What better to watch on this Halloween weekend than a whole bunch of Edgar Allan Poe movie adaptations. Mostly starring Vincent Price, of course. I haven't watched these movies since I was a kid, but still remember very well the creepy atmosphere and my overwhelming feeling of fear and thrill. The posters are pretty great, too...
The Fall of the House of Usher
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The Pit and the Pendulum
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Tomb of Ligeia
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The Masque of the Red Death
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Tales of Terror
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The Raven
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The Premature Burial
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The Black Cat
With Karloff and Bela Lugosi!
And another version of Black Cat poster, just because...
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And here is a great Edgar Allan Poe sculpture by Middleburg on Etsy...
Isn't it fantastic? I absolutely love it. Find it here.
I think it would be safe to say that Poe might have as well invented Halloween.
But, I think Halloween would be incomplete without watching...
Nosferatu
1922 version, with Max Schreck as Nosferatu.
(Although the 1979 version made by Werner Herzog and staring Klaus Kinski is as scary.)
My goodnes, I actually shivered just thinking about this movie! I think it's going to be sleepless nights with lights on everywhere in the house from now on.
Happy Halloween!
P.S. Halloween blog recommendation: The Obscure Hollow blog - "Haunted and vintage aesthetics in films, photography of home collections and other strange discoveries of old time past." Well worth the visit!
xoxoxo
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