Independents & Documentaries • Short Films inspired by Edgar A. Poe

EDGAR ALLAN POE (1909; American Mutoscope/Biograph)
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THE RAVEN (1915; early Poe biopic)
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PRELUDE (1927; based on The Premature Burial. Accompanied by Rachmaninoff’s Prelude in C# minor, a composition many believed to represent someone being buried alive)
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THE AVENGING CONSCIENCE (1914; Majestic Motion Picture Company; based on Poe’s tales, particularly The Tell-Tale Heart, and poems.)
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THE TELL-TALE HEART (1928; KLEIN)
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THE TELL-TALE HEART (1934; UK)
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THE TELL-TALE HEART (1941; MGM)
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THE TELL-TALE HEART (1953; UPA; Animated)
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THE TELL-TALE HEART (1971; This is the one you may have watched in your English Lit class)
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THE TELL-TALE HEART (1971; film of a stage version with performers speaking and simultaneously using sign language. NTID Drama Club)
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IL CUORE RIVELATORE (1934; based on The Tell-Tale Heart; no score.)
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IL CASO VALDEMAR (1936; Italy; based on The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar this was made by the same film club within an Italian fascist student group that made IL CUORE RIVELATORE. This version has English subtitles and includes a score. Gruesome effects.)
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THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER (1928; France; Epstein)
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THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER (1928; USA; Webber and Watson)
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THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER (1956; Matinee Theater; NBC)
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THE PIT (1962; UK)
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THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM (1964; France [English subs])
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THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM (1993; stop-motion)
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