Extraordinary Tales
An animated anthology of five tales adapted from Edgar Allan Poe's stories.
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Runtime
- 1h 13m
- Released
- 2013
- Country
- France, Belgium, Germany, Spain, Luxembourg, United States
Details
Release year: 2013
Storyline
An animated anthology of five tales adapted from Edgar Allan Poe's stories.
Top credits
Christopher Lee — Narrator (segment: The Fall of the House of Usher)
Bela Lugosi — Narrator (segment: The Tell-Tale Heart)
Julian Sands — Narrator (segment: The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar)
Guillermo del Toro — Narrator (segment: The Pit and the Pendulum)
Did you know
• The stories featured are "The Fall of the House of Usher," narrated by Sir Christopher Lee; "The Tell-Tale Heart," narrated by Bela Lugosi; "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar," narrated by Julian Sands; "The Pit and the Pendulum," narrated by Guillermo del Toro; and "The Masque of the Red Death," which isn't narrated.
• During "The Pit and the Pendulum" segment, the hole that forms in the floor of the narrator's cell is in the shape of the deadly blade pendulum.
• Although it's not outrightly stated during the "Masque of the Red Death" segment, symptoms of the Red Death plague include sharp pains, dizziness and profuse bleeding from the pores, hence the name.
User reviews
Extraordinary Tales is a pleasant offering to horror genre. Each tale is brimming with personality and designed kindly to captivate viewer with sheer oddity.
A nice combination of animation styles and Poe
Uneven But Worth Watching
Technical specs
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
- Color
- Color
