Le Manoir du Diable, an 1896 short film directed by Georges Melies, is considered to be the first horror film.
There is a review here that says, "The set & costumes are quite amazing, with some pyrotechnics thrown in." Films de France has an article which describes this as the first color film. WiseGeek mentions that Melies himself plays the devil.
This film is supposed to be in color, but this version, which has an added commentary in French, is not, and it is not as described at the web sites I've looked at. I'm a bit confused as to exactly what this is, but it's labeled at the Internet Archive as Le Manoir du Diable:
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