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- The Avenging Conscience or “Thou Shalt Not Kill” (1914) Director: D.W. Griffith. Preserved by the BFI National Archive. D.W. Griffith’s silent film isn’t coy about its inspirations – its protagonist (Henry B. Walthall) finds a reflection of his besotted feelings for a young woman (Blanche Sweet) in Poe’s poem ‘Annabel Lee’ and later, denied his uncle’s (Spottiswoode Aitken) permission to marry her, draws murderous inspiration from Poe’s short story ‘The Tell-Tale Heart’.
- The Fall of the House of Usher (1928) Director: Jean Epstein. The stark black-and-white photography of this French film, based on Poe’s short story, emphasises the ghostliness of the desolate mansion in which it’s set, a contrast to the ornate richness of Roger Corman’s version released 32 years later.
- The Tell-Tale Heart (1953) Director: Ted Parmelee. This animated story of nighttime murder, carried out under the cover of darkness, is dominated by inky shadows and creeping silhouettes.
- Pit and the Pendulum (1961) Director: Roger Corman. Director Roger Corman reworks Poe’s tale of solitary confinement under the Spanish Inquisition into a riff on ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’, folding in much of its mood and many of its themes – mysterious illnesses, family homes with a malignant atmosphere, hereditary pain, women buried alive.
Originally published as three separate comic book issues running from May to July 2006, this collection translates eight of Poe’s poems and two of his tales into comic art form. The adaptations range from the faithful to the far-flung, the most literal translation being Richard Margopoulos and Richard Corben’s “The Tell-Tale Heart.”
- Derek Royal
Oct 14, 2023 · Netflix's The Fall of the House of Usher is out now, but there are more Edgar Allen Poe movies and TV shows to binge. See the best Poe adaptations to stream now.
- Milan Polk
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This paper seeks to consider the connection between several well-known Poe film adaptations and traditional understandings of authorship, or the auteur theory, in cinema. My investigation involves considering many of the most important film adaptions of Poe as a whole and analyzing them as works that contribute to their director’s artistic ...
Mar 15, 2022 · Films Based on Multiple Edgar Allan Poe Stories. The following films either weave multiple Poe stories into one narrative or present his horror tales one at a time in succession like an anthology.
- Chrissy Stockton
The well-traveled pun on “Poe” and “poor” is a lens through which the author views depictions of Poe in films ranging from D. W. Griffith’s 1909 short to James McTeigue’s The Raven (2012).
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A list of horror and suspense film adaptations of the works of Edgar Allan Poe. Note, these are primarily true adaptations of the works and not just inspired by or loosely based. Brought to you by Eric Myford, author of The Encyclopedia of Horror & Suspense Movies book series...
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