Extraordinary Tales

Adapting the look of a classic horror anthology, the film offers heart-pounding takes on 5 famous stories by E. A. Poe. Adapting the look and variety of a classic horror anthology, this film offers heart-pounding takes on The Tell-Tale Heart, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Facts in the Case of Mr. Valdemar, and The Masque of the Red Death. Each tale is given a unique animated look, inspired by sources as diverse as classic Hollywood black-and-white monster films, or the pulpy feel of EC Comics, and narrated by a stable of legendary genre directors and actors, namely Christopher Lee, Bela Lugosi but also Roger Corman and Guillermo Del Toro.

Keywords

  • Adult Animation
  • Beste Kurzgeschichten-Adaptionen
  • LuxFilmFest
  • LuxFilmFest - Winners
  • Lëtzebuerger Filmpräis
  • Lëtzebuerger Filmpräis (home)
  • Made with Luxembourg
  • madness

Actors

  • Roger Corman
  • Stephen Hughes
  • Bela Lugosi
  • Cornelia Funke
  • Christopher Lee
  • Guillermo del Toro
  • Julian Sands

Director

  • Raúl García

Horror, Animation


1h 13min


tous publics

EN


FR

Spain
Luxembourg
2015
Adapting the look of a classic horror anthology, the film offers heart-pounding takes on 5 famous stories by E. A. Poe.

Adapting the look of a classic horror anthology, the film offers heart-pounding takes on 5 famous stories by E. A. Poe.


Adapting the look and variety of a classic horror anthology, this film offers heart-pounding takes on The Tell-Tale Heart, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Facts in the Case of Mr. Valdemar, and The Masque of the Red Death. Each tale is given a unique animated look, inspired by sources as diverse as classic Hollywood black-and-white monster films, or the pulpy feel of EC Comics, and narrated by a stable of legendary genre directors and actors, namely Christopher Lee, Bela Lugosi but also Roger Corman and Guillermo Del Toro.

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Cast & Crew