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The Tell-Tale Heart

Play trailer Poster for The Tell-Tale Heart Released Feb 18, 1962 1h 18m Horror Play Trailer Watchlist
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Based on a famous story by Edgar Allan Poe, the sound of a perpetually beating heart of a victim torments the murderer.
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Audience Member A shy librarian named Edgar kills his best friend over a woman, and is driven mad by the sound of a beating heart coming from under the floorboards. The new sexual frustration plot devised here to draw Edgar Allan Poe's short story out to feature length really isn't very interesting or much in Poe's spirit. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Audience Member No where as classic or truthful as the story. While it keeps many of the same elements, it's missing the themes and the overall creepiness, plus it leaves out a lot of the good bits. Slow story, and a rather dumb overused end twist. Not my favorite adaption. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Audience Member Builds slowly to some memorable horror scenes--Very good Poe adaptation!! Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Audience Member worth a late night viewing of this poe adaptation. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Audience Member Carl's advice to Edgar reminds me of the American Dad! episode where Stan yells 'Intercourse!' at passing women. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/20/23 Full Review Audience Member Rarely seen 1960 British adaption of the Edgar Allen Poe story starring Laurence Payne and Adrienne Corri. This adaptation adds a host of new things to what was in the original story, not surprising given the length of the story and is surprisingly gory for 1960. Pretty good. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/15/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Based on a famous story by Edgar Allan Poe, the sound of a perpetually beating heart of a victim torments the murderer.
Director
Ernest Morris
Producer
Edward J. Danziger, Harry Lee Danziger
Screenwriter
Brian Clemens, Eldon Howard, Edgar Allan Poe
Distributor
Brigadier Films, Sinister Cinema
Production Co
Danziger Productions
Genre
Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 18, 1962, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
May 22, 2017
Runtime
1h 18m
Sound Mix
Mono
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