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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.
American poet and short story writer Edgar Allan Poe has had significant influence in television and film. Many are adaptations of Poe's work, others merely reference it.
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...
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.
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Oct 11, 2023 · Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff, the men behind two of Universal’s legendary movie monsters, teamed up for the first time for this tale of fright vaguely inspired by the Poe short story of the same...
The Brown Beast. Buried Alive (1990 theatrical film) City Under the Sea. The Crime of Dr. Crespi. E. An Evening of Edgar Allan Poe. H. The Haunted Palace. The Haunting of Morella. Lunacy (film) M. The Man of the Crowd (film) Manfish. The Mansion of Madness. Mask of the Red Death (1969 film) Masque of the Red Death (1989 film)
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Jan 6, 2023 · Co-star Harry Melling plays an eccentric student with literary sensibilities unwelcome at the rigid military academy: a young and fictionalized Edgar Allan Poe. The gentle yet opinionated...
