his long-running New Biographical Dictionary of Film as 'the first great movie experience', the Fantomas films of 1913 and 1914 were based on selections from a series of 32 French pulp- fiction, novel ...

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The French filmmaker’s landmark crime serial, “Fantômas” (1913-1914), is coming to Blu-ray (Kino Lorber, $49.95) in what promises to be one of the most exciting releases of 2016. The 4K restoration, ...

Fantômas — even his name is mysterious! The French criminal mastermind starred in a series of 19 deliciously pulpy novels beginning in 1911.... Fantômas begins as many a good tale begins: with ...

Fantômas is the Lord of Terror, the Genius of Evil, the arch-criminal anti-hero of a series of 32 pre-WWI French thrillers written by Pierre Souvestre and Marcel Allain. He carries out the most ...

Between 1911 and 1913, a pop phenomenon revolutionised the French publishing world: Fantomas, a series of pulp novels about a terrifying villain who committed spectacular and obscene crimes. A ...

A GIGANTIC figure, wearing the elegant evening clothes of the Belle Époque, steps out of the horizon line and straddles the city of Paris, one foot ready to crush the Louvre. With an air of ennui, he ...

Fantômas begins as many a good tale begins: with listeners crowding around a fire. In this case, guests of the venerable Marquise surround a retired magistrate who ...