The X-Ray Fiend
(1897)
★ 5.5 IMDb · 66 votes
Year: 1897
Runtime: 1 мин
Country: United Kingdom
Director: George Albert Smith
Cast: Laura Bayley, Tom Green
Plot
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.