Tales of Mystery and Imagination

• E1

  The Fall of the House of Usher

  A stranger visits the isolated home of the Usher family.

  1995-09-07 · 25m
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• E2

  The Oval Portrait

  An artist's obsessive quest for perfection is literally life-consuming.

  1995-09-14 · 25m
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• E3

  Berenice

  Gentleman suffering from monomania has a secret and very bizarre obsession involving his new wife.

  1995-09-21 · 25m
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• E4

  The Black Cat

  A wife-murderer falls foul of a cat.

  1995-09-28 · 24m
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• E5

  Ligeia

  Ligeia was a larger-than-life personality. And perhaps she's larger than death, too.

  1995-10-05 · 24m
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• E6

  The Cask of Amontillado

  Montresor is not as fond of Fortunato as the latter believes, and when he invited Fortunato to taste some special Amontillado sherry down in the cellar, he has a hidden agenda.

  1995-10-12 · 24m
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• E7

  Mr. Valdemar

  A dying Mr. Valdemar agrees to a hypnotist's experiment. Just before Valdemar's death, he will be placed in a state of hypnosis.

  1995-10-19 · 26m
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• E8

  The Tell-Tale Heart

  A murderer is haunted by the sound of his victim's heart, still somehow beating.

  1995-10-26 · 25m
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• E9

  Morella

  An unnamed narrator marries Morella, a philosophy scholar, who spends most of her time in bed reading and teaching. Realizing her deterioration, her husband becomes frightened and wishes for his wife's death and eternal peace.

  1995-11-02 · 26m
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• E10

  The Pit and the Pendulum

  The pendulum swings ever lower into the pit, at whose base a man is bound and immobilized; and its blade is razor-sharp.

  1995-11-09 · 25m
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• E11

  The Masque of the Red Death - Part 1

  Outside, the terrible disease called the Red Death is ravaging the countryside; but inside the Prince Prospero prepares an elaborate masquerade party.

  1995-11-16 · 25m
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• E12

  The Masque of the Red Death - Part 2

  A horrible figure intrudes upon Prospero's masquerade party.

  1995-11-23 · 24m
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• E13

  Biographical Portrait

  This short biography of Poe commences with his marriage to child bride Virginia.

  1995-11-30 · 25m
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Top cast

Christopher Lee

Narrator