The

Hellwood Archive

Cult cinema, true crime, strange history and cultural oddities.

Stories from the darker corners of film, television, music, literature, crime, history and the unexplained.

a trip to the moon

Georges Méliès-style 1902 film studio preparing a theatrical Moon set and rocket for an early cinema production

A Trip to the Moon: How Cinema’s First Blockbuster Was Pirated Across America

Georges Méliès created one of cinema’s first international sensations with A Trip to the Moon in 1902, then watched American...

20 Aug 2026 • Archive Note