pan. Now it's time for the final ingredient...a person!! You see him grab a smaller guy, stab him and then chop him up for the pan!!! Then, after he falls asleep, he has a dream in which folks come out of the pan and dispense justice to the evil man.
Had this 'Bogie man' been a monster, I ton't think the film would hae been quite disturbing. Instead, he's just some guy who is into cannibalism!! Pretty sick stuff and one of the few Georges Méliès pictures that I thought was pretty revolting...much more so even than his "Blue Beard"!
Overall, well made for 1907 but also pretty sick!