by Virgil Finlay
“Believe nothing you hear, and only one half that you see.”
— Edgar Allan Poe
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Christopher Lee Reads The Tell-Tale Heart
Just two hours ago, we shared James Mason reading Edgar Allan Poe’s The Tell-Tale Heart.
Here’s the Christopher Lee version!
(By the way, this video has a somewhat lengthy intro. The Christopher Lee audio starts at 1:08.)
Get In The Mood for Halloween with James Mason Reading The Tell-Tale Heart
I just came across this earlier this morning. 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.
4 Shots From 4 Films: Special Edgar Allan Poe Edition
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.
212 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
House of Usher (1960, dir by Roger Corman, DP: Floyd Crosby)
The Pit and the Pendulum (1961, 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)
Celebrate The Season With James Earl Jones Reading Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven
I’ve already shared Vincent Price and Christopher Lee reading The Raven.
Now, how about James Earl Jones?
Celebrate Halloween With Christopher Lee and Edgar Allan Poe!
A few Halloweens ago, we shared a video of Vincent Price reading Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven.
Here’s Christopher Lee doing the same thing!
Enjoy!
The Masque of the Red Death, as read by Basil Rathbone:
For your Halloween pleasure, here is Edgar Allan Poe’s The Masque of the Red Death, as read by the great Basil Rathbone:
Horror Scenes That I Love: Vincent Price’s monologue in Roger Corman’s Masque of the Red Death
This scene, from 1964’s Masque of the Red Death, was directed by Roger Corman, performed by Vincent Price, and shot by Nicolas Roeg. It was based on a short story by Edgar Allan Poe. That’s a lot of talent on display.
Enjoy!
Halloween Havoc!: THE BLACK CAT (Universal 1934)
THE BLACK CAT has nothing to do with Edgar Allan Poe , but don’t let that stop you from enjoying this thoroughly dark, twisted film. Not only is it the first teaming of horror icons Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi , it’s their only movie together that plants the two stars on equal ground. It’s also the best film ever made by cult director Edagr G. Ulmer , who’d never again get the opportunity to work at a major studio, or the chance to work with a pair of legends like Boris and Bela in one film.
Bela is Dr. Vitus Verdegast, eminent Hungarian psychiatrist, returning after 15 long years in a Russian prison camp to “visit an old friend” at Marmaros, “the greatest graveyard in the world”, where tens of thousands died during WWI. Vitus is forced by chance to spend the train ride with American honeymooners Peter and…
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Creature Double Feature 5: THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH (AIP 1964) and THE TOMB OF LIGEIA (AIP 1965)
Boston’s WLVI-TV 56 ran it’s ‘Creature Double Feature’ series from 1972 to 1983. Though fans remember it mostly for those fabulous giant monster movies starring Godzilla and friends, CDF occasionally featured some monsters of a different kind…
Roger Corman and Vincent Price had teamed to make five successful Edgar Allan Poe adaptations for American-International Pictures, beginning with 1960’s HOUSE OF USHER (there was a sixth, THE PREMATURE BURIAL, that starred Ray Milland rather than Price). Studio execs James Nicholson and Sam Arkoff, always on the lookout for ways to cut costs, joined forces with Britain’s Anglo-Amalgamated Productions (makers of the CARRY ON comedies) and shipped Corman and company to jolly ol’ England for the final two, THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH and THE TOMB OF LIGEIA. Both turned out to be high points in the Corman/Price/Poe series.
1964’s MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH is a sadistic, psychedelic nightmare of…
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