
Horror stories by Edgar Allen Poe dramatized and introduced by horror actor Sir Christopher Lee.
Mystery • Series • 1995 • 1 season
Starring: Christopher Lee
Created by: Zdravko Mihalic, Neil Hetherington
S1 E1 - The Fall of the House of Usher
A stranger visits the isolated home of the Usher family.
Sep 7, 1995 • 25m
S1 E2 - The Oval Portrait
An artist's obsessive quest for perfection is literally life-consuming.
Sep 14, 1995 • 25m
S1 E3 - Berenice
Gentleman suffering from monomania has a secret and very bizarre obsession involving his new wife.
Sep 21, 1995 • 25m
S1 E4 - The Black Cat
A wife-murderer falls foul of a cat.
Sep 28, 1995 • 24m
S1 E5 - Ligeia
Ligeia was a larger-than-life personality. And perhaps she's larger than death, too.
Oct 5, 1995 • 24m
S1 E6 - The Cask of Amontillado
Montresor is not as fond of Fortunato as the latter believes, and when he invited Fortunato to taste some special Amontillado sherry down in the cellar, he has a hidden agenda.
Oct 12, 1995 • 24m
S1 E7 - Mr. Valdemar
A dying Mr. Valdemar agrees to a hypnotist's experiment. Just before Valdemar's death, he will be placed in a state of hypnosis.
Oct 19, 1995 • 26m
S1 E8 - The Tell-Tale Heart
A murderer is haunted by the sound of his victim's heart, still somehow beating.
Oct 26, 1995 • 25m
S1 E9 - Morella
An unnamed narrator marries Morella, a philosophy scholar, who spends most of her time in bed reading and teaching. Realizing her deterioration, her husband becomes frightened and wishes for his wife's death and eternal peace.
Nov 2, 1995 • 26m
S1 E10 - The Pit and the Pendulum
The pendulum swings ever lower into the pit, at whose base a man is bound and immobilized; and its blade is razor-sharp.
Nov 9, 1995 • 25m
S1 E11 - The Masque of the Red Death - Part 1
Outside, the terrible disease called the Red Death is ravaging the countryside; but inside the Prince Prospero prepares an elaborate masquerade party.
Nov 16, 1995 • 25m
S1 E12 - The Masque of the Red Death - Part 2
A horrible figure intrudes upon Prospero's masquerade party.
Nov 23, 1995 • 24m
S1 E13 - A Biographical Portrait of Edgar Allan Poe
This short biography of Poe commences with his marriage to child bride Virginia.
Nov 30, 1995 • 25m
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Tales of Mystery and Imagination
Horror stories by Edgar Allen Poe dramatized and introduced by horror actor Sir Christopher Lee.
Mystery • TV Series • 1995