Horror stories by Edgar Allen Poe dramatized and introduced by horror actor Sir Christopher Lee.
Tales of Mystery and Imagination (Сезон 1)
The Fall of the House of Usher (Эпизод 1)
Дата выхода: 1995-09-07
Продолжительность: 25 min
Описание: A stranger visits the isolated home of the Usher family.
The Oval Portrait (Эпизод 2)
Дата выхода: 1995-09-14
Продолжительность: 25 min
Описание: An artist's obsessive quest for perfection is literally life-consuming.
Berenice (Эпизод 3)
Дата выхода: 1995-09-21
Продолжительность: 25 min
Описание: Gentleman suffering from monomania has a secret and very bizarre obsession involving his new wife.
The Black Cat (Эпизод 4)
Дата выхода: 1995-09-28
Продолжительность: 24 min
Описание: A wife-murderer falls foul of a cat.
Ligeia (Эпизод 5)
Дата выхода: 1995-10-05
Продолжительность: 24 min
Описание: Ligeia was a larger-than-life personality. And perhaps she's larger than death, too.
The Cask of Amontillado (Эпизод 6)
Дата выхода: 1995-10-12
Продолжительность: 24 min
Описание: 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 (Эпизод 7)
Дата выхода: 1995-10-19
Продолжительность: 26 min
Описание: 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 (Эпизод 8)
Дата выхода: 1995-10-26
Продолжительность: 25 min
Описание: A murderer is haunted by the sound of his victim's heart, still somehow beating.
Morella (Эпизод 9)
Дата выхода: 1995-11-02
Продолжительность: 26 min
Описание: 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 (Эпизод 10)
Дата выхода: 1995-11-09
Продолжительность: 25 min
Описание: 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 (Эпизод 11)
Дата выхода: 1995-11-16
Продолжительность: 25 min
Описание: 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 (Эпизод 12)
Дата выхода: 1995-11-23
Продолжительность: 24 min
Описание: A horrible figure intrudes upon Prospero's masquerade party.
Biographical Portrait (Эпизод 13)
Дата выхода: 1995-11-30
Продолжительность: 25 min
Описание: This short biography of Poe commences with his marriage to child bride Virginia.
Сезоны
Эпизоды 13