Phantasmagoria
type: Item
label: Fantasmagorie @cs
label: Fantasmagoria @it
label: Fantasmagoría @es
label: Fantsmagorier @sv
description: Pepper's ghost and the magic lantern
description: Pepper's ghost en de lanterna magica @nl
description: Pepper's Ghost und die Laterna Magica @de
description: Pepperův duch a kouzelné lampiony @cs
description: Il fantasma di Pepper e la lanterna magica @it
description: El efecto de Pepper y la linterna mágica @es
description: Spökprojektioner och den magiska lampan @sv
Canon story number: 42
Canon story code: B.05
time frame: Industrial Age
Canon story topic: Special effects and projection
Field: Props and special effects
Link to internal Canonbase page: Phantasmagoria
Link to internal Canonbase page: Phantasmagoria_NL
Instance of: Canon stories
Canon story description: In the late 18th and 19th centuries, there was a great fascination with horror shows and the supernatural. The magic lantern and the technique of Pepper’s Ghost were used to create eerie effects to thrill the audience.
Canon story refers to: Paul Philidor
Canon story refers to: magic lantern
Canon story refers to: Argand lamp
Canon story refers to: Étienne-Gaspard ‘Robertson’ Robert
Canon story refers to: Limelight
Canon story refers to: Arc light
Canon story refers to: Pepper's ghost
Canon story refers to: vampire trap
Canon story refers to: Corsican trap
Canon story refers to: Hologauze