Extraordinary Tales

Five tales by Edgar Allan Poe come to life thanks to a pictorical style animation, five tales that exude madness, pestilence, murder and torture.

Cast

Christopher Lee

as Narrator (voice) (segment 'The Fall of the House of Usher')

Bela Lugosi

as Narrator (voice) (segment 'The Tell-Tale Heart')

Julian Sands

as Narrator (voice) (segment 'The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar')

Guillermo del Toro

as Narrator (voice) (segment 'The Pit and the Pendulum')

Roger Corman

as Prince Prospero (voice) (segment 'The Masque of the Red Death')

Stephen Hughes

as Crow / Poe (voice)

Cornelia Funke

as Death (voice)

Karla Cervantes

as Additional Voices

Raúl García

as Additional Voices

Reviews

ProudPittieMom

This is a good retelling of some of the common Edgar Allan Poe stories. The narration is excellent and the animation is a good way to present these so that they are good for the entire family (no real blood, gore, guts, etc.). 7/10...

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