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An animated anthology of five tales adapted from Edgar Allan Poe's stories.An animated anthology of five tales adapted from Edgar Allan Poe's stories.An animated anthology of five tales adapted from Edgar Allan Poe's stories.
- Awards
- 1 win & 5 nominations
Christopher Lee
- Narrator (segment "The Fall of the House of Usher")
- (voice)
- (as Sir Christopher Lee)
Bela Lugosi
- Narrator (segment "The Tell-Tale Heart")
- (archive footage)
- (voice)
Stephen Hughes
- Crow
- (voice)
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- TriviaThe stories featured are "The Fall of the House of Usher," narrated by Sir Christopher Lee; "The Tell-Tale Heart," narrated by Bela Lugosi; "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar," narrated by Julian Sands; "The Pit and the Pendulum," narrated by Guillermo del Toro; and "The Masque of the Red Death," which isn't narrated.
- Goofs(around 1h 08 mins) A tombstone giving data for Edgar Allan Poe with birth and death dates is seen; also showing a quote from one of his most famous writings but is misquoted as 'QUOT THE RAVEN "NEVERMORE"'. All publications and references to The Raven have always used the proper verbiage of Quoth instead of quot.
- Quotes
Death: They all succumb to my prowess. The poor, the weak; the rich, the powerful. Everybody bows before me. I offer you one last chance.
Crow: I don't want my work to be lost forever. My work is eternal. I want that eternity. I want to be sure my words will survive me, that they will be never lost in time.
Death: That, my friend, NEVERMORE!
- Crazy creditsIn the opening credits of The Tell Tale Heart, it says: " Inspired by the art of Alberto Breccia". Alberto Breccia is a famous cartoonist, well known for his black-and-white style.
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A nice combination of animation styles and Poe
An interesting anthology of Edgar Poe short stories.
The best part is that they use different forms of animation for each story. They all add a special feeling to each story. The one from Tell tale Heart is pretty hard to watch, but it very artistic and is fine for such a short animation, it is also extra creepy because of it and it fits well with the old recording of Bela Lugosi.
I liked the comic books style animation of The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar, it gave it a very vintage feeling.
All in all a great collection. Doesn't really feel like horror animation though. I think it is even suitable for children from a certain age to introduce them to literature.
The best part is that they use different forms of animation for each story. They all add a special feeling to each story. The one from Tell tale Heart is pretty hard to watch, but it very artistic and is fine for such a short animation, it is also extra creepy because of it and it fits well with the old recording of Bela Lugosi.
I liked the comic books style animation of The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar, it gave it a very vintage feeling.
All in all a great collection. Doesn't really feel like horror animation though. I think it is even suitable for children from a certain age to introduce them to literature.
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- Budget
- €2,000,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 13 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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