Writing

Edgar Allan Poe

Born January 18, 1809 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Died October 7, 1849 · aged 40

Edgar Allan Poe (né Edgar Poe; January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales involving mystery and the macabre. He is widely regarded as one of the central figures of Romanticism and Gothic fiction in the United States and early American literature. Poe was one of the country's first…

Known For

Stonehearst Asylum

Stonehearst Asylum · 2014

Stonehearst Asylum

MovieThrillerMystery

An Oxford Medical School graduate takes a position at a mental institution and soon becomes obsessed with a female mental patient, but he has no idea of a recent and horrifying staffing change.

Two Evil Eyes

Two Evil Eyes · 1990

A duo of Edgar Allan Poe adaptations about a greedy wife's attempt to embezzle her dying husband's fortune, and a sleazy reporter's adoption of a strange black cat.

The Haunted Palace

The Haunted Palace · 1963

The Haunted Palace

A man and his wife claim the mansion of his warlock ancestor burned alive in 1765.

The Raven

The Raven · 1935

MovieHorrorCrime

A brilliant but deranged neurosurgeon becomes obsessively fixated on a judge's daughter. With the help of an escaped criminal whose face he has surgically deformed, the mad man lures her, her father, and her fiancé to his isolated, castle-like home.

Phantom of the Rue Morgue

Phantom of the Rue Morgue · 1954

Phantom of the Rue Morgue

MovieThrillerCrime

When several women are found mutilated and murdered, the Paris police are baffled as to who the killer may be. All evidence points to Dupin, but soon it becomes apparent that it is someone (or something) stronger and deadlier than a human.

Buried Alive

Buried Alive · 1989

MovieHorrorThriller

A young woman goes to teach at the Ravenscroft Institute, a spooky old girls' school overrun by ants and staffed by some unusual types. Spurred on by a series of horrific hallucinations, she begins to investigate the mysterious disappearances of several students.

The Raven

The Raven · 1963

MovieComedyHorror

A magician who has been turned into a raven turns to a former sorcerer for help.

Spirits of the Dead

Spirits of the Dead · 1968

Spirits of the Dead

MovieHorrorMystery

Anthology film from three European directors based on stories by Edgar Allan Poe: a cruel countess haunted by a ghostly horse, a sadistic young man haunted by his double, and an alcoholic actor haunted by the Devil.

Filmography

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Stonehearst Asylum

Stonehearst Asylum · 2014

Stonehearst Asylum

MovieThrillerMystery

An Oxford Medical School graduate takes a position at a mental institution and soon becomes obsessed with a female mental patient, but he has no idea of a recent and horrifying staffing change.

Short Story

Two Evil Eyes

Two Evil Eyes · 1990

A duo of Edgar Allan Poe adaptations about a greedy wife's attempt to embezzle her dying husband's fortune, and a sleazy reporter's adoption of a strange black cat.

Short Story

The Haunted Palace

The Haunted Palace · 1963

The Haunted Palace

A man and his wife claim the mansion of his warlock ancestor burned alive in 1765.

Short Story

The Raven

The Raven · 1935

MovieHorrorCrime

A brilliant but deranged neurosurgeon becomes obsessively fixated on a judge's daughter. With the help of an escaped criminal whose face he has surgically deformed, the mad man lures her, her father, and her fiancé to his isolated, castle-like home.

Short Story

Phantom of the Rue Morgue

Phantom of the Rue Morgue · 1954

Phantom of the Rue Morgue

MovieThrillerCrime

When several women are found mutilated and murdered, the Paris police are baffled as to who the killer may be. All evidence points to Dupin, but soon it becomes apparent that it is someone (or something) stronger and deadlier than a human.

Short Story

Buried Alive

Buried Alive · 1989

MovieHorrorThriller

A young woman goes to teach at the Ravenscroft Institute, a spooky old girls' school overrun by ants and staffed by some unusual types. Spurred on by a series of horrific hallucinations, she begins to investigate the mysterious disappearances of several students.

Short Story

The Raven

The Raven · 1963

MovieComedyHorror

A magician who has been turned into a raven turns to a former sorcerer for help.

Short Story

Spirits of the Dead

Spirits of the Dead · 1968

Spirits of the Dead

MovieHorrorMystery

Anthology film from three European directors based on stories by Edgar Allan Poe: a cruel countess haunted by a ghostly horse, a sadistic young man haunted by his double, and an alcoholic actor haunted by the Devil.

Short Story

The Tomb of Ligeia

The Tomb of Ligeia · 1964

The Tomb of Ligeia

MovieHorrorDrama

Verden Fell is shattered after the death of his lovely wife. But, after an unexpected encounter with Lady Rowena Trevanion, Fell soon finds himself married again. Nevertheless, his late wife's spirit seems to hang over the dilapidated abbey that Fell shares with his new bride. Lady Rowena senses that something is amiss and, when she investigates, makes a horrifying discovery -- learning that Fell's dead wife is closer than she ever imagined possible.

Short Story

The Pit and the Pendulum

The Pit and the Pendulum · 1961

The Pit and the Pendulum

MovieHorrorMystery

In 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.

Short Story

Edgar Allan Poe's The Pit & The Pendulum

Edgar Allan Poe's The Pit & The Pendulum · 2009

Edgar Allan Poe's The Pit & The Pendulum

Seven students answer an advertisement to participate in an experiment to explore how the sensation of pain can be eliminated. Arriving at a secluded institute, they are welcomed by mysterious scientist JB Divay. Initially, JB's fascination with hypnosis, clocks and cactus plants are dismissed by the group as mere eccentricities. But as the students begin to disappear one by one, they begin to question JB's true intentions.

Short Story

The Pit and the Pendulum

The Pit and the Pendulum · 1991

The Pit and the Pendulum

MovieHorrorRomance

Set during the height of Spanish Inquisition. The beautiful and kind-hearted Maria is arrested as a witch when she inadvertently cries out in horror at the public whipping of a child. As Maria’s husband Antonio tries to save her, Torquemada, the Grand Inquisitor, determines to punish Maria with torture for the desire she inflames in him. Loosely based on Edgar Allen Poe's classic short story.

Short Story

Tales of Terror

Tales of Terror · 1962

Tales of Terror

MovieHorrorComedy

Three stories adapted from the work of Edgar Allen Poe: 1) A man and his daughter are reunited, but the blame for the death of his wife hangs over them, unresolved. 2) A derelict challenges the local wine-tasting champion to a competition, but finds the man's attention to his wife worthy of more dramatic action. 3) A man dying and in great pain agrees to be hypnotized at the moment of death, with unexpected consequences.

Short Story

The Masque of the Red Death

The Masque of the Red Death · 1964

The Masque of the Red Death

MovieDramaHorror

A European prince terrorizes the local peasantry while using his castle as a refuge against the "Red Death" plague that stalks the land.

Short Story

Edgar Allan Poe's House of Usher

Edgar Allan Poe's House of Usher · 2008

Edgar Allan Poe's House of Usher

Victor Reynolds arrives at the notorious House of Usher, whereupon he is greeted by old acquaintances Roderick and Madeline Usher and their servant, Markus. As Victor uncovers more about the history of the house and the disappearances of those that entered it previously, he begins to realize that he is in mortal danger.

Short Story

The Fall of the House of Usher

The Fall of the House of Usher · 1982

The Fall of the House of Usher

MovieMysteryAnimation

In this animated version of Edgar Allan Poe's story, a traveller arrives at the Usher mansion to find that the sibling inhabitants are living under a mysterious family curse. The brother's senses have become painfully acute, while his sister has become nearly catatonic.

Short Story

Witchfinder General

Witchfinder General · 1968

Witchfinder General

MovieDramaHistory

England, 1645. The cruel civil war between Royalists and Parliamentarians that is ravaging the country causes an era of chaos and legal arbitrariness that allows unscrupulous men to profit by exploiting the absurd superstitions of the peasants; like Matthew Hopkins, a monster disguised as a man who wanders from town to town offering his services as a witch hunter.

Poem

The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism

The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism · 1967

The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism

MovieHorrorMystery

In the Olden Tymes, Count Regula is drawn and quartered for killing twelve virgins in his dungeon torture chamber. Thirty-five years later, he comes back to seek revenge on the daughter of his intended thirteenth victim and the son of his prosecutor in order to attain immortal life.

Short Story

The Black Cat

The Black Cat · 1934

MovieHorrorThriller

After a road accident in Hungary, the American honeymooners Joan and Peter and the enigmatic Dr. Werdegast find refuge in the house of the famed architect Hjalmar Poelzig, who shares a dark past with the doctor.

Short Story

Edgar Allan Poe's Lighthouse Keeper

Edgar Allan Poe's Lighthouse Keeper · 2016

Edgar Allan Poe's Lighthouse Keeper

MovieHorrorMystery

Marooned on a remote peninsula and haunted by frightening specters, a young man must confront the grotesque denizens of the night, or heed the Lighthouse Keeper's cryptic warning to, 'Always keep a light burning!'

Short Story

Tell-Tale

Tell-Tale · 2009

MovieDramaHorror

A man's recently transplanted heart leads him on a frantic search to find the donor's killer before a similar fate befalls him.

Short Story

Murders in the Rue Morgue

Murders in the Rue Morgue · 1971

Murders in the Rue Morgue

MovieCrimeHorror

In Paris, in the beginning of the Twentieth Century, Cesar Charron owns a theater at the Rue Morgue where he performs the play "Murders in the Rue Morgue" with his wife Madeleine Charron, who has dreadful nightmares. When there are several murders by acid of people connected to Cesar, the prime suspect of Inspector Vidocq would be Cesar's former partner Rene Marot. But Marot murdered Madeleine's mother many years ago and committed suicide immediately after.

Short Story

The Oblong Box

The Oblong Box · 1969

Evil lurks in the gloomy house at Markham Manor where a deranged Sir Edward is the chained prisoner of his brother Julian. When Sir Edward escapes, he embarks on a monstrous killing spree, determined to seek revenge on all those whom he feels have double-crossed him.

Short Story

The Premature Burial

The Premature Burial · 1962

The Premature Burial

MovieHorrorDrama

An artist grows distant from his new wife as an irrational fear of premature burial consumes him.

Short Story

The Simpsons

The Simpsons · 1989

SeriesAnimationComedy

Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, as well as a virtual cast of thousands. Since the beginning, the series has been a pop culture icon, attracting hundreds of celebrities to guest star. The show has also made name for itself in its fearless satirical take on politics, media and American life in general.

Short Story

American Playhouse

American Playhouse · 1982

American Playhouse

SeriesDramaComedy

American Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.

Short Story

The Fall of the House of Usher

The Fall of the House of Usher · 2023

The Fall of the House of Usher

SeriesMysteryDrama

To secure their fortune — and future — two ruthless siblings build a family dynasty that begins to crumble when their heirs mysteriously die, one by one.

Short Story

Centre Play

Centre Play · 1973

Anthology series of half hour plays produced in BBC's Television Centre's studios.

Short Story

Mystery and Imagination

Mystery and Imagination · 1966

Mystery and Imagination

SeriesDramaMystery

Mystery and Imagination is a British television anthology of classic horror and supernatural dramas. Five series were broadcast from 1966 to 1970 on ITV and produced by ABC and Thames Television.

Short Story

Tales to Keep You Awake

Tales to Keep You Awake · 1966

Tales to Keep You Awake

SeriesDramaComedy

Tales of terror by established authors such as Ray Bradbury or Edgar Allan Poe, as well as original scripts.

Short Story

Theatre Macabre

Theatre Macabre · 1971

Theatre Macabre

SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyMystery

Horror legend Christopher Lee hosts this anthology in the tradition of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, each half-hour episode adapting a story from a classic author, with tales by Edgar Allen Poe, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Ambrose Bierce, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Oscar Wilde.

Short Story

Armchair Theatre

Armchair Theatre · 1956

Armchair Theatre

Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and later by Thames Television from mid-1968.

Story

Tales of Mystery and Imagination

Tales of Mystery and Imagination · 1995

Tales of Mystery and Imagination

Horror stories by Edgar Allen Poe dramatized and introduced by horror actor Sir Christopher Lee.

Writer

Racconti fantastici

Racconti fantastici · 1979

Racconti fantastici

Four Edgar Allan Poe adaptations running an hour apiece, including "Night in the House of Usher," "Ligeia Forever," "The Delusion of William Wilson" and "The Fall of the House of Usher."

Original Story