Extraordinary Tales (2013)

NR02/28/2013Horror, Animation, Mystery1h 13m
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Overview

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

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Christopher Lee

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

  2. Cast 1

    Bela Lugosi

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

  3. Cast 1

    Julian Sands

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

  4. Cast 1

    Guillermo del Toro

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

  5. Cast 1

    Roger Corman

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

  6. Cast 1

    Stephen Hughes

    Crow / Poe (voice)

  7. Cast 1

    Cornelia Funke

    Death (voice)

  8. Karla Cervantes

    Additional Voices

  9. Raúl García

    Additional Voices

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