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- DirectorVladimir GardinStarsZoya BarantsevichOleg FrelikhEvgeniy GryaznovSet in an imaginary land where the threat of revolution spurs the Emperor to seek exile in one of the most distant parts of his realm. There he meets Elka, the daughter of a revolutionary who has been banished here due to his confrontational activities. The two fall in love but meet a violent end when the revolutionaries, led by Elka's father, destroy the palace.
- DirectorJean EpsteinStarsJean DebucourtMarguerite GanceCharles LamyAllan visits the sinister Usher family mansion, where his friend Roderick is painting a portrait of his sickly wife Madeline. The portrait seems to be draining the life out of Madeline, slowly leading to her death.
- DirectorCharles KleinLeon ShamroyStarsOtto MatiesonWilliam HerfordHans FuerbergAn expressionistic film based on Poe's story, about a murderer and his mental breakdown.
- DirectorRobert FloreyStarsBela LugosiSidney FoxLeon AmesA mad scientist seeks to mingle human blood with that of an ape, and resorts to kidnapping women for his experiments.
- DirectorRichard OswaldStarsPaul WegenerMaria KoppenhöferBlandine EbingerA crazed scientist murders his wife, walls her up, then flees. A reporter sets out to track him down.
- DirectorBrian Desmond HurstStarsNorman DrydenJohn KeltYolande TerrellA young man is driven mad by his obsession with the repulsive diseased eye of the old man who cares for him.
- DirectorLew LandersStarsBoris KarloffBela LugosiLester MatthewsA brilliant surgeon with a morbid obsession for instruments of torture grows dangerously obsessed with a young socialite whose life he's saved.
- StarsGene RaymondJohn WarburtonNolan LearyAn anthology series which became the first successful filmed series on American television.
- DirectorJean FaurezStarsFernand LedouxSuzy CarrierJules BerryA group of policemen look over three murder cases including a cutthroat that prays on young women, a madman that hid his deformed landlord's corpse in the floor, and a wine aficionado who buries his friend alive.
- DirectorIvan BarnettStarsGwen WatfordKaye TendeterIrving Steen1950. Horror. A traveller arrives at Usher mansion to visit his friend Roderick (Kaye Tendeter) and discovers that Roderick and his sister (Gwen Watford) have been inflicted with a strange disease.
- DirectorLuis María DelgadoFernando Fernán GómezStarsSusana CanalesJulio PeñaElvira QuintilláCarlos visit his girlfriend Juana at the mental hospital where he works. Once there, the asylum director introduces him to his disturbed niece, who's playing the harp obsessively, and to a nurse who doesn't stop repeating what Carlos says.
- DirectorW. Lee WilderStarsJohn BromfieldLon Chaney Jr.Victor JoryThree deep sea divers get involved in murder while searching for a lost treasure.
- DirectorRoger CormanStarsVincent PriceMark DamonMyrna FaheyUpon entering his fiancée's family mansion, a man discovers a savage family curse and fears that his future brother-in-law has entombed his bride-to-be prematurely.
- DirectorEnrique CarrerasStarsNarciso Ibáñez MentaMercedes CarrerasNarciso Ibáñez SerradorAn anthology of three Edgar Allan Poe stories: "The Case of Mr. Valdemar," "The Cask of Amontillado" and "The Tell-Tale Heart."
- DirectorErnest MorrisStarsLaurence PayneAdrienne CorriDermot WalshWhile called the Tell Tale Heart, the plot differs significantly from Poe's short story of the same name.
- DirectorRoger CormanStarsVincent PriceBarbara SteeleJohn KerrIn the sixteenth century, Francis Barnard travels to Spain to clarify the strange circumstances of his sister's death after she had married the son of a cruel Spanish Inquisitor.
- DirectorRoger CormanStarsRay MillandHazel CourtRichard NeyAn artist grows distant from his new wife as an irrational horror of premature burial consumes him.
- DirectorRoger CormanStarsVincent PriceMaggie PierceLeona GageThree tales of terror involve a grieving widower and the daughter he abandoned; a drunkard and his wife's black cat; and a hypnotist who prolongs the moment of a man's death.
- DirectorRoger CormanStarsVincent PricePeter LorreBoris KarloffA magician, who has been turned into a raven, turns to a former sorcerer for help.
- DirectorRoger CormanStarsVincent PriceDebra PagetLon Chaney Jr.Charles Dexter Ward arrives at a small village to visit the house he inherited from his ancestor who died there 100 years ago.
- DirectorAntonio MargheritiSergio CorbucciStarsBarbara SteeleGeorges RivièreMargrete RobsahmA journalist takes a bet that he can spend the night in a haunted castle on All Hallow's Eve. During his stay, he bears witness to the castle's gruesome past coming to life before him, and falls in love with a beautiful female ghost.
- DirectorRoger CormanStarsVincent PriceHazel CourtJane AsherA European prince terrorizes the local peasantry while using his castle as a refuge against the "Red Death" plague that stalks the land.
- DirectorRoger CormanStarsVincent PriceElizabeth ShepherdJohn WestbrookA man's obsession with his dead wife drives a wedge between him and his new bride.
- DirectorJacques TourneurIshirô HondaStarsVincent PriceTab HunterDavid TomlinsonIn 1903 Cornwall, a group of locals discover an underwater city, dating back to 1803, that hides a society of smugglers and aquatic creatures.
- DirectorHarold HoffmanStarsRobert FrostRobyn BakerSadie FrenchA mentally unbalanced man is obsessed with the idea that a black cat is possessed. He tortures and kills it. Later, he comes to believe that the cat has returned from the dead to kill him.
- DirectorHarald ReinlStarsLex BarkerKarin DorChristopher LeeA Count executed for murdering twelve virgins in a bid for immortality returns to life, seeking revenge on the daughter of his intended thirteenth victim and the son of his prosecutor.
- DirectorJuan IbáñezJack HillStarsBoris KarloffJulissaAndrés GarcíaRelatives of a recently deceased man meet at his eerie castle for a reading of the will. They encounter a sinister piano player who turns out to be a toy maker, and his toys are imbued with murderous intentions.
- DirectorGordon HesslerStarsVincent PriceAlister WilliamsonChristopher LeeAristocrat Julian Markham keeps his disfigured brother, Sir Edward, locked in a tower of his house. Sir Edward occasionally escapes and causes havoc around the town.
- DirectorGordon HesslerStarsJason RobardsHerbert LomChristine KaufmannParis...at the turn of the century. Inspector Vidocq investigates a series of unexplained murders at a Grand Guignol-type theatre...where the players have suddenly become real-life victims. Based on the story by Edgar Allan Poe.
- DirectorJuan López MoctezumaStarsClaudio BrookArthur HanselEllen ShermanThe inmates of an insane asylum take over the institution, imprison the doctors and staff, then put into action their own ideas of how the place should be run.
- DirectorRogelio A. GonzálezStarsWanda HendrixBarry CoeGisele MacKenzieA woman finds herself possessed by the soul of another woman trapped inside a painting.
- DirectorJulián SolerStarsEnrique LizaldeEnrique RochaCarlos López MoctezumaA traveler arrives at the Gerard mansion to visit his old friend, Eric Gerard. Upon arriving, however, he discovers that Eric and his sister, Isabel, have been afflicted with a mysterious malady: Eric's senses have become painfully acute, while Isabel has become nearly catatonic. That evening, Eric tells his guest of an old Gerard family curse: any time there has been more than one Gerard child, all of the siblings have gone insane and died horrible deaths. As the days wear on, the effects of the curse reach their terrifying climax.
- DirectorJesús FrancoStarsAlberto DalbésEvelyne ScottWilliam BergerAfter the unexpected death of a rich relative, the reading of his will brings a motley crew of greedy family members to a mansion by the sea to collect.
- DirectorJames L. ConwayStarsMartin LandauCharlene TiltonRay WalstonIt is the year 1839. Architect Jonathan Criswell receives a letter from his old friend Roderick Usher asking Jonathan to come and see him. Arriving along with his newlywed wife Jennifer, Jonathan finds Roderick and his sister Madeleine aged beyond their years. Roderick tells him how they have both been maddened by a crippling hyper-alertness of senses. In trying to find a way of bolstering the Usher house against frequent earth tremors, Jonathan learns of the unspeakable atrocities and devil worship practiced by Roderick's ancestors. These have brought a curse on the House of Usher, meaning that none of the family can live beyond their 37th year. Jonathan must try to save the house in doing so he will be helping save his friend Roderick and his sister before the Usher curse takes them.
- DirectorLucio FulciStarsPatrick MageeMimsy FarmerDavid WarbeckA professor with the psychic ability to communicate with the dead uses his powers on his pet cat in order to take vengeance upon his enemies.
- DirectorWerner SchroeterStarsMagdalena MontezumaMostefa DjadjamAntonio OrlandoA mentally unstable woman and her son move to a sprawling mansion in Portugal to grow roses.
- DirectorGriffith MehaffeyStarsRyan Anthony WilliamsKelsey WhiteChristina CamposBased upon the short story by Edgar Allan Poe.
- DirectorStephen CooksonStarsHugh SkinnerSteven BerkoffDudley SuttonSteven Berkoff's own feature length interpretation of Edgar Allan Poe's original short story about a servant who plots to murder his master because of his 'vulture' eye.
- DirectorBrad AndersonStarsKate BeckinsaleJim SturgessDavid ThewlisAn Oxford graduate takes up a job in a mental asylum, only to discover that the "revolutionary" new treatments are inhumane, and that there is more going on than meets the eye.
- DirectorMichael RissiStarsKristen HagenJon Woodward KirbyJon Morgan Woodward"It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea, That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of Annabel Lee; And this maiden she lived with no other thought, than to love and be loved by me . . . ." And so begins one of the most famous and haunting poem's from the enigmatic mind of one of literature's most prolific dark poets, Edgar Allan Poe. This chilling classic adapted for a 21st century audience. EDGAR ALLAN POE'S 'ANNABEL LEE' tells the story of Jack Blythe, an artist who rents a summer house in a quiet beach town to find creative inspiration. He gets more than he bargained for when he meets a beautiful but hauntingly mysterious woman who offers to be his subject for a painting. When Jack discovers that his seductive stranger resembles a woman presumed dead for 18 years, he becomes obsessed with uncovering the truth. Soon, Jack is caught up in a terrifying struggle that will unravel an unsolvable mystery and reveal a horrific secret.
- DirectorJan SvankmajerStarsJan TrískaPavel LiskaAnna GeislerováA man takes up residence with a mysterious marquis and is soon persuaded to enter into an asylum for preventative therapy. Things are not what they seem, and the marquis may be even more sinister than what the young man may've predicted.
- DirectorJames Glenn DudelsonStarsLisa BlairLisa DarrNicholas GuestGeneticists experiment with cloning. Fire destroys lab, daughter presumed dead. Investigators uncover deception, rogue clone driven by survival instinct, leaving destruction in its wake. Race to stop clone before it reproduces.
- DirectorStuart GordonStarsLance HenriksenStephen LeeWilliam NorrisHorror film set in 1492 Toledo, Spain, depicting the cruel deeds of a monk named Torquemada, Grand Inquisitor of the Spanish Inquisition.
- DirectorJim WynorskiStarsNicole EggertDavid McCallumChristopher HalstedLoosely based on the short story by Edgar Allan Poe, a witch is sent to death, only to try & return from the grave, seventeen years later, to possess her daughter's adult body.