After the tremendous popular success of theFantômas novels, both of the major Frenchfilm studios — Pathé and Gaumont —vied for the rights to produce films basedon the series. Gaumont won, and fromApril 1913 to May 1914 Louis Feuilladedirected five Fantômas films which criticDavid Thomson has described as the firstgreat movie experience.”“第一次在电影院看小纵队大电影，比在电视上看动画片爽多了”“色彩艳丽场景变化灵动，小朋友看的超级认真”“寓教于乐，一部没有说教却充满教育意义的动画电影，很适合带孩子去看”……更有家长表示这是“继《熊出没》之后合家欢电影市场的实力派选手”。