Best Edgar Allan Poe Movies

Edgar Allan Poe was the original master of horror; hundreds of movies have been based on his writing and he's featured as a character in many others. But how do they stack up?

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1 Pit and the Pendulum
A torture chamber and Vincent Price as a mad sadist equals Poe perfection, camp variety. 115 157

2 The Fall of the House of Usher
Roger Corman's haunting first Poe picture features a strikingly somber Vincent Price. 98 146

3 The Masque of the Red Death
Decadent arisocrats try to cheat death in the most laish of the Corman-Price Poe movies. 73 141

4 Tales of Terror
Vincent Price and Peter Lorre make the "Black Cat" segment a delight. 72 134

5 Vincent
Tim Burton's clay-animated short, narrated by Vincent Price, is the perfect tribute to Poe and Poe fans. 35 115

6 Castle of Blood
Poe himself challenges a skeptic to brave a haunted house in this atmopheric gothic chiller. 21 111

7 Witchfinder General
A tale of real-life 17th-century horror worthy of EAP, starring Poe-meister Vincent Price, hence its Poe-derived US release title, The Conqueror Worm. 16 114

8 Web of the Spider
In this color remake of Castle of Blood, Poe is played by Klaus Kinski. 5 93

9 Spirits of the Dead
Federico Fellini turns a little know Poe piece into a 1960s Europop nightmare of alienation, despair and madness. 3 101

Best Edgar Allan Poe Movies

Edgar Allan Poe was the original master of horror; hundreds of movies have been based on his writing and he's featured as a character in many others. But how do they stack up?

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