Screenplay: Edgar Allan Poe

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Edgar Allan Poe. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


7.4

2K votes

The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror (TV)

1990 · Movie · 22 min. · United States

Direction Rich Moore · Wesley Archer · David Silverman

Plot In this trilogy of horror-themed Halloween stories, Bart and Lisa attempt to scare each other with tales of the macabre. In first,"Bad Dream House", the Simpsons inhabit a haunted home,...

7.4

3K votes

7.4

3K votes

Toby Dammit

1968 · Movie · 35 min. · Italy

Direction Federico Fellini

Cast Terence Stamp · Salvo Randone · Anne Tonietti · Marina Yaru

Plot "Toby Dammit" features a disheveled drugged and drunk English movie star who nods acceptance in the Italian press and his producers fawn over him.

7.2

546 votes

7.2

546 votes

An Evening of Edgar Allan Poe

1970 · Movie · 53 min. · United States

7.2

81 votes

7.2

81 votes

Lunacy (Sílení)

2005 · Movie · 121 min. · Czech Republic

Direction Jan Švankmajer

Cast Pavel Liska · Jan Tríska · Anna Geislerová · Jaroslav Dusek

Plot Jean Berlot, a disturbed young man befriend a Marquis whose house is the site of a number of disturbing events and then willingly enteres a mutinous asylum to try and...

7.0

675 votes

7.0

675 votes

Le puits et le pendule (TV)

1964 · Movie · 37 min. · France

7.0

23 votes

7.0

23 votes

The Pendulum, the Pit and Hope (S)

1984 · Movie · 15 min. · Czechoslovakia

Direction Jan Švankmajer

Cast Jan Zácek

Plot An adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe story.

6.8

419 votes

6.8

419 votes

The Telltale Heart (S)

1928 · Movie · 24 min. · United States

Direction Charles F. Klein

Cast Otto Matieson

Plot An expressionistic film based on Poe's story, about a murderer and his mental breakdown.

6.7

76 votes

6.7

76 votes

The Fall of the House of Usher

2023 · Series · 58 min. · United States

Direction Michael Fimognari · Mike Flanagan

Cast Bruce Greenwood · Carla Gugino · Mary McDonnell · Mark Hamill

Plot TV Miniseries (2023). 8 episodes. To secure their fortune (and future) two ruthless siblings build a family dynasty that begins to crumble when their heirs mysteriously die, one by one.

6.7

7K votes

6.7

7K votes

The Pit and the Pendulum

1961 · Movie · 85 min. · United States

Direction Roger Corman

Cast Vincent Price · Barbara Steele · Patrick Westwood · Antony Carbone

Plot In the sixteenth century, Francis Barnard travels to Spain to clarify the strange circumstances of his sister's death after she had married the son of a cruel Spanish Inquisitor.

6.7

3K votes

6.7

3K votes

The Tell-Tale Heart (S)

1953 · Movie · 8 min. · United States

Direction Ted Parmelee

Plot One of the most discussed and imaginative cartoons of any era. It tells the famous Edgar Allan Poe story of the deranged boarder who had to kill his landlord, not...

6.7

1K votes

6.7

1K votes

El trapero (Historias para no dormir) (TV)

1982 · Movie · 74 min. · Spain

Direction Narciso Ibáñez Serrador

Cast Narciso Ibáñez Menta · Daniel Dicenta · Aurora Redondo · Amparo Baró

Plot Edmond, an old and poor ragman who lives with his wife Berenice in the suburbs of the city suspects that his son, addicted to alcohol, is the culpable of the...

6.6

406 votes

6.6

406 votes

House of Usher

1960 · Movie · 79 min. · United States

Direction Roger Corman

Cast Vincent Price · Mark Damon · Myrna Fahey · Harry Ellerbe

Plot After a long journey, Philip arrives at the Usher mansion seeking his loved one, Madeline. Upon arriving, however, he discovers that Madeline and her brother Roderick Usher have been afflicted...

6.6

3K votes

6.6

3K votes

The Student of Prague

1913 · Movie · 85 min. · Germany

Direction Stellan Rye · Paul Wegener

Cast Paul Wegener · John Gottowt · Grete Berger · Lyda Salmonova

Plot A poor student rescues a beautiful countess and soon becomes obsessed with her. A sorcerer makes a deal with the young man to give him fabulous wealth and anything he...

6.6

428 votes

6.6

428 votes

The Premature Burial

1962 · Movie · 81 min. · United States

Direction Roger Corman

Cast Ray Milland · Hazel Court · Richard Ney · Heather Angel

Plot Emily Gault arrives at the Carrell mansion determined to rekindle an old relationship with Guy Carrell, despite the disapproval of his sister, Kate. Guy overcomes his all-consuming fear of being...

6.6

1K votes

6.6

1K votes

The Masque of the Red Death

1964 · Movie · 89 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Roger Corman

Cast Vincent Price · Hazel Court · Jane Asher · David Weston

Plot The Masque of the Red Death (1964) is Roger Corman's, and most people's, choice as the best of the Edgar Allan Poe pictures. Masque offers the expected creepy atmosphere and...

6.5

2K votes

6.5

2K votes