Cebalord Very best movie i ever watch

Evengyny Thanks for the memories!

Pluskylang Great Film overall

Jonah Abbott There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

Woodyanders Legendary horror icon Vincent Price narrates four tales of terror written by the great Edgar Allan Poe. The show starts off with a very passionate and riveting reading of "The Tell Tale Heart." Next we have a perfectly whimsical telling of "The Sphinx," a comical anecdote that builds to one doozy of a funny punchline. "The Cask of Amontillado" receives a beautifully chilling rendering. The program concludes on a properly unnerving note with a positively marrow-freezing rendition of "The Pit and the Pendulum." Director/co-writer Ken Johnson keeps the pace rattling along at a snappy clip and allows Price full reign to really strut his sensational show-stopping stuff. Price is in exceptional form throughout and acts with tremendous verve, intensity and conviction; his rich, plummy voice in particular rarely sounded more sonorously sinister than it does here. The lively and restless prowling cinematography adds a considerable amount of crackling energy to the deliciously macabre proceedings. Les Baxter's splendidly spooky and shuddery score likewise hits the spine-tingling spot. But what truly makes this affair so fine and effective is its refreshing faithfulness to the original material: There's no unnecessary padding or filler to speak of; instead we get extremely stark and straightforward presentations of Poe's stories that go right to the black heart of the matter with often genuinely scary and unsettling results. Essential viewing for both Vincent Price fans and Edgar Allan Poe aficionados alike.

spookypurple7 I really couldn't believe my eyes as I started to watch this. The thought of an actor (even someone as iconic as Mr Price) simply reading Poe made me wary - I've heard it done often, and not well at that (why do actors always seem to get hysterical when reading Poe?!)! But from the first few words of The Tell Tale Heart I was, as the previous comment stated, absolutely mesmerised. Transfixed. And very probably sat with my mouth hanging open. It was magnificent. Poe in its truest form. Spell-binding, macabre, poetic, horrifying, all of it. However - the greatest revelation was the man himself. Boy, could he act! I never realised this. Why, oh why didn't directors push him more?! He was capable of so much more... I've always enjoyed his performances, glorious in their over-the-top ripeness, but never, ever, dreamed he was capable of such control and such intensity...I remained stunned and awed by the experience!

CaptainChunk Vincent Price and American International does it again! This is wonderful! Absolutely wonderful. Thank God MGM has released all of these great old films on DVD. I got this one on a double feature DVD with the Tomb of Ligeia.I was engrossed. Vincent Price is mesmerising. He really shows off his chops here. This man was amazing. I wish there were more actors like him. What a great man. What a great performance. If this had been released in theaters, he would have won an Oscar. American International films may be laughable now, but they sure did revive the careers of some of the greats, and gave careers to truly talented youngsters. They had a niche in both markets! Thank God for Vincent, AI, and Independent Cinema!

thepoet After reading nearly all of Poe's macabre stories, I can't imagine anyone more apt to read them with all the inherent horror intended by Edgar than Vincent Price. More of Poe's stories deal with inner torment than deal with some kind of outer menace, perhaps because Poe himself experienced much of the same torment that he wrote about. Mr. Price has the unique ability to take the listener on an eerie journey through this turmoil -- as well as transport the listener to a time when this awesomely-personal terror was unique and original.