Description
The third chapter of Louis Feuillade’s legendary Fantômas serial delivers one of silent cinema’s most ingenious mysteries. After Fantômas frames an innocent artist for murder, the man dies behind bars—but when his body mysteriously vanishes, a wave of shocking new crimes begins. At every crime scene, police discover the fingerprints of the officially deceased prisoner.
With Inspector Juve out of the picture, journalist Jérôme Fandor must unravel an impossible case that grows stranger with every twist. Blending mystery, suspense, dark humor, and the elaborate deceptions that made Fantômas cinema’s first great supervillain, The Murderous Corpse is another masterclass in early thriller filmmaking.
Experience the third chapter of the Fantômas saga with a brand-new original score commissioned from a Chicago composer and performed live in the intimate 60-seat setting of The CheckOut.
Whether you’ve followed the series from the beginning or are joining us for the first time, this is silent cinema the way it was meant to be experienced—with live music.
