Edgar Allan Poe - 11 Poe Tales Hosted By Christopher Lee
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Host: Christopher LeeDVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Box set, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 330 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-09-19
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Bfs Entertainment
DVD Reviews of Edgar Allan Poe - 11 Poe Tales Hosted By Christopher Lee
DVD Review: Performance rights?
Summary: 3 Stars
Are the performance rights included in this DVD? All of these teachers were planning on showing this in their classroom. Our library bought this DVD and it is not that bad just different. It's not slick like so many of the productions now but it does have charm. DVD Review: This is not Poe, it's poor.
Summary: 1 Stars
After watching Hugh Whysall's adaptation of "The Masque of the Red Death" I was literally livid with anger. I bought this product to use in my English class, but I think I might as well have acted out these scenes myself. Mr. Whysall took it upon himself to change every story. I've seen much better adaptations of "Red Death" and "Amantillado." I'm so frustrated that I bought this trash.DVD Review: Disappointed is an understatement
Summary: 2 Stars
Imagine my surprise to find this compilation of Edgar Allan Poe short films all based on short works of the great author. As an English teacher, I also love to read Poe stories with my classes, and the thought of showing a visual with these stories was fantastic. I eagerly purchased this, thinking this might be a great resource and future use in teaching the works of Poe.
Imagine my disappointment to find out that the stories are altered, and not very interesting. I was sold on the idea that they would be interesting and detailed, and authentic, especially is Christopher Lee, one of the renown horror geniuses, was host. But, alas, no such luck. Extra details are added in, extra characters are added in to make the stories more "dramatic" and many of the short films are more apt depicting some cheesy soap opera than a Poe work. These short films, for the most part, are devoid of imagination or terror, and are too bland for Poe's style. For instance, "The Masque of the Red Death" was quite a disappointment, even though Lee actually stars in the film!
Like some have said, this is nothing a teacher would want to show in class, namely because they aren't interesting enough for the purchaser to watch. A major disappointment here. Maybe one of these days someone will be able to accurately and successfully depict a Poe story on film.
If you want to view a film BASED on Poe, but not true to the story, you are better off checking out the few Vincent Price films, such as The Pit and the Pendulum or The Masque of the Red Death. These, although somewhat inaccurate, are far superior.
DVD Review: 5 stars because of Christopher Lee
Summary: 5 Stars
It's always difficult to adapt Edgar.Allen.Poe for the cinema or
television,because every reader has an own idea how Poe mus be
filmed.
Although this series will certain not hit everyone's taste it is
definitely a worth seeing attempt to design Poe for television!
The episodes suffer admittedly under an obviously Low Budget but have
nervertheless their moribund charme.
The greatest point is of course the presence of Christopher Lee!!
He gives really a virtuoso performance as Prince Prospero and
gives,through his function as narrator the entire series a touch
of magic.
In any case this is a must for every fan of Egar.Allen.Poe-and
Christopher Lee!
DVD Review: Skip these.
Summary: 1 Stars
Purchased them for research... these are so far deviated from the actual stories, it's pitiful. Many of them are poorly filmed and don't make much sense whatsoever. If you are looking for examples of WHAT NOT TO DO to classic texts, this collection is perfect. If you are looking for solidly researched and brilliantly executed versions of Edgar Allan Poe's work.... look elsewhere.
Description of Edgar Allan Poe - 11 Poe Tales Hosted By Christopher Lee
One of the world's finest actors, Christopher Lee (The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Count Dracula) is the perfect host for this thirteen-part series of short stories from America's most celebrated writer and poet, Edgar Allan Poe. Universally known as the "Master of the Macabre," Poe set the standard for classic horror tales with grotesque imagery and superb plots. Full of untimely deaths, loss, mutilation, fear, claustrophobia, agony and revenge, Poe's nightmarish visions and tortured soul vividly emerge in the following dramatizations: The Fall of the House of Usher / The Oval Portrait / Berenice / The Black Cat / Ligeia / The Cask of Amontillado / Mr. Valdemar / The Tell-Tale Heart / Morella / The Pit and the Pendulum / The Masque of the Red Death, Parts One & TwoBonus Program: Biographical Portrait of Edgar Allan Poe
approx. 5.5 hrs. col.
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