In the Bogie Man's Cave
About In the Bogie Man's Cave
Inside a cave, the Bogie Man pumps a fire with large bellows and builds a stew of vegetables, flour, and a bucket of water. That is not enough. He calls a captive and cuts him up for the pot. Afterward he cannot sleep. The visions that come punish him. Georges Méliès directed. The French title is La cuisine de l’ogre.
Cast & crew
More about In the Bogie Man's Cave
Wikidata times it at 6 minutes and dates it 1907. An IMDb listing also uses 18 January 1908. EOFFTV records a length of 492 feet and the year 1908. This record keeps 1907. Méliès is the billed player. No public archive identifier is attached.
Themes
Making
Méliès built the ogre’s kitchen as one cave set and played the cooking as a trick-film horror.
Notes
- The meal starts as vegetables. The captive is the last ingredient.
- The punishment is a dream, not an arrest.
- The cave set is the whole location.
- A 1908 date sits beside the 1907 year on this record.
Scenes
- He works the bellows and fills the pan.
- The captive goes into the stew.
- He lies down and the visions start.
