Edgar Allan Poe (1809 – 1849)

Date of Birth: 19 January 1809
Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Date of Death: 7 October 1849
Place of Death: Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Also Known As: Poe

GENRE FILMOGRAPHY

1908
Sherlock Holmes in the Great Murder Mystery (novel (Murders in the Rue Morgue))

1909
Edgar Allan Poe (character portrayal)

The Sealed Room (novel (The Cask of Amontillado))

1912
The Raven (poem)

1913
The Bells (poem)

The Bells (poem)

The Bells (poem)

Der Student von Prag (story (William Wilson))
A Bargain with Satan - US title
El estudiante de Praga - Spanish title
The Student of Prague

The Pit and the Pendulum (story)

Le système du docteur Goudron et du professeur Plume (story story (The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether))
The Lunatics – US title

1914
The Avenging Conscience (stories (The Pit and the Pendulum, The Tell-Tale Heart), poem (Annabel Lee))
La conciencia vengadora - Spanish title
The Telltale Heart – working title
Thou Shalt Not Kill

The Murders in the Rue Morgue (story)

1915
The Raven

1917
Ostrov zabenya (story)
Isle of Oblivion - English language title

1919
Die Pest in Florenz (story (The Masque of the Red Death))
The Plague in Florence

Unheimliche Geschichten (story (The Black Cat))
Un affare misterioso - Italian title
Cauchemars et hallucinations - French title
Eerie Tales – US title
Five Sinister Stories
Tales of Horror
Tales of the Uncanny
Weird Tales

1921
Annabel Lee (poem)

1922
Edgar Allan Poe (poem (Annabel Lee))

1923
Prizrak brodit po Yevrope (story (The Masque of the Red Death))
A Spectre Haunts Europe - English language title

1927
Der Student von Prag (story from William Wilson)
El estudiante de Praga - Spanish title
The Man Who Cheated Life - US title
Prahan ylioppilas - Finnish title
The Student of Prague

1928
La chute de la maison Usher (story)
La caduta della casa Usher - Italian title
The Fall of the House of Usher
Der Untergang des Hauses Usher - German title
Usherin talon häviö - Finnish title

The Fall of the House of Usher (story (as Poe))

1932
Murders in the Rue Morgue (story)
El doble asesinato en la calle Morgue - Spanish title
Il dottor Miracolo - Italian title
Das Geheimnis des Dr Mirakel - Austrian title
Mord in der Rue Morgue - German title

Unheimliche Geschichten (stories (The Black Cat, The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether))
Un affare misterioso - Italian title
Asylum of Horror
Five Sinister Stories
Fünf unheimliche Geschichten - German title
Ghastly Tales – US title
The Living Dead – US title
Tales of the Uncanny
Der Unheimliche - Austrian title
Unholy Tales

1934
The Black Cat (story)
Le chat noir - French title
El gato negro - Venezuelan title
O Gato Negro - Portugese title
The House of Doom - UK title
Magia Negra - Portugese title
Satanás - Spanish title
Die Schwarze Katze - Austrian / German title
Den sorte kat - Danish title
Den svarta katten - Swedish title
The Vanishing Body – US re-release title

Bucket of Blood (story (The Tell-Tale Heart))
The Tell-Tale Heart

Maniac (story (The Black Cat))
Sex Maniac

1935
The Crime of Dr Crespi (story (The Premature Burial))

The Raven (poem)
Le corbeau - French title
Korppi - Finnish title
Der Rabe - Austrian / German title

Der Student von Prag (based in part on the story William Wilson)
The Student of Prague

1939
The Tell-Tale Heart (story) *

1941
The Black Cat (story)
El gato negro - Spanish title

The Tell-Tale Heart (story)

1942
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
Los amores de Edgar Allan Poe - Venezuelan title

Mystery of Marie Roget (story)
El misterio de María Roget - Spanish title
Pariisin kummitus - Finnish title
Paris' mysterier - Swedish title
Phantom of Paris

1949
Actor's Studio: The Tell-Tale Heart (20 February 1949) (short story) *

The Fall of the House of Usher (story)

Histoires extraordinaires (stories (The Tell-Tale Heart, The Cask of Amontillado))
Unusual Tales - English language title

Suspense: Cask Of Amontillado (11 October 1949) (story) *

1950
The Cuckoo Clock (story (uncredited))

1952
The Fall of the House of Usher

1953
Coração Delator: The Tell-Tale Heart (story) *

La résurrection de Barnabé (short story)

The Tell-Tale Heart (story)
Paljastava sydän - Finnish title

Your Favorite Story: The Gold Bug (story) *

1954
Bérénice (story)

Manicomio (story (The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether))

Phantom of the Rue Morgue (story (The Murders in the Rue Morgue))
El fantasma de la calle Morgue - Spanish title
Le fantôme de la Rue Morgue - French Belgian title
Morgue-kadun aave - Finnish title
Il mostro della via Morgue - Italian title
Udyret fra Rue Morgue - Danish title
Der Würger von Paris - Austrian / West German title

1956
Manfish (stories (The Gold Bug and The Tell-Tale Heart))
Aasgeier - West German title
Calypso - UK title
Luurangon kosto - Finnish title
Il tesoro dei corsair - Italian title

1958
Matinee Theatre: The Cask of Amontillado (story) (date uncertain) *

Matinee Theatre: The Fall of the House of Usher (story) *
Cameo Theatre: The Fall of the House of Usher

The Tell-Tale Heart (story)

1959
El grito de la muerte
The Living Coffin
Scream of Death

1960
The House of Usher (story)
La caída de la casa Usher - Argentinian / Spanish title
La chute de la maison Usher - French title
Dom Usherów - Polish title
The Fall of the House of Usher - UK title
Gäst i skräckens hus - Swedish title
Kirous - Finnish title
Ondskabens slot - Danish title
Usherien talo - Finnish title
Usherin talon häviö - Finnish television title
Die Verfluchten - West German title
Vieraana kauhujen talossa - Finnish title
I vivi e i morti - Italian title

Obras maestras del terror (stories (The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar, The Cask of Amontillado and The Tell-Tale Heart))
Master of Horror – US title
Masterworks of Terror
Short Stories of Terror – US title

The Tell-Tale Heart (story (The Tell-Tale Heart))
Le false vergini - Italian title
Das Haus der tausend Schreie - West German title
The Hidden Room of 1,000 Horrors
The Horror Man
Panic - Italian title

1961
The Black Cat (story)

The Pit and the Pendulum (story)
Brønden og pendulet - Danish title
La chambre des tortures - French title
Dödspendeln - Swedish title
Kuilu ja heiluri - Finnish title
Das Pendel des Todes - West German title
El péndulo de la muerte - Spanish title
Pit and the Pendulum
El pozo y el péndulo - Argentinian / Venezuelan title
Il pozzo e il pendolo - Italian title
Le puits et le pendule - French title

Le scarabée d'or (story)

Thriller: The Premature Burial (2 October 1961) (story) *

1962
The Premature Burial (story)
Elävänä haudattu - Finnish title
Enterro Prematuro - Brazilian television title
Lebendig begraben - Austrian / West German title
Levande begravd - Swedish title
Levende begravet - Danish title
La obsesión - Spanish title
Sepolto vivo - Italian title

Rocky and His Friends: Peabody’s Improbable History: Edgar Allan Poe (25 December 1962) (character portrayal) *

Tales of Terror (stories (Morella, The Black Cat, The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar and A Cask of Amontillado))
Cuentos de terror - Argentinian / Venezuelan title
L'empire de la terreur - French title
Der Grauenvolle Mr X - West German title
Historias de terror - Spanish title
Kauhutarinoita - Finnish title
Poe's Tales of Terror
I racconti del terrore - Italian title
Rædslernes trio - Danish title
Schwarze Geschichten - West German title
En studie i skräck - Swedish title

1963
The Raven (poem)
Le corbeau - French title
O Corvo - Portugese title
El cuervo - Argentinian / Venezuelan title
Korpen - Swedish title
Korpen i skräckens borg - Swedish television title
Korppi - Finnish title
Korppi joka kuoli nauruun - Finnish title
Kruk - Polish title
I maghi del terrore - Italian title
Der Rabe - Duell der Zauberer - West German title
Ravnen - Danish title

1964
Danza macabra (story (Danse Macabre))
Castle of Blood - UK / US title
The Castle of Terror – US title
Coffin of Terror
Danse macabre - French title
Dimensions in Death
Edgar Allan Poe's Castle of Blood
The Long Night of Terror
La lunga notte de terrore
Terrore
Tombs of Horror
Tombs of Terror

Horror (story (uncredited))
The Blancheville Monster – US title

The Masque of the Red Death (stories (The Masque of the Red Death and Hop-Frog))
De blodtörstiga - Swedish title
Kuolinnaamio - Finnish title
La máscara de la muerte roja - Argentinian / Spanish title
A Máscara Mortal - Brazilian television title
La maschera della morte rossa - Italian title
Le masque de la mort rouge - French title
A Orgia da Morte - Brazilian title
Paholaisen lemmikkinä - Finnish title
Punaisen surman naamio - Finnish title
Satanas - Das Schloß der blutigen Bestie - West German title

Le puits et la pendule (story (The Pit and the Pendulum)) *
The Pit and the Pendulum – US title

1965
Cask of Amontillado *

City Under the Sea (poem (The City In the Sea))
20.000 leghe sotto la Terra - Italian title
A Cidade Submarina - Portugese title
City in the Sea
La ciudad bajo el mar - Venezuelan title
Merenalainen kaupunki - Finnish title
Piratbyen under havet - Danish title
Stadt im Meer - West German title
Die Stadt unter dem Meer - West German title
War-Gods of the Deep

The Tomb of Ligeia (story)
Das Grab der Lygeia - West German title
Das Grab des Grauens - West German title
Grobowiec Ligei - Polish title
Last Tomb of Ligeia
Ligeia
Mannen i vaxkabinettet - Swedish title
Mies vahakabinetissa - Finnish title
Tomb of the Cat
La tomba di Ligeia - Italian title
La tombe de Ligeia - French title
A Tumba de Ligeia - Brazilian television title
La tumba de Ligia - Venezuelan title
Túmulo Sinistro - Brazilian title

1966
The Black Cat (story)
El gato negro - Venezuelan title

Mystery and Imagination: The Fall of the House of Usher (story) *

1967
Die Schlangengrube und das Pendel (story (The Pit and the Pendulum))
La 13 vergine - Italian title
The Blood Demon – US title
Castle of the Walking Dead
Pendulum
Skräckens blodiga borg - Swedish title
Skrækborgen - Danish title
The Snake Pit and the Pendulum
The Snake Pit
Tohtori Sadismin kauhukammio - Finnish title
El tormento de las 13 doncellas - Spanish title
The Torture Chamber of Dr Sadism - US TV title
The Torture Room

Torture Garden (character)
Der Foltergarten des Dr Diabolo - Austrian / West German title
Il giardino delle torture - Italian title
Le jardin des tortures - French title
Skräckens ansikte - Swedish title

1968
Detective: Murders in the Rue Morgue (1 September 1968) (story) *

Histoires extraordinaires (stories (Metzengerstein, William Wilson and Never Bet the Devil Your Head))
3 askelta yöhön - Finnish title
Außergewöhnliche Geschichten - West German title
Histórias Extraordinárias - Portugese title
Historias extraordinarias - Spanish title
Rendkívüli történetek - Hungarian title
Sami nabiji bodvisaken - Georgian title
Spirits of the Dead – US title
Tales of Mystery
Tales of Mystery and Imagination - UK title
Tre passi nel delirio – Italian title
Trois histoires extraordinaires d'Edgar Poe

House of Evil (story)
Dance of Death
Macabre Serenade
Macabre sérénade - French title
Serenata macabra - Italian title
Totentanz im Schreckensschloss - West German title

Mystery and Imagination: The Tell-Tale Heart (story) *

1969
The Oblong Box (story)
O Ataúde do Morto-Vivo - Brazilian television title
La caixa oblonga - Catalan Spanish title
La caja oblonga - Spanish title
Le cercueil vivant - French title
Dance, Mephisto
Edgar Allan Poe's The Oblong Box
Elävänä haudattu - Finnish title
Im Todesgriff der roten Maske - Austrian title
Mies punaisen naamion takaa - Finnish title
La rossa maschera del terrore - Italian title
Verenpunainen naamio - Finnish television title

1970
Mask crvene smrti (story)
The Mask of Red Death

Nella stretta morsa del ragno
Dracula im Schloß des Schreckens - West German title
Dracula in the Castle of Blood
E venne l'alba... ma tinto di rosse
Edgar Poe chez les morts vivants
Les fantômes de Hurlevent
La horrible noche del baile de los muertos - Spanish title
In the Grip of the Spider
Prisonnier de l'araignée
Web of the Spider
Vampyrernas slott - Swedish title

1971
An Evening with Edgar Allan Poe *
En compañía de Edgar Allan Poe - Venezuelan title

Hjertet, der sladrede (story (The Tell-Tale Heart)) *

Murders in the Rue Morgue (story)
Asesinatos en la Calle Morgue - Spanish title
Los asesinatos en la Rue Morgue - Venezuelan title
Assassinats en el carrer Morgue - Catalan Spanish title
Mord in der Rue Morgue - West German title
Morden på Rue Morgue - Swedish title
Morgue-kadun murhat - Finnish title
I terrificanti delitti degli assassini della via Morgue - Italian title

The Tell-Tale Heart (story)

1972
Legend of Horror (story (The Tell-Tale Heart))

La mansión de la locura (story (The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether))
Dr Goudron's System
Dr Tarr's Pit of Horrors
Dr Tarr's Torture Dungeon
Edgar Allan Poe: Dr Tarr's Torture Dungeon
House of Madness
The Mansion of Madness
The System of Dr Tarr and Professor Feather

One Minute Before Death (story (The Oval Portrait))
Edgar Allan Poe's One Minute Before Midnight – US video title
The Oval Portrait - UK title
El retrato ovalado – Mexican title

1973
Le double assassinat de la rue Morgue (short story) *

Hilda Muramer (story (Metzengerstein)) *

The Sabbat of the Black Cat (story (The Black Cat))

The Spectre of Edgar Allan Poe
El espectro de Edgar Allan Poe - Spanish title
Lo spettro di Edgar Allan Poe - Italian title

Het testament van Edgar Allan Poe (character portrayal) *

Het testament van Edgar Allan Poe: De grenzen van de dood (character portrayal) *

1975
Centre Play: The Imp of the Perverse (story) *

Het testament van Edgar Allan Poe: De onrust van het graf (character portrayal) *

Testament van Edgar Allan Poe: De doem van het bled (character portrayal) *

1976
Centre Play for Christmas: William Wilson (story) *

Fall of the House of Usher

La noche de los asesinos (story)
Im Schatten des Mörders - West German title
Sospiri - Italian title
Suspiri – Spanish video title

1977
Valdemar, el homonculus dormido (novel)

1978
I racconti fantastici di Edgar Allan Poe (stories) *

1979
Das Verräterische Herz (story) *

1980
The Gold Bug (story) *

El jugador de ajedrez (story)

Die Schwarze Katze (story) *

1981
Il gatto nero (novel)
The Black Cat
Le chat noir - French title
El gato negro - Venezuelan title
Musta kissa - Finnish title

Histoires extraordinaires (stories (The Fall of the House of Usher, The Gold Bug and The Purloined Letter)) *

Ligeia (story) *

Le système du docteur Goudron et du professeur Plume (novel) *

Zánik domu Usheru (story)
La casa degli Usher - Italian title
The Fall of the House of Usher
Usherin talon häviö - Finnish title

1982
La chute de la maison Usher (story (The Fall of the House of Usher))
El hundimiento de la casa Usher – Spanish title
Neurosis
Nevrose - French title
Die Rache des Hauses Usher - West German title
Revenge in the House of Usher
Revolt of the House of Usher
Zombie 5 – US title

The Fall of the House of Usher (story) *
Usherin kirous - Finnish title

Four for Thrills - Edgar Allan Poe and Others

1983
En busca del dragón dorado (story (The Gold Bug))

Kyvadlo, jáma a nadeje (story)
The Pit, the Pendulum and Hope

1985
Der Wilde Rabe (poem)
The Wild Raven - English language title

1986
The Murders in the Rue Morgue (story) *
Mord in der Rue Morgue - West German title
Le tueur de la Rue Morgue – French video title

Der Rosenkönig (poem (The Raven))
O Rei das Rosas - Portugese title
Le roi des roses - French title
The Rose King

The Tell-Tale Heart (story)

1988
The House of Usher (story)
The Fall of the House of Usher
La maison des Usher - French title
Il mistero di casa Usher - Italian title

1989
Buried Alive *
Buried Alive - Lebendig begraben - West German video title
Den du tror är död - Swedish title
Elävänä haudattu - Finnish title
Enterrado vivo - Spanish title
Morto, mas nem Tanto - Brazilian title
Sepolto vivo - Italian title
Strategia di una vendetta - Italian title
Till Death Do Us Part - working title

Il gatto nero (story)
The Black Cat
Czarny kot - Polish title
Dead Eyes - West German title
Demons 6 – US title
Demons 6: De Profundis – US title
El gato negro - Venezuelan title

Masque of the Red Death (short story)
La máscara de la muerte roja - Venezuelan title
Máscara Mortal - Brazilian title
La maschera della morte rossa - Italian title
Die Maske des roten Todes - West German title

The Tell-Tale Heart (story)

1990
Buried Alive (story)
Elävänä haudattu - Finnish title
L'emmuré vivant - French television title
Enterrados Vivos - Portugese title
Lost Girls - West German video title
Sepolti vivi - Italian title
Sepultado vivo - Venezuelan title

Due occhi diabolici (stories (The Black Cat and The Facts about Mr Valdeman))
Deux yeux maléfiques - French title
Los ojos del diablo - Spanish title
Pahan silmät - Finnish title
Two Evil Eyes – UK / US title

The Haunting of Morella (story)
El hechizo de Morella - Venezuelan title

Masque of the Red Death (story and ideas)

The Pit and the Pendulum (story)
The Inquisitor - US DVD title
Kauhun kammio - Finnish title
Meister des Grauens - West German title
El pozo y el péndulo - Venezuelan title
Pozzo e il pendolo - Italian title

The Simpsons: The Telltale Head (25 February 1990) (inspired by the story The Tell-Tale Heart) *

The Simpsons: The Treehouse of Horrors (25 October 1990) (poem (The Raven)) *

1991
Edgar Allan Poe: Architect of Dreams

The Masque of the Red Death

The Tell-Tale Heart (story (The Tell-Tale Heart)) *

1992
Fool's Fire (story (Hop-Frog)) *

Haunting Fear (story (Premature Burial))
Mania przesladowcza - Polish title

1993
The Mummy Lives (story (Some Words with a Mummy))
Az élö múmia - Hungarian title
Mumie - Tal des Todes - German title

1994
Drug-Taking and the Arts (letters)

The Simpsons: Lisa's Rival (11 September 1994) (inspired in part by The Tell Tale Heart) *

The Tell-Tale Heart

1995
The Black Cat (story)

The Dark Eye (stories) +

Edgar Allan Poe: Terror of the Soul (stories and poems) *
American Masters: Edgar Allan Poe: Terror of the Soul

1996
A&E Biography: The Mystery of Edgar Allan Poe
The Mystery of Edgar Allan Poe

Famous Authors: Edgar Allan Poe

Het verraderlijke hart (story (The Tell-Tale Heart))

1997
Buried Alive II *
Enterrados Vivos II - Portugese title
Enterré vivant 2 - French title
Förgiftad - Swedish title
Lebendig begraben 2 - German title
Morte apparente - Italian title

Edgar Allan Poe

Morella (story)
The Cloning of Morella

The Oval Portrait

1998
Cask of Amontillado

Mind's Eye (story (The Tell-Tale Heart))

Der Rabe (poem (The Raven))

1999
Corazón delator (story (The Tell-Tale Heart))

Corazón delator (story (The Tell-Tale Heart))

El escarabajo de oro (novel)

The Phantom Eye (character (Roderick Usher))

The Raven... Nevermore (poem (The Raven))
El cuervo – Spanish television title

The Tell Tale Heart (story) *

William Wilson (story)

2000
Edgar Allan Poe’s The Tell Tale Heart

Masque of the Red Death

The Master Poets Collection: Edgar Allan Poe - A Journey of Verse

2001
El corazon delator (story (The Tell-Tale Heart))

The Fear: The Black Cat (story) *

2002
The Fall of the Louse of Usher (stories / ideas)

Hatred of a Minute (poem (To-))

Ligeia

Masque of the Red Death: Roger Corman Behind the Masque

The Mesmerist

Puphedz: The Tattle-Tale Heart (story (The Tell-Tale Heart)) *

Roger Corman Unearths the Premature Burial

Ubitye molniey (story (The Murders in the Rue Morgue))
Killed by Lightning - English language title

Usher (story)

2003
El barril del amontillado (story) *

Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven

The Tell-Tale Heart (story)

Das Verräterische Herz (story (The Tell-Tale Heart))
The Tell-Tale Heart

William Wilson (story)

2004
Edgar Allan Poe's Berenice (story)

El hombre largo (story) *

The Student of Prague (possibly based in part on William Wilson)

The Tell-Tale Heart (story)

2005
The Death of Poe (character portrayal)

Sílení (story)

NON-GENRE FILMOGRAPHY

1930
L'etrange fiancée (story)

1975
Les grands detectives: episode unknown (novel) *

1989
Continental (acknowledgement)

Many thanks to Len Meyer for his help in compiling the filmography

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008