The Tell-Tale Heart Archives

THE TELL-TALE HEART Sleazy ’60s version – free on YouTube

The Tell-Tale Heart aka Hidden Room of a 1000 Horrors is a 1960 British horror film directed by Ernest Morris. The screenplay by Brian Clemens (Captain Kronos – Vampire Hunter) and Eldon …

THE TELL-TALE HEART (1953) Reviews and overview

The Tell-Tale Heart is a 1953 American animated horror short film produced by UPA, directed by Ted Parmelee, and narrated by James Mason (Salem’s Lot; Frankenstein: The True Story). The screenplay by Bill Scott and Fred Grable …

TALES OF POE (2014) Reviews and overview

Tales of Poe is a 2014 American horror anthology film co-directed by Bart Mastronardi and Alan Rowe Kelly. It combines three of Edgar Allan Poe’s most popular stories: The Tell Tale Heart, …

THE AVENGING CONSCIENCE (1914) Overview

The Avenging Conscience: or “Thou Shalt Not Kill” is a 1914 U.S. horror film directed by D. W. Griffith. The film is based on the Edgar Allan Poe short story “The Tell-Tale Heart” and the poem …

Frank Thornton – Actor

British actor Frank Thornton, most famous for playing stuffy Captain Peacock in the long-running innuendo-filled BBC TV sitcom – and offshoot film – Are You Being Served? died in March 2012, …