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Scenes That I Love: Vincent Price Performs The Raven
As today is the anniversary of the birth of Edgar Allan Poe, today’s scene that I love features Poe’s most famous interpreter, Vincent Price, reciting and performing The Raven. This scene comes from a 1985 television special that was called The Teller and the Tale.
4 Shots From 4 Films: Special Edgar Allan Poe Edition
by Debbie Hughes
4 (or more) Shots From 4 (or more) Films is just what it says it is, 4 (or more) shots from 4 (or more) of our favorite films. As opposed to the reviews and recaps that we usually post, 4 (or more) Shots From 4 (or more) Films lets the visuals do the talking.
216 years ago today, Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston, Massachusetts. From his humble beginnings as the son of two struggling actors, Poe would go on to become one of the first great American writers. (It’s been said that, when Charles Dickens first traveled to the United States in 1842, he specifically wanted to meet Edgar Allan Poe. Unfortunately, it appears that popular story my not be true but it’s still a good story.) Poe was controversial in life and even his death generated more questions than answers but no one can deny his strength as a poet and as a prose writer. Both the detective and the horror genres owe a huge debt to Edgar Allan Poe.
Today, in honor of Edgar Allan Poe’s legacy, TSL presents 4 shots from 4 films that were inspired by the work of Edgar Allan Poe!
4 Shots From 4 Films
The Fall of the House of Usher (1960, dir by Roger Corman, DP: Floyd Crosby)
The Raven (1963, dir by Roger Corman, DP: Floyd Crosby)
The Masque of the Red Death (1964, dir by Roger Corman, DP: Nicolas Roeg)
The Pit and the Pendulum (1990, dir by Stuart Gordon, DP: Adolfo Bartoli)
The Tell-Tale Heart, As Read By Christopher Lee
For your Halloween listening pleasure, here is the great Christopher Lee, interpreting Edgar Allan Poe’s The Tell-Tale Heart!
(By the way, this video has a somewhat lengthy intro. The Christopher Lee audio starts at 1:08.)
Alan Rickman Reads Edgar Allan Poe
Continuing our series of posts of famous people with great voices reading the works of Edgar Allan Poe, here is the Raven, interpreted by the brilliant and much-missed Alan Rickman!
Listen To Christopher Lee Interpret The Raven
For you Halloween listening pleasure, here is Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven, interpreted by the great Christopher Lee!
Enjoy!
Basil Rathbone Reads The Masque of the Red Death
For your Halloween pleasure, here is Edgar Allan Poe’s The Masque of the Red Death, as read by the great Basil Rathbone:
Christopher Walken Reads Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven!
Have you ever wanted to hear Christopher Walken read The Raven? Of course you have! Who hasn’t?
Well, today is your lucky day! Here is Christopher Walken, reciting Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven. This was apparently recorded for a CD entitled Closed For Rabies, which featured several celebrities reading stories and poems by Mr. Poe.
Christopher Lee Reads The Fall of House of Usher
Here to help you get in the mood for the best day of the year is Christopher Lee reading Edgar Allan Poe’s The Fall Of The House Of Usher. Listening to this will require 40 minutes of your time but it’s totally worth it. Christopher Lee had an amazing voice and was a wonderful reader and one imagines that it was his voice that Poe heard in his head as he first wrote this short story.
Here is the wonderful voice of Christopher Lee….
A Bonus Horrorthon Blast From The Past: The Tell Tale Heart (dir by Ted Parmlee)
This short, animated film is from 1953 and it features James Mason reading a story from America’s first master of suspense, Edgar Allan Poe!
Here, for your listening and visual enjoyment, is The Tell Tale Heart! Along with featuring the voice of James Mason, the film was directed by Ted Parmlee. It was the first animated film to ever be given an X rating by the British Film Board of Censors.
Through the Shattered Lens 