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Oct 27, 2021 · This is a critical filmography of the 81 feature films from 13 countries that have adapted the literary works of Edgar Allan Poe. Each entry includes the title of the work, year of release, studio, full cast and credits, running time, and a detailed plotsynopsis. Originally published: 1998.
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
- 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.
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).
Nov 12, 2010 · In this essay, I will explore these issues through an analysis of Universal Pictures’ adaptation of The Raven (1935), a horror film whose title cards and marketing materials cite the famous 1845 poem, ‘The Raven’ by Edgar Allan Poe, as its source.
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 ...
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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...
