Precursors

Explore our selection of movies and TV shows precursors

poster Homunculus
Homunculus
360mn - Horror, Sci-Fi
A group of scientists, led by a Professor Ortmann, produce a living human child using scientific processes - a "homunculus." This creature is human in every way, except that he cannot experience love.
poster The Brahmin and the Butterfly
The Brahmin and the Butterfly
2mn - Comedy, Fantasy
A man attempts to engender a transformation of a giant worm into a butterfly.
poster Spring: Episode 1 - The Awakening of the Source / The Awakening of Nests
Spring: Episode 1 - The Awakening of the Source / The Awakening of Nests
(2.8/5)
7mn - Fantasy
Nymphs and cupids dance in celebration of the arrival of Spring.
poster The Original Movie
The Original Movie
(3.2/5)
8mn - Animation
A prehistoric writer sells his masterpiece to a film company, which is butchered horribly in the process of getting made into a stone-age movie. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2010.
poster Anunnaki
Anunnaki
66mn - Sci-Fi, Comedy, Fantasy
450,000 years ago our ancestors descended from the heavens to engineer the first human beings. To us they were Giants that ruled as Gods over mankind. Now new evidence and scientific research acknowledges…
poster The Imperceptible Transmutations
The Imperceptible Transmutations
2mn -
This shows a prince entering upon the stage of the King's private theatre. He is about to do a few mystifying tricks for the amusement of the court.
poster Deerslayer
Deerslayer
0mn - Adventure
Chingachgook, son of the chief of the Delaware Indian tribe and faithful friend of Hawkeye the Deerslayer is raised by his tribe after being orphaned.
poster Man's Genesis
Man's Genesis
17mn - Adventure, Drama, History
An old man tells his grandchildren about prehistoric man: Caveman Weakhands is unable to court a woman because of his physical weakness. Humiliated by Bruteforce, he bumps into Lillywhite, who has also be…
poster Japanese Butterflies
Japanese Butterflies
4mn - Fantasy
This early silent era film was released in France circa 1908 by Segundo de Chomón. It is partially hand coloured and shows several Japanese characters and eventually a worm change into a butterfly which w…
poster Arachnicide
Arachnicide
91mn - Sci-Fi, Action, Horror
After years of experimenting, a researcher succeeds in creating an incubator that accelerates plant and animal growth. This technology is controlled by a powerful criminal organization and is being used t…
poster The Diabolical Church Window
The Diabolical Church Window
7mn - Fantasy
Here we have an old scholar/alchemist brooding over a book, challenged by the devil, and going through the familiar sorcery to create a woman by throwing pieces of clothing against a stain-glass church wi…
poster The Ancestress
The Ancestress
(3.1/5)
84mn - Drama, Horror
The long dead ancestress of a noble family returns to haunt her last two remaining descendants. She can not rest until the entire family line has passed away. When she reappears, the household knows it is…
poster Music, Forward!
Music, Forward!
3mn - Fantasy, Comedy
“Music Forward!” is the order given by a lady in Colonial costume, and in march a group of five musicians, working industriously at their instruments. The directress stands them in a row, and taking the h…
poster Conjuring: The Beyond
Conjuring: The Beyond
91mn - Horror
A sleep study goes awry when participants start to go missing.
poster It's a Greek Life
It's a Greek Life
(2.6/5)
7mn - Animation
Mercury, the winged messenger, drops his sandals off with a centaur to be repaired. The centaur, who has coveted wings to the extent that he's used a couple ducks to help him fly, takes the sandals for a …
poster Modern Sculptors
Modern Sculptors
5mn - Animation, Fantasy
The first scene presents before the astonished eyes of the spectators a solid piece of marble, which the minute it is placed on a table seems to take life, and one can follow a snake-like line branding on…
poster Transformation by Hats
Transformation by Hats
1mn - Comedy
Félicien Trewey uses a basic prop to create comical hats and their accompanying caricatures.
poster Monkeyshines, No. 1
Monkeyshines, No. 1
1mn - Documentary
Experimental film made to test the original cylinder format of the Kinetoscope and believed to be the first film shot in the United States. It shows a blurry figure in white standing in one place making l…
poster The Charmer
The Charmer
4mn - Fantasy
A magician charms a caterpillar and turns it into a butterfly woman.
poster Wonderful Mirrors
Wonderful Mirrors
7mn - Comedy, Fantasy
A talented youth has compounded a wonderful fluid, a little of which he applies to the mirror in his room, and when he looks into it his image comes to life and comes out of the frame and imitates his eve…
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