'Ghost-making' machines developed in the late 18th century, utilizing apparatus like a magic lantern to project ghostly images and figures before an audience. Widely employed in plays or other stage productions which demanded a 'ghostly' special effect. An image would often be projected onto a sheet of glass between the stage and the actors, giving the illusion of a semi-transparent "apparition" with an ethereal glow.

a constantly changing medley or real or imagined images (as in a dream)

a constantly changing phenomenon, particularly, in its primary meaning, one in which things rush out of the background to become larger in the foreground

A minor subsidiary stage of the Return, the second stage of the after-life, during which life and imagination are completed in order to exhaust emotion.

A crowd of dim or unreal figures. It is also a device used for ghost making as a popular entertainment in the 18th century developed by E.G. Robertson around the 1790's for projecting convincing figures before an audience.

Phantasmagoria was a precinema projection ghost show invented in France in the late 18th century, which gained popularity through most of Europe (especially England) throughout the 19th century.

Phantasmagoria is a CD-ROM horror-themed computer game series created by Sierra On-line for the DOS and Windows platforms. The series is composed of two games: Phantasmagoria and Phantasmagoria: A Puzzle of Flesh, released in 1995 and 1996, respectively.

Phantasmagoria is an Original Studio album by Nobuo Uematsu. The album was composed and performed by Nobuo Uematsu, composer of the Final Fantasy albums, with vocals are performed by Chinatsu Kuzuu and other artists. Although it is Uematsu's original album, it contains a vocal arrangement of the "Final Fantasy" theme, which usually plays during the ending themes of the Final Fantasy series.

Phantasmagoria is a Japanese Visual Kei band. They formed in November of 2004 and their first single "Material Pain" was released in Shoxx Magazine on December 21,2004. The following day they also released their first Maxi-single, "Moonlight Revival".

Phantasmagoria is a 1972 album by Curved Air.