I didn't know anything about silent movies until I read "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" book. After that, I decided to see "A Trip to the Moon" for myself--and on the same YouTube page was this film, so I checked it out. While the actors in the film overact quite a bit and aren't really convincing, their makeup is cool and of course its effects are what steal the show. The stop-motion sequences are what particularly stand out, but it's all tons of fun.In the 6 minutes of this film, we have a trio take cover in an abandoned house that (by the use of clever effects) grins at us (check out the pictures in IMDb's photo gallery). They soon discover the house is out to get them: Their coats hover in midair, a ghost appears on the spot, a creepy caricature appears in place of a painting, the house tilts back and forth, and finally a specter appears and attempts to eat the trio. Talk about a haunted house! Audiences must've been fascinated back when it was made. People today will be fascinated seeing stop-motion animation occur in 1906 (or 1908, whichever it was). In fact, even for a movie this old, it is a good watch even by today's standards.(Note: Two IMDb titles for this film are in the database: "The Haunted House" and "The House of Ghosts". Both these films are one and the same, however, so don't be fooled by this mistake).

OMG! This movie is amazing and very entertaining. I think it's the first scary movie in history about friends going on a trip and is one of the very best among them as well. It's so beautiful in every way, the age in which it was made, that original idea that would pave the way for many scary movies in the future, with those cute comic reliefs; the falls are actually funny, I've always wondered why film makers think people falling down is funny, now I get the idea and it's sad that in all these 111 years, many big budgeted directors have come up with no newer ideas.I couldn't stop watching the part with the knife and the napkin doing their jobs, and I'm writing this after watching that scene for more than ten times. It's one of those movies of which you never get tired. Highly recommended.

The silent era is filled all sorts of strange surrealistic features, and The Haunted House enters you into a really fun and strange experience that no one should miss.The story is simple, three friends take shelter to an abandoned old house where all sorts of spooky things (for them at least) starts to happen such has disappearing chairs and luggage's and dishes and cups moving on their own, Demon appearing in paintings and specter's taking possessions of their clothing. And that's about it.A fun little spectacle with nice camera effects for its time.If you are fan of George Mélés than this is a must see.

I don't why only about 50 users have rated it. It's in my opinion better then "A trip to the Moon" which way more people have seen.This movie features some of the greatest special effects. The story is good. It's actually somewhat creepy and the visuals look good. When it comes to shorts it's in my opinion a must watch.Now let's go a little more in to depth: The best thing about the movie are the special effects which nicely fit into the movie. They either add something really great to the picture or make the entire picture. All special effects are really well done and none are unnecessary. The special effects really work here. The people who made this movie knew how to make good special effects and how to put them into a movie to make the most out of them. The special effects make the story and thats great. Concerning this it's the Space Odyssey of it's time in some way. I'll highly recommend you to watch this.