The X-Ray Fiend

- Media type
- Film
The X-Ray Fiend · The X-Ray Fiend · MOVIE
Comedy, Horror 1897
About this title
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.