That silent loop was the first horror film ever made, incidentally and featured bats, creepy locals and of course, The Devil in the flesh.
What are horror movies but representations and distortions of the eternal battle between light and dark, good and evil, right and wrong, creation and destruction?
The Devil is the beast of many names and his essence has been exploited in horror since Georges Melies made Le Manoir Du Diable in 1896.