Horror stories by Edgar Allen Poe dramatized and introduced by horror actor Sir Christopher Lee.
Tales of Mystery and Imagination (Staffel 1)
The Fall of the House of Usher (Folge 1)
Sendedatum: 1995-09-07
Laufzeit: 25 min
Übersicht: A stranger visits the isolated home of the Usher family.
The Oval Portrait (Folge 2)
Sendedatum: 1995-09-14
Laufzeit: 25 min
Übersicht: An artist's obsessive quest for perfection is literally life-consuming.
Berenice (Folge 3)
Sendedatum: 1995-09-21
Laufzeit: 25 min
Übersicht: Gentleman suffering from monomania has a secret and very bizarre obsession involving his new wife.
The Black Cat (Folge 4)
Sendedatum: 1995-09-28
Laufzeit: 24 min
Übersicht: A wife-murderer falls foul of a cat.
Ligeia (Folge 5)
Sendedatum: 1995-10-05
Laufzeit: 24 min
Übersicht: Ligeia was a larger-than-life personality. And perhaps she's larger than death, too.
The Cask of Amontillado (Folge 6)
Sendedatum: 1995-10-12
Laufzeit: 24 min
Übersicht: 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.
Mr. Valdemar (Folge 7)
Sendedatum: 1995-10-19
Laufzeit: 26 min
Übersicht: A dying Mr. Valdemar agrees to a hypnotist's experiment. Just before Valdemar's death, he will be placed in a state of hypnosis.
The Tell-Tale Heart (Folge 8)
Sendedatum: 1995-10-26
Laufzeit: 25 min
Übersicht: A murderer is haunted by the sound of his victim's heart, still somehow beating.
Morella (Folge 9)
Sendedatum: 1995-11-02
Laufzeit: 26 min
Übersicht: 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.
The Pit and the Pendulum (Folge 10)
Sendedatum: 1995-11-09
Laufzeit: 25 min
Übersicht: The pendulum swings ever lower into the pit, at whose base a man is bound and immobilized; and its blade is razor-sharp.
The Masque of the Red Death - Part 1 (Folge 11)
Sendedatum: 1995-11-16
Laufzeit: 25 min
Übersicht: Outside, the terrible disease called the Red Death is ravaging the countryside; but inside the Prince Prospero prepares an elaborate masquerade party.
The Masque of the Red Death - Part 2 (Folge 12)
Sendedatum: 1995-11-23
Laufzeit: 24 min
Übersicht: A horrible figure intrudes upon Prospero's masquerade party.
Biographical Portrait (Folge 13)
Sendedatum: 1995-11-30
Laufzeit: 25 min
Übersicht: This short biography of Poe commences with his marriage to child bride Virginia.
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