Edgar Allan Poe Adaptions (Best to Worst)
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1. The Pit and the Pendulum (1961)
Not Rated | 80 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
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.
Director: Roger Corman | Stars: Vincent Price, Barbara Steele, John Kerr, Luana Anders
Votes: 16,402 | Gross: $4.36M
2. House of Usher (1960)
Approved | 79 min | Drama, Horror
Upon entering his fiancée's family mansion, a man discovers a savage family curse and fears that his future brother-in-law has entombed his bride-to-be prematurely.
Director: Roger Corman | Stars: Vincent Price, Mark Damon, Myrna Fahey, Harry Ellerbe
Votes: 15,444 | Gross: $3.16M
3. The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
Not Rated | 89 min | Drama, Horror
A European prince terrorizes the local peasantry while using his castle as a refuge against the "Red Death" plague that stalks the land.
Director: Roger Corman | Stars: Vincent Price, Hazel Court, Jane Asher, David Weston
Votes: 16,236
4. Tales of Terror (1962)
Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
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.
Director: Roger Corman | Stars: Vincent Price, Maggie Pierce, Leona Gage, Peter Lorre
Votes: 8,381
5. The Raven (1963)
G | 86 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
A magician, who has been turned into a raven, turns to a former sorcerer for help.
Director: Roger Corman | Stars: Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff, Hazel Court
Votes: 13,551
6. The Tomb of Ligeia (1964)
Not Rated | 82 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A man's obsession with his dead wife drives a wedge between him and his new bride.
Director: Roger Corman | Stars: Vincent Price, Elizabeth Shepherd, John Westbrook, Derek Francis
Votes: 6,884
7. Murders in the Rue Morgue (1971)
PG-13 | 87 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
Paris...at the turn of the century. Inspector Vidocq investigates a series of unexplained murders at a Grand Guignol-type theatre...where the players have suddenly become real-life victims. Based on the story by Edgar Allan Poe.
Director: Gordon Hessler | Stars: Jason Robards, Herbert Lom, Christine Kaufmann, Adolfo Celi
Votes: 1,552
8. Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)
Passed | 61 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A mad scientist seeks to mingle human blood with that of an ape, and resorts to kidnapping women for his experiments.
Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Bela Lugosi, Sidney Fox, Leon Ames, Bert Roach
Votes: 5,261
9. The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1986 TV Movie)
PG | 100 min | Crime, Mystery, Horror
A detective comes out of retirement to help his daughter's fiance prove that he did not commit a series of murders.
Director: Jeannot Szwarc | Stars: George C. Scott, Rebecca De Mornay, Ian McShane, Neil Dickson
Votes: 1,364
10. The Pit and the Pendulum (1991)
R | 97 min | Horror, Romance
Horror film set in 1492 Toledo, Spain, depicting the cruel deeds of a monk named Torquemada, Grand Inquisitor of the Spanish Inquisition.
Director: Stuart Gordon | Stars: Lance Henriksen, Stephen Lee, William Norris, Mark Margolis
Votes: 5,451 | Gross: $0.00M
11. The Black Cat (1941)
Passed | 70 min | Comedy, Mystery
Elderly Henrietta Winslow lives in an isolated mansion with her housekeeper and beloved cats. As her health fails, her greedy relatives gather in anticipation of her death.
Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: Basil Rathbone, Hugh Herbert, Broderick Crawford, Bela Lugosi
Votes: 2,082
12. The Black Cat (1934)
Not Rated | 65 min | Crime, Horror, Romance
American honeymooners in Hungary become trapped in the home of a Satan-worshipping priest when the bride is taken there for medical help following a road accident.
Director: Edgar G. Ulmer | Stars: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, David Manners, Julie Bishop
Votes: 12,998 | Gross: $0.51M
13. The Tell-Tale Heart (1960)
78 min | Horror
While called the Tell Tale Heart, the plot differs significantly from Poe's short story of the same name.
Director: Ernest Morris | Stars: Laurence Payne, Adrienne Corri, Dermot Walsh, Selma Vaz Dias
Votes: 614
14. The Tell-Tale Heart (2016)
Not Rated | 81 min | Thriller
A haunting account of a tormented man who continually re-admits himself into a medical facility, in a futile attempt to escape from his pending madness. Based on Edgar Allan Poe's poem "The Tell-Tale Heart".
Director: John La Tier | Stars: Patrick John Flueger, Rose McGowan, Peter Bogdanovich, Jacob Vargas
Votes: 315
15. Buried Alive (1989)
R | 91 min | Horror, Thriller
A new teacher at a facility for juvenile delinquent girls starts to suspect foul play when girls begin to inexplicably disappear one by one.
Director: Gérard Kikoïne | Stars: Robert Vaughn, Donald Pleasence, Karen Lorre, John Carradine
Votes: 1,180
16. The Haunting of Morella (1990)
R | 82 min | Horror, Romance, Thriller
Loosely based on the short story by Edgar Allan Poe, a witch is sent to death, only to try & return from the grave, seventeen years later, to possess her daughter's adult body.
Director: Jim Wynorski | Stars: Nicole Eggert, David McCallum, Christopher Halsted, Lana Clarkson
Votes: 1,016 | Gross: $1.55M
17. Once Upon a Midnight Dreary (2003)
112 min | Thriller
Every town has their own stories but none compare to the stories of terror that come from this one. No matter how much they try, the people can't escape the evil that lives here. Four ... See full summary »
Director: Mike M. Burke | Stars: Mike M. Burke, Sarah Elliott, Israel Colon, Katie Spades
Votes: 15
18. The Raven (I) (2012)
R | 110 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
When a madman begins committing horrific murders inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's works, a young Baltimore detective joins forces with Poe to stop him from making his stories a reality.
Director: James McTeigue | Stars: John Cusack, Alice Eve, Luke Evans, Brendan Gleeson
Votes: 88,294 | Gross: $16.01M
19. The Raven (1935)
Approved | 61 min | Crime, Horror
A brilliant surgeon with a morbid obsession for instruments of torture grows dangerously obsessed with a young socialite whose life he's saved.
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Lester Matthews, Irene Ware
Votes: 6,649
20. Revenge in the House of Usher (1983)
Not Rated | 93 min | Horror
A young doctor visits the secluded home of his ailing mentor - Eric Usher - who believes the house itself is alive and plotting to drive him insane, manifesting itself through ghostly apparitions.
Directors: Jesús Franco, Olivier Mathot | Stars: Howard Vernon, Antonio Mayans, Lina Romay, Fata Morgana
Votes: 573
21. The Fall of the House of Usher (2023)
TV-MA | 62 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Siblings Roderick and Madeline Usher have built a pharmaceutical company into an empire of wealth, privilege and power; however, secrets come to light when the heirs to the Usher dynasty start dying.
Stars: Carla Gugino, Bruce Greenwood, Mary McDonnell, Henry Thomas
Votes: 109,012
22. The Premature Burial (1962)
Unrated | 81 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
An artist grows distant from his new wife as an irrational horror of premature burial consumes him.
Director: Roger Corman | Stars: Ray Milland, Hazel Court, Richard Ney, Heather Angel
Votes: 4,860
23. The Oblong Box (1969)
R | 96 min | Horror
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.
Director: Gordon Hessler | Stars: Vincent Price, Alister Williamson, Christopher Lee, Rupert Davies
Votes: 3,928
24. Two Evil Eyes (1990)
R | 120 min | Horror
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.
Directors: Dario Argento, George A. Romero | Stars: Adrienne Barbeau, Harvey Keitel, Ramy Zada, Bingo O'Malley
Votes: 8,142 | Gross: $0.35M
25. Extraordinary Tales (2013)
Not Rated | 73 min | Animation, Horror, Mystery
An animated anthology of five tales adapted from Edgar Allan Poe's stories.
Director: Raul Garcia | Stars: Christopher Lee, Bela Lugosi, Julian Sands, Guillermo del Toro
Votes: 3,562
26. Edgar Allan Poe's Lighthouse Keeper (2016)
88 min | Horror
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!'
Director: Benjamin Cooper | Stars: Vernon Wells, Matt O'Neill, Rachel Riley, Monty Wall
Votes: 1,596
27. Edgar Allan Poe's Ligeia (2022)
100 min | Horror
Based upon the short story by Edgar Allan Poe.
Director: Griffith Mehaffey | Stars: Ryan Anthony Williams, Kelsey White, Christina Campos, Frank Dolansky
Votes: 30
28. Stonehearst Asylum (2014)
PG-13 | 112 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
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.
Director: Brad Anderson | Stars: Kate Beckinsale, Jim Sturgess, David Thewlis, Brendan Gleeson
Votes: 60,372
29. Witchfinder General (1968)
Unrated | 86 min | Drama, Horror
A young soldier seeks to put an end to the evils caused by a vicious witch-hunter when the latter terrorizes his fiancée and kills her uncle.
Director: Michael Reeves | Stars: Vincent Price, Ian Ogilvy, Rupert Davies, Patrick Wymark
Votes: 12,224
30. The Haunted Palace (1963)
Not Rated | 87 min | Horror
Charles Dexter Ward arrives at a small village to visit the house he inherited from his ancestor who died there 100 years ago.
Director: Roger Corman | Stars: Vincent Price, Debra Paget, Lon Chaney Jr., Frank Maxwell
Votes: 8,469 | Gross: $2.62M
31. Spirits of the Dead (1968)
R | 121 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
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.
Directors: Federico Fellini, Louis Malle, Roger Vadim | Stars: Jane Fonda, Brigitte Bardot, Alain Delon, Terence Stamp
Votes: 6,945
32. Tell Tale (2009)
R | 93 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
A man's newly transplanted heart leads him on a dangerous journey to find out who murdered its donor.
Director: Michael Cuesta | Stars: Josh Lucas, Lena Headey, Brian Cox, Bea Miller
Votes: 5,276
33. Lunacy (2005)
Not Rated | 118 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
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 predicted.
Director: Jan Svankmajer | Stars: Jan Tríska, Pavel Liska, Anna Geislerová, Martin Huba
Votes: 3,951 | Gross: $0.05M
34. The Black Cat (1981)
R | 92 min | Horror
A professor with the psychic ability to communicate with the dead uses his powers on his pet cat in order to take vengeance upon his enemies.
Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Patrick Magee, Mimsy Farmer, David Warbeck, Al Cliver
Votes: 4,242
35. Castle of Blood (1964)
Not Rated | 87 min | Horror
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.
Directors: Antonio Margheriti, Sergio Corbucci | Stars: Barbara Steele, Georges Rivière, Margrete Robsahm, Arturo Dominici
Votes: 2,787
36. The Tomb (2009)
R | 89 min | Horror, Thriller
An engaged writer falls under the spell of a mysterious temptress who steals souls.
Director: Michael Staininger | Stars: Wes Bentley, Kaitlin Doubleday, Sofya Skya, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Votes: 1,814
37. The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism (1967)
M | 84 min | Horror, Mystery
A Count executed for murdering twelve virgins in a bid for immortality returns to life, seeking revenge on the daughter of his intended thirteenth victim and the son of his prosecutor.
Director: Harald Reinl | Stars: Lex Barker, Karin Dor, Christopher Lee, Carl Lange
Votes: 2,604
38. An Evening of Edgar Allan Poe (1970)
Unrated | 53 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
"An Evening of Edgar Allan Poe" sees Vincent Price reciting four Edgar Allen Poe stories: The Tell-Tale Heart, The Sphinx, The Cask of Amontillado, and The Pit and the Pendulum.
Director: Kenneth Johnson | Star: Vincent Price
Votes: 1,145
39. Dr. Tarr's Torture Dungeon (1973)
R | 82 min | Horror
The inmates of an insane asylum take over the institution, imprison the doctors and staff, then put into action their own ideas of how the place should be run.
Director: Juan López Moctezuma | Stars: Claudio Brook, Arthur Hansel, Ellen Sherman, Martin LaSalle
Votes: 1,304
40. Phantom of the Rue Morgue (1954)
Approved | 83 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
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.
Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: Karl Malden, Claude Dauphin, Patricia Medina, Steve Forrest
Votes: 1,128 | Gross: $1.45M
41. Terror-Creatures from the Grave (1965)
Unrated | 85 min | Horror
A lawyer arrives at a castle to fix the estate of its recently deceased owner. The owner's wife and daughter reveal that his spirit is wandering around the castle with evil intentions.
Director: Massimo Pupillo | Stars: Barbara Steele, Walter Brandi, Mirella Maravidi, Alfredo Rizzo
Votes: 1,186
42. The House of Usher (1989)
R | 92 min | Horror
An engaged couple going to the man's uncle's house get into a car accident. The woman becomes trapped in the house with deranged residents and weird happenings.
Director: Alan Birkinshaw | Stars: Oliver Reed, Donald Pleasence, Romy Walthall, Rufus Swart
Votes: 831
43. Alone (2002)
R | 88 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Experience the fear as you're sucked into the disturbed mind of Alex. Tormented by harrowing voices of the past Alex searches for the one girl who can silence the horror of a tortured soul.... See full summary »
Director: Phil Claydon | Stars: Miriam Margolyes, John Shrapnel, Laurel Holloman, Isabel Brook
Votes: 666
44. Tale of a Vampire (1992)
R | 93 min | Horror, Drama, Romance
Condemned to life without end, and to an undying passion for a lost love he can never find, a vampire stalks a beautiful young woman.
Director: Shimako Sato | Stars: Julian Sands, Suzanna Hamilton, Kenneth Cranham, Marian Diamond
Votes: 792
45. The Blancheville Monster (1963)
Unrated | 88 min | Horror
The beautiful young daughter of a crazed count fears that she will fall victim to the family curse - to be sacrificed to fulfill an ancient family legend.
Director: Alberto De Martino | Stars: Gérard Tichy, Leo Anchóriz, Ombretta Colli, Helga Liné
Votes: 837
46. House of Usher (2008)
R | 84 min | Horror, Thriller
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 ... See full summary »
Director: David DeCoteau | Stars: Frank Mentier, Michael Cardelle, Jaimyse Haft, Jack Carlisle
Votes: 600 | Gross: $0.00M
47. Eerie Tales (1919)
112 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
A demon, a reaper, and the ghost of a prostitute read gothic short stories and act them out.
Director: Richard Oswald | Stars: Anita Berber, Conrad Veidt, Reinhold Schünzel, Hugo Döblin
Votes: 659
48. The Fall of the House of Usher (1950)
TV-14 | 70 min | Horror
1950. Horror. A traveller arrives at Usher mansion to visit his friend Roderick (Kaye Tendeter) and discovers that Roderick and his sister (Gwen Watford) have been inflicted with a strange disease.
Director: Ivan Barnett | Stars: Gwen Watford, Kaye Tendeter, Irving Steen, Vernon Charles
Votes: 570
49. The Pit and the Pendulum (2009)
TV-MA | 87 min | Horror, Thriller
Seven students join an experiment studying how pain can be eliminated. As students begin to disappear one by one, the true nature of the experiment is revealed.
Director: David DeCoteau | Stars: Lorielle New, Stephen Hansen, Bart Voitila, Michael King
Votes: 481
50. The Black Cat (1989)
R | 89 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
An actress starts seeing visions of a witch character called Levana, which she's supposed to play in an upcoming horror movie, and slowly begins to discover a supernatural plot against her life.
Director: Luigi Cozzi | Stars: Florence Guérin, Urbano Barberini, Caroline Munro, Brett Halsey
Votes: 790
51. Masque of the Red Death (1989)
R | 85 min | Horror, Thriller
With a deadly plague ravaging his Renaissance kingdom, Prince Prospero invites his friends to retire to the protection of his castle for ongoing revels, leaving the peasantry to die. But ... See full summary »
Director: Larry Brand | Stars: Patrick Macnee, Adrian Paul, Clare Hoak, Jeff Osterhage
Votes: 353
52. The Fall of the Louse of Usher: A Gothic Tale for the 21st Century (2002)
83 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Rock star Roddy Usher's wife is murdered and Rod is sent to a lunatic asylum in this gothic-comedy-horror-musical.
Director: Ken Russell | Stars: James Johnston, Elize Tribble Russell, Marie Findley, Ken Russell
Votes: 371
53. The Mummy Lives (1993)
PG-13 | 97 min | Horror
A mummy returns from the dead and becomes obsessed with a woman which he thinks is the reincarnation of his dead lover.
Director: Gerry O'Hara | Stars: Tony Curtis, Leslie Hardy, Greg Wrangler, Jacques Cohen
Votes: 425
54. Macabre Serenade (1968)
PG | 89 min | Horror, Mystery
Relatives of a recently deceased man meet at his eerie castle for a reading of the will. They encounter a sinister piano player who turns out to be a toy maker, and his toys are imbued with murderous intentions.
Directors: Juan Ibáñez, Jack Hill | Stars: Boris Karloff, Julissa, Andrés García, José Ángel Espinosa 'Ferrusquilla'
Votes: 393
55. Hatred of a Minute (2002)
Unrated | 83 min | Crime, Horror, Romance
A tragic love story/psychlogical thriller, Hatred of a Minute, is the story of a medical transcriptionist that becomes a serial killer because of his physically and mentally abusive past. ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Kallio | Stars: Gunnar Hansen, Michael Kallio, Tracee Newberry, Tim Lovelace
Votes: 282
56. Creepers (2014)
Not Rated | 93 min | Horror
One dark and stormy night the tax man pays a visit to an eccentric horror fan who keeps the unwelcome guest distracted by telling him 4 tales of terror from the stories of Joe R. Lansdale, Edgar Allan Poe, Lafcadio Hearn and Jeff Strand.
Directors: Mike Lyddon, Jeremiah Kipp, Gregory Lamberson, Christian Walker | Stars: Catherine Ashton, Thomas Mendolia, Christian Walker, Desiree Boyle
Votes: 388
57. The Masque of the Red Death (1989)
R | 93 min | Horror
Lovely photographer Rebecca winds up in a Bavarian castle at a "Masque of the Red Death" party hosted by the wealthy Ludwig. Mayhem ensues as assorted Poe story devices start doing away with the guests.
Director: Alan Birkinshaw | Stars: Frank Stallone, Brenda Vaccaro, Herbert Lom, Michelle McBride
Votes: 412
58. The Black Cat (1966)
73 min | Horror
A mentally unbalanced man is obsessed with the idea that a black cat is possessed. He tortures and kills it. Later, he comes to believe that the cat has returned from the dead to kill him.
Director: Harold Hoffman | Stars: Robert Frost, Robyn Baker, Sadie French, Scotty McKay
Votes: 440
59. One Minute Before Death (1972)
84 min | Horror
A plot to murder a rich woman results in her ending up in a catatonic state and buried alive.
Director: Rogelio A. González | Stars: Wanda Hendrix, Barry Coe, Gisele MacKenzie, Maray Ayres
Votes: 301
60. Animus: The Tell-Tale Heart (2015)
95 min | Horror, Thriller
Edgar Allan Poe's macabre masterpiece of murder and madness re-imagined as a modern day revenge thriller.
Director: Aaron Russman | Stars: Rick Dethlefsen, Axel Harney, Bruce Spielbauer, Brian Van Camp
Votes: 146
61. Bucket of Blood (1934)
55 min | Horror
A young man is driven mad by his obsession with the repulsive diseased eye of the old man who cares for him.
Director: Brian Desmond Hurst | Stars: Norman Dryden, John Kelt, Yolande Terrell, Thomas Shenton
Votes: 96
62. Requiem for the Damned (2012)
97 min | Horror, Thriller
Edgar Allan Poe. For nearly two hundred years his stories of the macabre have shocked and terrified audiences. And now, inspired by five of Poe's most terrifying tales, five filmmakers have... See full summary »
Directors: Johnny Bones, Tony Baez Milan, Aaron J. Shelton, Robert Tinnell, Anthony Vingas | Stars: Alexander Aloi, Keaghlan Ashley, Travis Ayers, Johnny Bones
Votes: 136
63. Legend of Horror (1971)
R | 75 min | Horror
Two men escape from prison and one starts a murder spree.
Director: Bill Davies | Stars: Ben Daniels, Narciso Ibáñez Serrador, Wayne Lundy, William Bates
Votes: 75
64. Master of Horror (1965)
GP | 61 min | Horror
An anthology film of two classic tales from Edgar Allan Poe. A re-edited and dubbed version of Masterworks of Terror (1960) for American cinemas.
Director: Enrique Carreras | Stars: Narciso Ibáñez Menta, Osvaldo Pacheco, Inés Moreno, Carlos Estrada
Votes: 116
65. Nightmares from the Mind of Poe (2006)
93 min | Biography, Drama, Horror
As depicted in the film, Edgar Allan Poe was plagued with nightmares and the deaths of those he loved throughout his life. Those nightmares and his tragic life were many times the basis for... See full summary »
Director: Ric White | Stars: James R. Anderson, David Ballasso, David Bayer, Dave Bielawski
Votes: 26
66. The Gold Bug (2009)
86 min | Horror, Thriller
A silent film adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's immortal tale 'The Gold Bug.' The finding of a gold scarab beetle and Captain William Kidd's treasure map leads William Legrand into an obsessed delirium.
Director: Spike Carpenter | Stars: Andrew J. Tornow, Allan Joseph-Gentle, Megan Captaine, Spike Carpenter
Votes: 17
67. The Raven (2007 TV Movie)
R | 81 min | Horror, Mystery, Romance
A lavish masquerade party in a creepy mansion takes a terrifying turn when a masked killer crashes the party. As the guests get picked off one by one, old grudges and new suspicions threaten everyone's survival.
Director: David DeCoteau | Stars: André Velts, Brian Mitchell, Litha Booi, André Dellow
Votes: 230
68. The Fall of the House of Usher (1979 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 101 min | Drama, Horror
It is the year 1839. Architect Jonathan Criswell receives a letter from his old friend Roderick Usher asking Jonathan to come and see him. Arriving along with his newlywed wife Jennifer, ... See full summary »
Director: James L. Conway | Stars: Martin Landau, Charlene Tilton, Ray Walston, Robert Hays
Votes: 225
69. Haunting Fear (1990 Video)
R | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
A woman has nightmares of being buried alive which somehow awakens a long-repressed enity inside her while her greedy, cheating husband plots to murder her for her money.
Director: Fred Olen Ray | Stars: Brinke Stevens, Jan-Michael Vincent, John Henry Richardson, Delia Sheppard
Votes: 608
70. The Raven (2006 Video)
R | 81 min | Crime, Fantasy, Horror
A classic horror from Edgar Allan Poe brought to life through the eyes of Horror Master Ulli Lommel!
Directors: Jeff Frentzen, Ulli Lommel | Stars: Jillian Swanson, Jack Quinn, Victoria Ullmann, Michelle Guest
Votes: 573
71. The Living Dead (1932)
89 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi, Horror
A crazed scientist murders his wife, walls her up, then flees. A reporter sets out to track him down.
Director: Richard Oswald | Stars: Paul Wegener, Maria Koppenhöfer, Blandine Ebinger, Eugen Klöpfer
Votes: 146
72.
Masters of Horror (2005–2007)
Episode:
The Black Cat
(2007)
TV-MA | 58 min | Horror
The Black Cat, set in 1840 Philadelphia, has the great writer Edgar Allan Poe, struggling with alcoholism, writers block, as well as being out of ideas, short on cash, and tormented by his ... See full summary »
Director: Stuart Gordon | Stars: Elyse Levesque, Jeffrey Combs, Aron Tager, Patrick Gallagher
Votes: 2,532
73.
Thriller (1960–1962)
Episode:
The Premature Burial
(1961)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
An aging millionaire survives being buried alive, but his devilish fiancée plans to take advantage of his next cataleptic seizure, by marrying him and then making sure he stays in his grave... See full summary »
Director: Douglas Heyes | Stars: Boris Karloff, Sidney Blackmer, Scott Marlowe, Patricia Medina
Votes: 185
74. The Avenging Conscience: or 'Thou Shalt Not Kill' (1914)
Not Rated | 78 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Prevented from dating his sweetheart by his uncle, a young man turns his thoughts to murder.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Henry B. Walthall, Spottiswoode Aitken, Blanche Sweet, George Siegmann
Votes: 1,427
75. Night of the Skull (1974)
82 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
After the unexpected death of a rich relative, the reading of his will brings a motley crew of greedy family members to a mansion by the sea to collect.
Director: Jesús Franco | Stars: Alberto Dalbés, Evelyne Scott, William Berger, Maribel Hidalgo
Votes: 420
76. The Crime of Doctor Crespi (1935)
Passed | 63 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A crazed scientist invents a serum that induces a catatonic state in whoever it is injected into. He uses the serum to paralyze his enemies, so that he can bury them alive.
Director: John H. Auer | Stars: Erich von Stroheim, Harriet Russell, Dwight Frye, Paul Guilfoyle
Votes: 399
77. Histoires extraordinaires à faire peur ou à faire rire... (1949)
88 min | Horror, Mystery
A group of policemen look over three murder cases including a cutthroat that prays on young women, a madman that hid his deformed landlord's corpse in the floor, and a wine aficionado who buries his friend alive.
Director: Jean Faurez | Stars: Fernand Ledoux, Suzy Carrier, Jules Berry, Paul Frankeur
Votes: 238
78. The Cask of Amontillado (2011)
21 min | Short, Drama, Horror
Montressor embarks on a mission of vengeance against an adversary, Fortunato, who crosses the line with an insult. Montressor lures him deep into his family catacombs with promises a very ... See full summary »
Director: Thad Ciechanowski | Stars: David Bielewicz, Ron Gielarowski, William Holden, W. Laszlo Holman
Votes: 18
79. Steven Berkoff's Tell Tale Heart (2019)
80 min | Thriller
Steven Berkoff's own feature length interpretation of Edgar Allan Poe's original short story about a servant who plots to murder his master because of his 'vulture' eye.
Director: Stephen Cookson | Stars: Hugh Skinner, Steven Berkoff, Dudley Sutton, Henry Goodman
Votes: 26
80. New Chilling Tales: The Anthology (2019)
64 min | Horror
Anthology of Classic Gothic Horror Stories.
Directors: Jesse Cordtz, Patricia Doyle, Greg Green | Stars: Martin Jarvis, Malcolm Tierney, Jane Merrow, Leon Ancliffe
Votes: 102
81. Terroir (2014)
103 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Wealthy wine maker Jonathan Bragg (Keith Carradine) hires Tuscan wine detective (Gaetano Guarino) to discover the source of a mysterious bottle of wine. Based on Edgar Allan Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado".
Director: John Jopson | Stars: Keith Carradine, Gaetano Guarino, Fabio Marini, Lina Otto
Votes: 55
82. Lenore (2014)
60 min | Romance
A young scholar is visited by three spirits after the death of his beloved Lenore. Will he find a way to cope with this overwhelming loss, or will he succumb to despair's final temptation?
Director: Griffith Mehaffey | Stars: Danielle Davis, Adam Dillon, Gideon Hodge, Eric Lewis
83. The Raven (III) (2010)
G | 85 min | Horror
In a new twist on the classic tale by Edgar Allen Poe: Allen is a notorious 1920's outlaw, haunted by a cowardly choice to leave his partner in crime, Lenore, dying so that he may flee capture. His soul shall be lifted nevermore.
Director: Ryan Cultrera | Stars: Vincent Price, Ariel Todd, Ari McKay Wilford
84. The House of Usher (2006)
R | 81 min | Drama, Thriller
Sinister thriller based on Edgar Allan Poe's classic story. Jill uncovers a terrifying secret at the funeral of her best friend who disappeared years earlier and whose twin brother was Jill's lover.
Director: Hayley Cloake | Stars: Austin Nichols, Izabella Miko, Beth Grant, Stephen Fischer
Votes: 753
85. The Mesmerist (2002)
Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Mystery
"The Mesmerist" is a twisted black comedy about a doctor who convinces a dying man's family to allow him to put the man in a trance and what happens when he descends into the after-world
Director: Gil Cates Jr. | Stars: Neil Patrick Harris, Jessica Capshaw, Howard Hesseman, Jason Carter
Votes: 256
86. The Rose King (1986)
106 min | Drama, Musical
A mentally unstable woman and her son move to a sprawling mansion in Portugal to grow roses.
Director: Werner Schroeter | Stars: Magdalena Montezuma, Mostefa Djadjam, Antonio Orlando, Karina Fallenstein
Votes: 289
87. The Oval Portrait (1973)
86 min | Horror
A woman finds herself possessed by the soul of another woman trapped inside a painting.
Director: Rogelio A. González | Stars: Wanda Hendrix, Barry Coe, Gisele MacKenzie, Maray Ayres
Votes: 63
88. Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key (1972)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A series of murders are committed near the estate of a degenerate author and his mistreated wife.
Director: Sergio Martino | Stars: Edwige Fenech, Anita Strindberg, Luigi Pistilli, Ivan Rassimov
Votes: 4,689
89. Toby Dammit (1968)
45 min | Drama, Horror
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.
Director: Federico Fellini | Stars: Terence Stamp, Monica Pardo, Anne Tonietti, Marina Yaru
Votes: 538
90. City in the Sea (1965)
Unrated | 84 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
In 1903 Cornwall, a group of locals discover an underwater city, dating back to 1803, that hides a society of smugglers and aquatic creatures.
Directors: Jacques Tourneur, Ishirô Honda | Stars: Vincent Price, Tab Hunter, David Tomlinson, Susan Hart
Votes: 2,600
91. Masterworks of Terror (1960)
121 min | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
An anthology of three Edgar Allan Poe stories: "The Case of Mr. Valdemar," "The Cask of Amontillado" and "The Tell-Tale Heart."
Director: Enrique Carreras | Stars: Narciso Ibáñez Menta, Mercedes Carreras, Narciso Ibáñez Serrador, Inés Moreno
Votes: 69
92. Manfish (1956)
Not Rated | 76 min | Adventure
Three deep sea divers get involved in murder while searching for a lost treasure.
Director: W. Lee Wilder | Stars: John Bromfield, Lon Chaney Jr., Victor Jory, Barbara Nichols
Votes: 319
93. Manicomio (1954)
80 min | Comedy
Carlos visit his girlfriend Juana at the mental hospital where he works. Once there, the asylum director introduces him to his disturbed niece, who's playing the harp obsessively, and to a nurse who doesn't stop repeating what Carlos says.
Directors: Luis María Delgado, Fernando Fernán Gómez | Stars: Susana Canales, Julio Peña, Elvira Quintillá, Antonio Vico
Votes: 98
94. Mystery of Marie Roget (1942)
Approved | 61 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A detective tries to unravel the strange circumstances surrounding the death of a young actress.
Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: Patric Knowles, Maria Montez, Maria Ouspenskaya, John Litel
Votes: 330
95. The Fall of the House of Usher (1928)
Not Rated | 72 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
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.
Director: Jean Epstein | Stars: Jean Debucourt, Marguerite Gance, Charles Lamy, Fournez-Goffard
Votes: 4,501
96. Descent into the Maelstrom (2019)
65 min | Documentary, Music
In 1841 Edgar Allan Poe wrote the short story "Descent Into the Maelstrom". A tale of two brothers who sailed their fishing boat into the raging waters of the "Moskenestraumen" in Lofoten ... See full summary »
Director: Jan Vardoen | Stars: Øystein Moen, Tim Weiss, Oganes Girunyan, Berit Norbakken Solset
Votes: 43
97. The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar (2014)
14 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
Doctor P. interest on Mesmerism leads him to find out what effects mesmerism would have on a dying person. Dr P hypnotizes Valdemar at the moment of his death creating a state of suspended animation with dire ethic and moral consequences.
Director: Raul Garcia | Star: Julian Sands
Votes: 28
98. The Fall of the House of Usher (2021)
91 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Boston Lyric Opera gives an art house cinematic treatment to Philip Glass' opera The Fall of the House of Usher. This chilling film places Edgar Allan Poe's iconic gothic horror story.
Director: James Darrah | Stars: Sheila Vand, Christon Carney, Daniel Belcher, Jesse Darden
Votes: 19
99. The Gold Bug (2014)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, History
After an actor finds a treasure map detailing the location of ancient gold hidden near a town in the Misiones province named after the 19th-century politician Leandro N. Alem, he persuades ... See full summary »
Directors: Alejo Moguillansky, Fia-Stina Sandlund | Stars: Luciana Acuña, Guillermo Goldschmidt, Walter Jakob, Mariano Llinás
Votes: 176
100. The Imp of the Perverse (2015)
14 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy
A short film about a monster that may, or may not, be trapped in a wardrobe.
Director: Benjamin Cook | Stars: Dan Stokes, Jake Shiels, Myles Wheeler, Jamie Christofersen
Votes: 33
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