How It Feels to Be Run Over (1900)

• 51%
• 1900
• Horror
• Cecil M. Hepworth

On a seemingly safe and dusty rural road frequented by horses and their carriages, a two-seated automobile is moving erratically. And then unexpectedly, in one glorious point-of-view shot, the vehicle dashes full-speed into an ill-starred passer-by, as the film ends with a rather enigmatic punchline: "Oh, mother will be pleased." Without a doubt, the man saw stars.