Synopsis
A diabolical quartet of HORRIFYING Evil!
Renowned horror actor Vincent Price narrates four tales of terror by renowned horror author Edgar Allen Poe: The Tell-Tale Heart, The Sphinx, The Cask of Amontillado, and The Pit and the Pendulum.
1970 Directed by Kenneth Johnson
Renowned horror actor Vincent Price narrates four tales of terror by renowned horror author Edgar Allen Poe: The Tell-Tale Heart, The Sphinx, The Cask of Amontillado, and The Pit and the Pendulum.
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50+ minutes of Vincent Price reading Edgar Allan Poe shorts in his highly dramatized fashion... YES PLEASE!!
What an incredible work of atmospheric storytelling. It's Price, a cameraman, some one stage theater sets for ambiance, a bit of subtle creepy music, and just like that he's off working his magic in a one man show. His soft whispers, his violent howls, breathing so much life, so much dread, and so much terror, truly making the stories come to life. Like no other before or since.
Great story selections as well – opens with the ticking beat of The Tell-Tale Heart, and closes with a reading of The Pit & the Pendulum making you feel as one with the story, dangling, trapped above the pit. The Cask of Amontillado provides a wonderful dose of Poe's signature cruelty, and even The Sphinx fits in pretty well adding a bit of levity to the mix. A must watch for VP fans.
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Vincent Price in a one man show performing some of Poe's classic horror tales... bliss. His performance of The Cask of Amontillado (and the end of The Pit and the Pendulum) is magnificent.
The production quality isn't particularly good, and the picture and sound on the dvd I watched were not great, but it's easy to overlook those faults.
Highly recommended for fans of Poe or Price.
Special friend gave me a bunch of old horror DVDs for my library about a week ago, and among them were various Vincent Price titles, including this one-man short. Quality takes a hit due to the fact that it was first broadcast for syndication on what I'm assuming to be the now defunct AIP-TV, but you come for one performance and get four phenomenal acts of recitation. An Evening of Edgar Allan Poe might just be one of the most atmospheric things I've ever seen and heard.
„Nemo me impune lacessit.“ (Montrésor)
It´s astonishing how beautiful this small, stagy anthological one man show without a frame work manages to transfer mood and tension to the viewer or create it.
Composed for television and filmed mostly in one take, which reinforces its directness and immediacy, the one and only Vincent Price tells the viewer four monologues penned by the famous american writer and is, well of course, fantastic in his charismatic performances of the different characters, ranging from victim to perpetrator, versatile and armed with that unique blend of malice and ironic wit that you either love or don't. The latter is very difficult to imagine, mind you.
Every nuance fits perfectly, I had to switch back several…
My perfect Halloween night: candles blazing, jack o' lantern grinning, a black cat in my lap, a groovy witch by my side and a one-man show in which Vincent Price impeccably recites/performs Edgar Allan Poe stories. This syndicated AIP-TV special from the director of the original V miniseries kicks off with a frenzied rendition of "The Tell-Tale Heart." It's clear right away that the sets, lighting and other stage trickery are as essential here as in any intimate theatrical experience, and Price's gradual build to snarling madness is a sight to behold. Next, the lesser-known lark "The Sphinx" is played with a proper air of drawing room whimsy, a nice contrast with that intense opening. Following that, the camera actively…
An Evening of Edgar Allan Poe was an evening of Vincent Price telling Edgar Allan Poe stories, four of them in fact.
This one man show was a fun watch for those into Price’s performance and Poe’s stories. I feel Price could probably recite this stuff with little effort when he was still among the living.
Overall this was a decent watch. It might bore some viewers since this was more of a tv event or special than an actual movie.
Vincent Price + Edgar Allen Poe = Foundational, really. Happy Halloween, everybody!
have to read cask of amontillado in my ENGL-02 class so i figured i might as well :)
oh i just love vincent price (< always saying this) and how he acts.. the DRAMA! ugh.. he really knew how to put on a show and keep you enthralled throughout. it was a bit difficult for me to keep up with the entirety of each story/especially without any captions and as someone who struggles to process things that fast and focus a lot of the time but!! i appreciated what i could keep up with, the overall atmosphere and portrayal of terror and dread, and getting to watch vincent put on this one man show was just great :) he was such a storyteller. i enjoyed myself!! (and when vincent price is involved.. how can you not)
Movie number 2 on my October's Horror film a day.
Four segments, each one a story by Edgar Allan Poe read by Vincent Price.
I didn't knew what this was, i just picked it randomly among things with Vincent Price in the cover that were available to me, and i'm really glad i did.
A very simple set up that works amazingly. Every segment is Vincent Price in a room telling us the story as it's protagonist, each room is different and the make up and costumes do a hell of a job accentuating each character, the direction is mostly just the camera pointing at Price as he does his thing, but they do on occasion use shots and sounds…
Precisely my shit.
Vincent Price doing a one-man show of 4 insanely committed, frothing and ravenous readings of Edgar Allan Poe. Glorious aesthetic. This thing was made to be played on repeat in a classroom to mostly snoring kids. One, however, may never forget this day in English. I look forward to watching this a million times more in the future.
Happy birthday, Poe!