A Midnight Episode (1899)

A French short film, with the title of UN BON LIT, this obscure silent movie directed by George Melies, is possibly one of the first ever giant insect productions. It is a strangely quirky, surreal and comical piece in which a man sleeping, under the glare of the moon, is awakened suddenly as a giant bug crawling over him. He destroys the critter only to see three more of the hideous forms scuttling up the wall, which he tends to with candle flame, causing the insects to explode. After the weird ordeal, the man then casually slips back into bed and contentedly dozes back to sleep.

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