Edgar Allan Poe Collection (Volume 1) ( Murders in the Rue Morgue / The Black Cat / The Raven / "American Masters" Edgar Allan Poe: Terror of the Soul / House of Usher / The Pit and the Pendulum / Tales of Terror / The Haunted Palace )

Edgar Allan Poe Collection (Volume 1) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Murders in the Rue Morgue / The Black Cat / The Raven / "American Masters" Edgar Allan Poe: Terror of the Soul / House of Usher / The 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 0 )

Running Time:
566 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

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

Movie filmed in 1932-1995 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

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

Written By:
Edgar Allan Poe
Robert Florey
Tom Reed
Dale Van Every
John Huston
Ethel M. Kelly

Peter Ruric
Edgar G. Ulmer
Tom Kilpatrick
Richard Matheson
Joyce Chopra
Kenneth Silverman
Daniel Blake Smith
Karen Thomas
Charles Beaumont
H.P. Lovecraft
Francis Ford Coppola

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
Ted Billings ..... Sideshow Spectator
Herman Bing ..... Franz Odenheimer
Joe Bonomo ..... Gorilla
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
Virginia Ainsworth ..... Cultist
Luis Alberni ..... Train Steward
Vincent Price ..... Dr. Erasmus Craven
Peter Lorre ..... Dr. Adolphus Bedlo
Boris Karloff ..... Dr. Scarabus
Hazel Court ..... Lenore Craven
Olive Sturgess ..... Estelle Craven
Jack Nicholson ..... Rexford Bedlo
Connie Wallace ..... Maid
William Baskin ..... Grimes
Aaron Saxon ..... Gort
Leo Gordon ..... Grimes (uncredited
Dick Johnstone ..... Roderick Craven
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 ..... Narrator
Philip Glass ..... Self
Vincent Price ..... Roderick Usher
Mark Damon ..... Philip Winthrop
Myrna Fahey ..... Madeline Usher
Harry Ellerbe ..... Bristol
David Andar ..... Ghost
Mario Bellini ..... Ghost
Bill Borzage ..... Ghost
Eleanor LeFaber ..... Ghost
Nadajan ..... Ghost
Ruth Oklander ..... Ghost
George Paul ..... Ghost
Géraldine Paulette ..... Ghost
Vincent Price ..... Nicholas Medina / Sebastian 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
Randee Lynne Jensen ..... Extra
Vincent Price ..... Locke / Fortunato Luchresi / Ernest Valdemar
Maggie Pierce ..... Lenora (segment "Morella")
Leona Gage ..... Morella (segment "Morella")
Peter Lorre ..... Montresor (segment "The Black Cat")
Joyce Jameson ..... Annabel (segment "The Black Cat")
Basil Rathbone ..... Carmichael (segment "The Case of M. Valdemar")
Debra Paget ..... Helene (segment "The Case of M. Valdemar")
David Frankham ..... Dr. James (segment "The Case of M. Valdemar")
Lennie Weinrib ..... Policeman (segment "The Black Cat")
Wally Campo ..... Barman Wilkins (segment "The Black Cat")
Alan DeWitt ..... Chairman of Wine Society (segment "The Black Cat")
John Hackett ..... Policeman (segment "The Black Cat")
Vincent Price ..... Charles Dexter Ward / Joseph Curwen
Debra Paget ..... Ann Ward
Lon Chaney Jr. ..... Simon Orne
Frank Maxwell ..... Dr. Marinus Willet / Priam Willet
Leo Gordon ..... Edgar Weeden / Ezra Weeden
Elisha Cook Jr. ..... Peter Smith / Micah Smith
John Dierkes ..... Benjamin West / Jacob West
Milton Parsons ..... Jabez Hutchinson
Cathie Merchant ..... Hester Tillinghast
Guy Wilkerson ..... Gideon Leach / Mr. Leach
I. Stanford Jolley ..... Carmody, Coachman
Harry Ellerbe ..... Minister

Synopsis:

Murders in the Rue Morgue: 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: Honeymooning in Hungary, Joan and Peter Allison share their train compartment with Dr. Vitus Verdegast, a courtly but tragic man who is returning to the remains of the town he defended before becoming a prisoner of war for fifteen years. When their hotel-bound bus crashes in a mountain storm and Joan is injured, the travellers seek refuge in the home, built fortress-like upon the site of a bloody battlefield, of famed architect Hjalmar Poelzig. There, cat-phobic Verdegast learns his wife's fate, grieves for his lost daughter, and must play a game of chess for Allison's life. The Raven: In this tongue-in-cheek movie inspired by Poe's poem, Dr. Craven is the son of a great sorcerer (now dead) who was once himself quite skilled at that profession, but has since abandoned it. One evening, a cowardly fool of a magician named Bedlo comes to Craven for help - the evil Scarabus has turned him into a raven and he needs someone to change him back. He also tells the reluctant wizard that Craven's long-lost wife Lenore, whom he loved greatly and thought dead, is living with the despised Scarabus. 'American Masters' Edgar Allan Poe: Terror of the Soul: 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: Philip Winthrop calls upon his fiancée, Madeline Usher, at her family home. His presence is unwelcome, especially to Madeline's brother, Roderick. Roderick explains that the Ushers are cursed, suffering from hereditary physical defects. By Madeline marrying Winthrop this would only likely continue the affliction. It soon becomes clear that something sinister is afoot: not only due to Roderick's determination to prevent Madeline from leaving but also due to the evil that seems to lurk in the house itself. The Pit and the Pendulum: 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: 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: Loosely based on H.P. Lovecraft's novel THE CASE OF CHARLES DEXTER WARD, this fright flick opens with a warlock placing a curse on a group of villagers about to burn him at the stake. Generations later, the warlock's descendant returns to the village to pick up where his ancestor left off.

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