Tag: Edgar Allan Poe

House of Usher (1960) Script

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Year:1960
Director:Roger Corman
Written by:Richard Matheson (Writer), Edgar Allan Poe (Story)

Script Synopsis: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 with a mysterious malady: Roderick's senses have become painfully acute, while Madeline has become catatonic. That evening, Roderick tells his guest of an old Usher family curse: any time there has been more than one Usher child, all of the siblings have gone insane and died horrible deaths. As the days wear on, the effects of the curse reach their terrifying climax.
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Two Evil Eyes Script

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Year:1990
Director:Dario Argento, George A. Romero
Written by:Dario Argento (Screenplay), Franco Ferrini (Screenplay), George A. Romero (Screenplay), Edgar Allan Poe (Story)

Script Synopsis:Two horror segments based on Edgar Allan Poe stories set in and around the city of Pittsburgh. "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar" concerns a cheating wife who is trying to scam her dying husband out of millions by having her doctor/hypnotist lover hypnotize the geezer into signing his dough over to her. The old man dies while under hypnosis and is stuck in the limbo between the here and the hereafter. The door to the physical world is opened and the undead attempt to enter it. "Black Cat" is the story of Rodd Usher, an alcoholic photographer/artist, who descends into madness after he kills a stray cat that his live-in girlfriend Annabelle brings home. One murder leads to another, and the complex cover-ups begin.
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The Pit And The Pendulum Script

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Year:1991
Director:Stuart Gordon
Written by:Dennis Paoli (Screenplay), Edgar Allan Poe (Original Story)

Script Synopsis:Set during the height of Spanish Inquisition. The beautiful and kind-hearted Maria is arrested as a witch when she inadvertently cries out in horror at the public whipping of a child. As Maria’s husband Antonio tries to save her, Torquemada, the Grand Inquisitor, determines to punish Maria with torture for the desire she inflames in him. Loosely based on Edgar Allen Poe's classic short story.
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  • The Pit And The Pendulum Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
  • The Pit And The Pendulum Script PDF - 1/26/89 4TH at Script City ($)

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  • The Pit And The Pendulum ( tt0100369 ) at IMDb
  • The Pit And The Pendulum ( 47090 ) at TheMovieDB.org
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Haunting Fear Script

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Year:1990
Director:Fred Olen Ray
Written by:Fred Olen Ray (Screenplay), Edgar Allan Poe (Story)

Script Synopsis:Victoria can't sleep: she's having bad dreams about being buried alive. Her husband Terry makes her go see Dr. Carlton, who she blames for her father's death. Unable to help her, he asks Dr. Harcourt to try and unlock Victoria's mental block with hypnotism. Meanwhile Terry continues an affair with his secretary, and worries about paying off a huge gambling debt. Terry could pay off his debt and be with his secretary if he could just get his hands on Victoria's money somehow.
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Tell-Tale

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Year:2009
Director:Michael Cuesta
Written by:Dave Callaham (Screenplay), Edgar Allan Poe (Original Story)

Script Synopsis:A man's recently transplanted heart leads him on a frantic search to find the donor's killer before a similar fate befalls him.
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