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- The first version of Poe’s story to be adapted into a film was the 1908 silent movie Sherlock Holmes in the Great Murder Mystery, in which Poe’s detective C. Auguste Dupin was swapped out for Arthur Conan Doyle’s famed detective.
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Adaptations. The Raven (1935), starring Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi. House of Usher (1960), directed by Roger Corman. In the 1930s and 1940s, Universal Studios adapted several Poe stories—and used others as inspirational jump-off points—primarily starring Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff.
- 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 first story begins with a young and pretty girl named Isabelle sitting upon a hill. It is then that she is attacked by Pedro. And following the common thematic trajectory of the time, Isabelle is then rescued by the kind and brave medical student who spends his time as a minister for the poor, Alonzo.
Oct 14, 2023 · 1. The House of Usher (1960) View full post on Youtube. The first in director Roger Corman's eight acclaimed Edgar Allan Poe adaptations, House of Usher adapts Poe's "The Fall of the House of...
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Jan 13, 2023 · The first documented Poe film was The Student of Prague, a German silent horror film from 1913, based loosely on Poe’s “William Wilson.” It was later remade in 1926 by actor and filmmaker Henrik Galeen.
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Oct 11, 2023 · The most famous Poe adaptations are likely those directed by Roger Corman, who in 1960 was quickly on his way to becoming a B-movie wunderkind. Poe’s stories, already in the public domain, were...
There are supposed to be three adaptations of Poe stories in this film, but it should really be considered FOUR, as "The Cask of Amontillado" and The Black Cat" are condensed into one story. The first story, "Morella", is a disappointment and ends predictably; one might think that it was the last to be chosen or filmed and thrown in as an ...
