Edgar Allan Poe Collection (8 Films) - 3-DVD Set ( Murders in the Rue Morgue / The Black Cat / The Raven / Edgar Allan Poe: Terror of the Soul / House of Usher / Pit and the Pendulum / Tales of Terror / The Haunted Palace )

Edgar Allan Poe Collection (8 Films) - 3-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

$59.99

Original Title: Murders in the Rue Morgue / The Black Cat / The Raven / Edgar Allan Poe: Terror of the Soul / House of Usher / Pit and the Pendulum / Tales of Terror / The Haunted Palace
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Golden Globes
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
560 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
3-DVD Set
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1932 - 1963 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Robert Florey
Edgar G. Ulmer
Lew Landers
Joyce Chopra
Karen Thomas
Roger Corman

Written By:
Edgar Allan Poe
Robert Florey
Peter Ruric
David Boehm
Joyce Chopra
Richard Matheson
Charles Beaumont

Actors:
Sidney Fox ..... Mlle. Camille L'Espanaye
Bela Lugosi ..... Dr. Mirakle
Leon Ames ..... Pierre Dupin
Bert Roach ..... Paul
Betty Ross Clarke ..... Mme. L'Espanaye
Brandon Hurst ..... Prefect of Police
D'Arcy Corrigan ..... Morgue Keeper
Noble Johnson ..... Janos The Black One
Arlene Francis ..... Woman of the Streets
Boris Karloff ..... Hjalmar Poelzig
Bela Lugosi ..... Dr. Vitus Werdegast
David Manners ..... Peter Alison
Julie Bishop ..... Joan Alison
Egon Brecher ..... The Majordomo
Harry Cording ..... Thamal
Lucille Lund ..... Karen
Henry Armetta ..... The Sergeant
Albert Conti ..... The Lieutenant
Boris Karloff ..... Edmond Bateman
Bela Lugosi ..... Dr. Richard Vollin
Lester Matthews ..... Dr. Jerry Halden (Credits)
Irene Ware ..... Jean Thatcher
Samuel S. Hinds ..... Judge Thatcher
Spencer Charters ..... Geoffrey (Credits) / Col. Bertram Grant
Inez Courtney ..... Mary Burns
Ian Wolfe ..... Col. Bertram Grant (Credits) / Geoffrey 'Pinky'
Maidel Turner ..... Harriet
Anne Darling ..... Autograph Hound (scenes deleted)
June Gittelson ..... Autograph Hound (scenes deleted)
Joe Haworth ..... Drug Clerk (scenes deleted)
Mary Wallace ..... Autograph Hound (scenes deleted)
Eric Christmas ..... Old Man
Sky Rumph ..... Little Edgar
Michelle Joyner ..... Eliza Poe
Pam Van Sant ..... Kind Lady
Devyn Puett ..... Virginia Poe
Marianne Muellerleile ..... Maria Clemm
Robert Dowdell ..... Minister
Val Bettin ..... John Latrobe
Rene Auberjonois ..... Fortunato (segment 'The Cask of Amontillado')
Ruby Dee ..... Narrato
Philip Glass ..... Himself
John Heard ..... Montresor (segment 'The Cask of Amontillado')
Alfred Kazin ..... Himself
Tony Maggio ..... Edgar Allan Poe
Patrick Quinn ..... Himself
Heidi Schooler ..... Courtesan (segment 'The Cask of Amontillado')
Kenneth Silverman ..... Himself
Richard Wilbur ..... Himself
Vincent Price ..... Roderick Usher
Mark Damon ..... Philip Winthrop
Myrna Fahey ..... Madeline Usher
Harry Ellerbe ..... Bristol
Vincent Price ..... Nicholas Medina
John Kerr ..... Francis Barnard
Barbara Steele ..... Elizabeth Barnard Medina
Luana Anders ..... Catherine Medina
Antony Carbone ..... Doctor Charles Leon
Patrick Westwood ..... Maximillian
Lynette Bernay ..... Maria
Larry Turner ..... Nicholas as a Child
Mary Menzies ..... Isabella
Charles Victor ..... Bartolome
Vincent Price ..... Locke
Fortunato Luchresi ..... Lenora (segment 'Morella')
Ernest Valdemar ..... Morella (segment 'Morella')
Maggie Pierce ..... Montresor (segment 'The Black Cat')
Leona Gage ..... Annabel (segment 'The Black Cat')
Peter Lorre ..... Carmichael (segment 'The Case of M. Valdemar')
Joyce Jameson ..... Helene (segment 'The Case of M. Valdemar')
Basil Rathbone ..... Dr. James (segment 'The Case of M. Valdemar')
Debra Paget ..... Policeman (segment 'The Black Cat')
David Frankham ..... Barman Wilkins (segment 'The Black Cat')
Lennie Weinrib ..... Chairman of Wine Society (segment 'The Black Cat')
Wally Campo ..... Policeman (segment 'The Black Cat')
Alan DeWitt ..... Driver (segment 'Morella')
John Hackett ..... Servant (segment 'The Case of M. Valdemar')
Edmund Cobb
Scott Brown
Vincent Price ..... Charles Dexter Ward
Joseph Curwen ..... Ann Ward
Debra Paget ..... Simon Orne
Lon Chaney Jr. ..... Dr. Marinus Willet / Priam Willet
Frank Maxwell ..... Edgar Weeden /
Leo Gordon ..... Peter Smith / Micah Smith
Ezra Weeden ..... Benjamin West / Jacob West
Elisha Cook Jr. ..... Jabez Hutchinson
John Dierkes ..... Hester Tillinghast
Milton Parsons ..... Gideon Leach / Mr. Leach
Cathie Merchant ..... Carmody, Coachman
Guy Wilkerson ..... Minister
I. Stanford Jolley ..... Mrs. Weeden
Harry Ellerbe ..... Miss Fitch
Barboura Morris ..... Bruno, the Bartender
Darlene Lucht
Bruno VeSota

Synopsis:

Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)
A mad scientist seeks to mingle human blood with that of an ape, and resorts to kidnapping women for his experiments.
The Black Cat (1934)
American honeymooners in Hungary are trapped in the home of a Satan-worshiping priest when the bride is taken there for medical help following a road accident.
The Raven (1935)
A brilliant surgeon obsessed with Poe saves the life of a beautiful dancer and goes mad when he can't have her.
American Masters Edgar Allan Poe: Terror of the Soul (1995)
An examination of the author's life and a look at the specifics of some of his written works.
House of Usher / The Fall of the House of Usher (1960)
A man, upon entering his fiancées's family mansion, discovers a savage family curse and fears that his future brother-in-law has entombed his bride-to-be prematurely.
Pit and the Pendulum (1961)
Nicholas Medina is plagued with nightmares that he has buried his wife alive...
Tales of Terror (1962)
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.
The Haunted Palace (1963)
Charles Dexter Ward arrives at a small village to visit the house he inherited from his ancestor who died there 100 years ago.

Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)
In 19th Century Paris, the maniacal Dr. Mirakle abducts young women and injects them with ape blood in an attempt to prove ape-human kinship. He constantly meets failure as the abducted women die. Medical student Pierre Dupin discovers what Mirakle is doing too late to prevent the abduction of his girlfriend Camille. Now he desperately tries to enlist the help of the police to get her back.
The Black Cat (1934)
Traveling by train in Hungary on their honeymoon, Joan and Peter Alison meet Dr. Vitus Wendergast who is on a voyage home after being incarcerated as a prisoner of war for 15 years. At their destination, they share a hotel bus but an accident leaves Joan slightly injured and they soon find themselves as guests in the home of Hjalmar Poelzig, the man Wendergast blames not only for his incarceration but for taking away his beloved wife and daughter.
The Raven (1935)
A wealthy judge coaxes the brilliant but eccentric neurological surgeon Dr. Vollin (Lugosi), who also has an obsessive penchant for Edgar Allen Poe, out of retirement to save the life of his daughter, a dancer crippled and brain damaged in an auto wreck. Vollin restores her completely, but also envisions her as his "Lenore," and cooks up a scheme to kidnap the woman and torture and kill her fiance' and father in his Poe-inspired dungeon. To do his dirty work, Vollin recruits a wanted criminal (Karloff), and turns him into a hideous monster to guarantee his subservience.
American Masters Edgar Allan Poe: Terror of the Soul (1995)
Comprised of interviews with Poe scholars, dramatic sequences, and an adaptation of 'The Cask of Amontillado', this documentary covers the life of Edgar Allen Poe thoroughly from a number of perspectives.
House of Usher / The Fall of the House of Usher (1960)
After a long journey, Philip arrives at the Usher mansion seeking his loved one, Madeline. Upon arriving, however, he discovers that Madeline and her brother Roderick Usher have been afflicted with a mysterious malady: Roderick's senses have become painfully acute, while Madeline has become catatonic. That evening, Roderick tells his guest of an old Usher family curse: any time there has been more than one Usher child, all of the siblings have gone insane and died horrible deaths. As the days wear on, the effects of the curse reach their terrifying climax.
Pit and the Pendulum (1961)
Francis Barnard goes to Spain, when he hears his sister Elizabeth has died. Her husband Nicholas Medina, the son of the brutest torturer of the Spanish Inquisition, tells him she has died of a blood disease, but Francis finds this hard to believe. After some investigating he finds out that it was extreme fear that was fatal to his sister and that she may have been buried alive! Strange things then start to happen in the Medina castle.
Tales of Terror (1962)
Three stories adapted from the work of Edgar Allen Poe. A man and his daughter are reunited, but the blame for the death of his wife hangs over them, unresolved. 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. A man dying and in great pain agrees to be hypnotized at the moment of death, with unexpected consequences.
The Haunted Palace (1963)
Charles Dexter Ward travels with his wife to Arkham to inspect a large house he has inherited. It was once owned by his great grandfather Joseph Curwen, a disciple of the devil, who cursed the local villagers as they burned him at the stake. Everyone is hostile to Ward, blaming the curse for the number of mutants in the village. Indeed, Ward's arrival allows Curwen to take over his body and restart his evil ways by revenging himself on the descendants of those who killed him.

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