Movies and TvShows featuring "based-on-the-works-of-edgar-allan-poe" theme.

The Murders in the Rue Morgue follows a retired policeman who is forced out of retirement to investigate a string of brutal murders in Paris. As he delves deeper into the case, he uncovers a web of deceit and uncovering the true identity of the killer becomes a race against time. With a mix of gothic mystery and slasher horror, this movie keeps viewers on the edge of their seats.

When a woman is brutally murdered in a derelict house, a series of bizarre and gruesome murders follow. Detective Auguste Dupin must unravel the mystery and catch the killer before he strikes again.

In this horror-thriller film based on Edgar Allan Poe's short story, a man becomes obsessed with his neighbor's eye and plots to murder him. As he carries out his plan and dismembers the body, he is haunted by guilt and hallucinations. The sound of his victim's heartbeat torments him, leading to a devastating conclusion.

Extraordinary Tales is an animated horror anthology film that brings to life five of Edgar Allan Poe's most well-known stories: The Fall of the House of Usher, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar, The Pit and the Pendulum, and The Masque of the Red Death. Each story is presented in a unique animation style, showcasing the macabre and chilling atmosphere of Poe's works.

In this animated adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's short story, a mentally ill man tells the story of how he murdered an old man and hid the body.

A young man caring for his terminally ill father gets pulled into a maelstrom of murder, madness and the macabre. Based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe.

When a woman is invited to stay at the mysterious House of Usher, she discovers dark secrets and becomes trapped in a web of insanity and obsession.

Based on an Edgar Allan Poe story, this film tells the grimly comic tale of a bad-tempered old man (Howard Hesseman) who cheats death, only to go on tormenting the living. When a medical experiment leaves the grouch hovering between life and death (and able to describe the world beyond), things get tricky for his daughter (Jessica Capshaw) and her beau (Neil Patrick Harris, of "Doogie Howser, M.D." fame), who can't get their hands on his estate.

Rock star Roddy Usher is confined to an insane asylum after murdering his wife. There, he is given various shock treatments by Nurse Smith and Dr Calahari, resulting in a series of bizarre and nightmarish adventures.

An action movie directed by Jess Franco based on Edgar Allan Poe's story "The Gold-Bug".

Alice Guy's version of Edgar Allan Poe's The Pit and the Pendulum. This film is partially lost.

A man approaching his thirties works as a weaver for an old man with whom he has lived since the age of fourteen. His host mistreats him and the young man having complained about this outside, the old man slaps him and overwhelms him with reproaches. Unable to bear it any longer, the weaver thinks of killing him in his sleep.

After being murdered, a woman's heart continues to beat. Her husband confesses to the crime and tries to hide the evidence, but a detective is determined to uncover the truth.

Having a theory that "The Imp of the Perverse" causes people to commit acts against their self-interest, narrator of the story tries to explain a murder he did.