Pharmaceutical Hallucinations

Pharmaceutical Hallucinations

1908 · 13 min · ★ 5.5 · Fantasy

There's a chemistry lab, in which one or two people ingest the wrong drug -- apparently -- and have a seriously bad trip. Then there's this wizard in his cave, and a fairy appears -- then there's this massive feast with about a dozen people. Then it ends.

Directed by Georges Méliès

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