La Maison ensorcelée (literally "The Ensorcelled House" from French, English: The House of Ghosts,[1] also known as The Witch House)[2] is a 1906[3] French trick film directed by Segundo de Chomón.
The film features stop-motion animation and is considered one of the earliest cinematic depictions of a haunted house premise.
[4][5] Two men and a woman stop at a small house in the woods.
Inside, they experience numerous instances of paranormal activity, including disappearing furniture; a stereotypical ghost; movement of cutlery and food on their own; ball lightning; unexplained tilting of the entire home; and a grotesque being with claw-like fingers that attempts to eat the trio.
[4] The film inspired director Jennifer Kent, and was included in a scene in her 2014 horror film The Babadook.