Allan 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.
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.
Movie | Drama, Horror | France, Italy | French, Italian
Director
Federico Fellini, Louis Malle, Roger Vadim
Writer
Edgar Allan Poe, Roger Vadim, Pascal Cousin
Cast
Jane Fonda, Brigitte Bardot, Alain Delon
Plot
A trio of Edgar Allan Poe adaptations about a cruel countess haunted by her cousin's stallion, a sadistic soldier haunted by his doppelgänger, and an alcoholic actor haunted by the Devil.
Three 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.
A string of murders are committed near the estate of a degenerate author, whose abusive relationship with his wife is further complicated by the arrival of his manipulative niece.
Giovanni Grimaldi, Bruno Corbucci, Edgar Allan Poe
Cast
Barbara Steele, Georges Riviere, Margrete Robsahm
Plot
A 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.
Edgar Allan Poe, Lawrence Huntington, Christopher Wicking
Cast
Vincent Price, Alister Williamson, Christopher Lee
Plot
Aristocrat 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.
Movie | Drama, Horror | Italy, France | English, Italian
Director
Federico Fellini
Writer
Edgar Allan Poe, Bernardino Zapponi
Cast
Terence Stamp, Monica Pardo, Anne Tonietti
Plot
During a trip to Rome, a debauched Shakespearian actor is tormented by fans, the press, the Italian film industry and the Devil - who appears as a little girl seeking to collect his head.
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.
Movie | Animation, Comedy | Czech, Slovakia | Czech
Director
Jan Svankmajer
Writer
Edgar Allan Poe, Marquis de Sade, Jan Svankmajer
Cast
Jan Traska, Pavel Liska, Anna Geislerova¡
Plot
A 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 pre...
Suddenly appearing in Florence, an evil seductress causes Cesare, the city's ruler, and his son to both fall madly in love with her. The son, killing his father before an order to torture the woman can be carried out, then turns t...
An 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.
