Edgar A. Poe & Vincent Price: The Cask of Amontillado (I)

[19andoverlol]

Luchesi is an ignoramus!

[b017ni3]

@eternal0star - "HEY!! You got Poe in my Price!!" "NOO!! You got Price in my Poe!!"

[vampyren1]

Vincent Price is the bomb No one was ever like him

[chaosfive55]

@gnossticc Mwahahahaaaa!!

[gavinfairbanks]

IT's simple, we kill the Fortunato.

[evillexi7]

I love Vincent Price especially reading an Edgar Allen Poe story

[eternal0star]

two american treasures who freak you out together. They are the reeses cup of the theater.

[im2501]

seems rushed.. but Price.. is excellent!

[wewd]

The only problem I have with this adaptation is they left out arguably the best parts of the story, that being the foreshadowing of the end in the scenes where Fortunato asks about the Montresor family motto (Nemo me impune lacessit, "No one attacks me with impunity") and the scene where they discuss being Masons and Montresor shows him the trowel hidden under his cloak and Fortunato thinks it's a joke. They are subtle but brilliant details left out of this version and that is very unfortunate.

[childofdemonicwind24]

This is one of my absolute favorite stories of Poe's.... It always has been, the story fascinates me.... And it's only more fascinating when read by the respectable, esteemed Mr. Vincent Price..... Thank you Mr. Price for providing us all for so many years with such wonderful performances, and for bringing us shivers down our spines even after your unfortunate demise. You are very much missed, sir.....

[ronssexybikerbae]

I love Vincent Price he was the best RIP Vincent you are missed

[Musicisliberation]

Decades of appreciation for this work, countless renditions performed, countless more hours spend by valedictorians and laymen alike studying the implications of its fantastically terrifying language, and a youtube user comments, "HOLY SHIT! HE WALLED THE MOTHERFUCKER UP!"

Oh, my head.

[4444ThinLizzy]

@Musicisliberation I'd like to do that to many people !

[EAPoeProductions]

Probably the best interpretation of this short story of mine. Thanks so much to Vincent Price and his theatre genius and thanks again for this wonderful video presented here!

With kind regards Yours Sincerely

Edgar Allan Poe

[darkwolfgirl]

This complete helps me with my Paper

[Ninjadelusion]

Too quick. not brooding, bitter, and all around miserable. Too eccentric.

[TrashTrailers]

Vincent Price is the king of melancholic horror. Throw Poe in the mix, and you get instant classics. Awesome.

[OzzieJohnFerguson]

A brilliant rendition

[Salieri1760]

I like how he said that last line

[dafullclip]

LOL. This is just bad. Dude sitting up there getting drunk and confessing to a murder he committed like he was telling a bedtime story to his grand children. Too lighthearted. His carefree demeanor undermines the graveness of the tale.

[ShadowGurl9231]

@dafullclip That was the point of Poe's writings. Poe wanted the reader to see that his Characters were either Insane but clever sounding or Enraged but Calm sounding.

[dafullclip]

@ShadowGurl9231 Yeah. I suppose that that's feasible.

[mr10tomidnight]

@dafullclip That's what makes an old Vincent Price telling of the story so great and sinister.He tells the story with light hearted chuckles and smiles of amusement especially when he talks of getting back at Fortunado and finally the climax when Fortunado realizes he is helpless and is being walled in.It matches Monstesor's evil nature and lack of remorse that even after all those years after the fact he STILL has no regrets about walling his friend up alive.

[Awlyssa]

@dafullclip But that's the point, you see. It's that he enjoyed watching Fortunato suffer; it derived pleasure from his death. It is a grave tale indeed; but Montresor is a sadist and revels in his death. That's why it's so light-hearted; he's elated at Fortunato's demise. That's simply what I got out of it. You are entitled to you're on opinion, but that's why this rendition has so much acclaim.

[wickedfeylady]

Price and Poe go together like Peanut Butter and Jelly

[kittenvks]

god what i wouldn't have given to have met Price before he passed

[chaosfive55]

@kittenvks You never know--he might surprise you, some dark night...WOOOOOO...

[Freddykrueger666]

10 people don't know greatness when they see it

[captainthrall]

this is the worst rendition of the best story in the history of time

[gUrAcoX463]

read this and many others in "The Collected Tales and Poems of Edgar Allen Poe"

[ohitslandon]

just read this story in english class.

i really dig edgar allen poe. he's very .. creative.

i wonder where his mind was when he was alive, aha.

[Croccifixo]

There is absolutely no-one who is greater at performing Edgar Allan Poe than Vincent Price. I saw earlier tonight Price reading Tim Burtons "Vincent", in the end, he reads the finishing line in Poe's "The Raven"... After I heard this, I had to check if Price also read the full Raven, and have after that sat here and listened to everything I can of Price reading Poe, starting with The Raven, then the Tell-Tale Head, and now I'm here... And all I can say is... WOUW! Just... WOUW!!!

[kkmb91]

Vincent Price was PERFECT for performing the works of Poe. Perfect.

[chippendaleduo]

10 people seem to have missed the like button :/ poor guys...

[AnonTbomb]

Holy shit!!!  he walled that motherfucker up!!!

[CirkimusPrime]

@AnonTbomb You didn't see that coming? LOL! : ) Just kidding...I was just always under the assumption that this story should be familiar to everyone by law!

[AnonTbomb]

@CirkimusPrime No, i was being sarcastic. I thought pretty much everyone knew this story, so it's kinda odd they'd act like it was a huge surprise at the end.

[CirkimusPrime]

@AnonTbomb Oh, sorry. I only saw your comment on the first page, did not see any others. : ) Yeah, this is definitely a "must read!" for everyone! But hearing Vince Price was a real thrill indeed!

[dedman2020]

is it wrong to hope for tim burtons rendition of the afterlife and fantasise about sitting with his self depp price and poe

[gmanw3]

My favourite Poe work..thank you

[naza959]

what's the name of the movie? my teacher said there's no movie on it....

[60sThru80s]

@naza959

If you're referring to the movie this clip comes from, the film is called "An Evening of Edgar Allan Poe."

It was released in 1972. Tell your teacher there are eye-witnesses. It may have been released for television, but it was still a "film." In addition to Amontillado, he also recited Tell-tale Heart, Pit and the Pendulum, and a fourth that I can't recall.

Tell your teacher that a TV movie (perhaps from even before he/she was born) is still a movie.

[victorianlulu]

I loved this~ Thanks for posting...lulu~

[anubis5275382]

wtf is a damn amintillado

[thegorillasnake]

Amontillado is a type of sherry. It gets its name from Montilla, the Spanish town from which it originated.

[Pattonfrodo]

Wine

[KSClaw]

It's a fine sherry. Google it

[damnbear14]

how can i download this video?? i need this to my project.. pls help me...

[hawkeyesurfer]

If you have a Mac you load the page and as it is loading open the downloads window. You will see an flv file loading. After it has completely loaded you can save it. You can then use an flv converter (eg flv media player) to convert the format.

[tindremene]

damn i wish this guy could have told me bedtime stories when i was a kid!

[beyondz55]

The new print of Tales of Mystery and Imagination with the illustrations by Harry Clarke is amazing!!!!

[cha5]

@beyondz55 Thanks for the information, I'll be sure to check that out, Harry Clarke is one of my favorite classic Poe illustrators.

[TheUntamedH]

One of the greatest reads ever as I recall... I have to get my hands on that book again. I believe he sets him on fire before putting up the last brick. Revenge is a bitch :)

[jhaqmadox]

his writings are great,, i love the cask of amontillado,, i love reading it again and again... vincent price is a great narrator..

[Rangerett]

Vincent Price is a master narrator and actor!

[TheWWEFan95]

on the bottom of the page, it sats to view all 119 comments. thats when edgar was born. 1/19

[havarthe]

this is great, thank you!

[MuskateerGripWeed]

Fantastic...... I love reading this over and over again and to have Vincent Price read it out is amazing thanks..........

[ApathetikDarko]

"In a day like this -october 7- when Poe died... 158 years ago, in Baltimore, where he is buried."

and as I type this, there are 158 ratings on this video

[veritasgoddess]

spooky

[ZombieSlayer138]

What is this footage from?!

[yoseph125]

one more day for what?

[oxygenhasflaws]

1 more day.....before I see more beauty in acting and poetry.....

[opelousas23]

my favorite writter..

[TheBookWorld]

Cool!,

hey October 7 is coming, are you posting a other video ?

[RPCVmars]

poe-fatastic....Price-even better, the two together a holloween fantasy :)

[langgam2000]

this video is already 5..million/5 even without acting

[kovalmoog]

Excellent !! Excellent !! One of the best actors ever. But, this footage seems to be shooted in the 80s, not 60s. Have you the info about the date of it? Thanks.

[DontBeAfraidToCare]

In Pace Requiescat!

[410Alfa]

i need to watch this for english homework :(

[LurkMe]

I wouldn't really see this as a burden to watch its quite a story if you actually look at it closely.

[410Alfa]

i read this already and i cant understand what hes sayin

[xxmetioqurexx]

its all about revenge. basically its called "the cask of amontillado" because amontillado is wine so better yet the cask of "wine" and the main character tells fortunado (the man he wants revenge with) that their is a "pipe" that passes for amontillado. and fortunado doesnt believe him so he follows him to the catacombs and begins his revenge and then kills fortunado . and the last three wordsin the story meen "in pace requiescat" meens may he rest in peace

[410Alfa]

yes, i know...

[xxmetioqurexx]

then you should have never said you didnt understand it...isnt that commen sence

[410Alfa]

i said i cant understand what hes saying not what the story is about

[m5j10]

hey thankz for the information i really need it thankz very much !!!

[chaosfive55]

In many ways this is THE best dramatic interpretation of this tale; it's an old man's reminiscence, as the deed took place 50 years earlier--imagine that this is your dear old grandpa telling you what he did when he was younger! How would you react?

[cha5]

Yeah I remember one idea someone

came up with is that Montressor is telling this tale to a priest or someone he knows and trusts at the end of his life and that the memories of his crime are something that has never left him in all those years.

[chaosfive55]

I get the impression, though, that his memories of the deed are pleasant!

[stabbification]

@chaosfive55 Exactly as it should be done.

[chaosfive55]

@stabbification Yes, indeed!

[MrShadeviperx]

@chaosfive55 lmfao

[chaosfive55]

@MrShadeviperx Tee-hee!

[corrda1993]

Jeez this Is a pretty awesome story.

[1plus1equals84]

i had to read this and do work on it!!!!=(

[SyeraMiktayee]

Hmm, quite possibly. :P

I wonder how people would feel about an American actor playing the Doctor... hmm.

[SourToten]

i read this last week in my literature class

[dogfreak295]

really? i read this in my literature class just today

[SourToten]

Cool. I love this short story.

[usersi3200]

You know vincent price was a actor but he was more then that he was a artest everthing he did in his life was just magic! ...... A great man he was inded

[kageyasha12]

Hmm.... Im amazed by Vincent's age here when did he make this one?

either way he made this poem come alive, and exposed the entire feeling of this poem vincent price is one person we surely will miss

[clehneis]

Vincent Price brings this poem to life

[konigtigertank]

It's a short story :)

[SamanthaVoorhees]

Normally I prefer slasher movies like Friday the 13th but it never hurts to see these great classic horror poems!!!! Poe is a genious writer and Prince sure knows how to make it come true!!!!

[sonrisesonceagain]

the internet is nothing when compared to God.

[BreathingTheDark]

..... and what makes you say that?

[sonrisesonceagain]

Because the internet contains bottles of contaminated wine which will build brick upon brick until it seals its own doom.

[BreathingTheDark]

nice metaphor but i think (keep in mind that that means this is my opinion) there are plenty of things in this world that have the potential to destroy, wreck, or stifle us including the internet, religion, intolerance, censorship... the list goes on. but, as much as i wish a couple of those things were gone, that doesnt mean they will do anything to us or themselves for awhile

[sonrisesonceagain]

that is a good response; I hope that you are right.

[BreathingTheDark]

haha thank you. when i saw your fisrt comment i thought i wasnt going to like you. i think i was wrong haha. you appear to be a respectable person

[bm86728]

i was the 100th person to rate!

[texlab]

poe+price=epic

[bighairy89]

Vincent Price one of the greatest horror actors ever

[54spiritedwill54]

amazing... so perfect... there are no words ;)

[samnhollyproductionz]

huh? this is wierd. it confuses me. i have a test on this story tommorow and i dont get it. this is stupied =p

[cuttock]

Stupid, weird, tomorrow. Those are the right ways to spell the words.

Stupid.

Dummy.

Retard.

Let's guess you failed the test miserably and will repeat the 4th grade.

[Wickedblackjuggalo19]

Ah very great dialouge n actin by vincent price here. He will forever remain the best. R.I.P Vincent Price ur missed much peaceouts

[gabrie1baron92]

this man is the master

[knightrats]

Vincent Price is the master of horror!!!

Michelle xxxx

[carlitos07way]

monster of a narrator

[MuskateerGripWeed]

We celebrate your Birthday Edgar Alan Poe,

Vincent Price you were and forever will be the best character actor of all time.

[Coelacanth1938]

Vincent did everything well.

[ludachris475]

Amontilado!

I have my doubts

Amontilado!

And I will satisfy them.

[Kimoki313]

that was rubbish.

"With the aid of a trowel"

"with the aid of my trowel"

He could have said the latter if he hadn't left one of the greatest ever peices of dark satire out of the story."You jest"

Oh know he fucking doesn't, he's gonna use that to build a wall mother fucker, and you're gona be the other side....

[DarthKorig]

I miss Price. He was so amazing and creepy

[ludachris475]

The Ass Amontillado.

[1994soro]

hehehe funny but this story is more that u!!!

[ludachris475]

I have slapped together Scrabble pieces more coherant than that sentence.

[kev3d]

Man, this is 10,000 neutron stars of awesome. Poe is the American Shakespeare. Price is just legendary.

[SPINOSAURUSKING]

Poe's poem's go so well with Vincent's acting!

[MonkeyOctober]

Requiscat in Pace Edgar Allen Poe (I hope thats correct)

[GothicXIceXQueen]

lovelovelove.

[Jackalman99]

Cool. How many of these Poe things did Price do. They're cool.

[WestFerrisChick]

we studyed Poe for months in our english class. If we had been promised a Vincent Price renactment (cuz he must have done a movie on every Poe poem lets face it!) I would have payed closer attention. Im a huge fan of this poem. And the tell tale heart.

[maggz1994]

In pace requiescat Edgar Allen Poe! :) RIP

[25cassie25shaker25]

it means "may he rest in peace."

[maggz1994]

I know LOL Thats why I said it...

[Suske63]

Edgar Allan Poe was scary, but with Vincent Price retelling the horrors of Poe, it is just too much to handle. ***** out of *****. If I could I'd rate it higher.

[walls777]

one of my favorites by poe, my favorite is the pendulum tho

[faridjabba]

great, but isnt there a dramatized verison form 62? , what years are this pls ?60?

[JResc2010]

Didn't he marry his cousin or something?

[maggz1994]

Yes, she was 13 he was 26.

[jftroopers]

Poe was a foster child, however. She was not blood related.

[maggz1994]

I know =]

[xXxMichaelJacksonxXx]

She was 12, he was 26.

He considered her a cousin, sister, and a wife.

Personally, I don't believe in age, though.

[maggz1994]

Actully she was 13...anyways I agree. Waay to young.

[cha5]

Readings like this are a lost art,

Some authors such as Poe and Dickens used to give public readings of their works,

There's only a few who do that these days

Neil Gaiman and maybe a couple of others.

[19andoverlol]

"The Amontillado!"

"True, the Amontillado."

I've read this story in text, but Vincent Price makes the words come alive.

[SeipherAlmasy]

Vincent Price and E.A.Poe two of the greatest men to ever live. R.I.P

[krista495]

Thanks so much for posting this. I love Edgar Allan Poe. He is Amazing!

:D

[mirkodamian]

No my friend, no typing mistake: Poe was born in 1809 and passed away 40 years after that: 1849. Check that in wikipedia!! :) This video was uploaded exactly 158 years after his departure from this earth...

[zectofrazer]

vincent price has such a creepy voice

[mattyprozzyscott]

i love it, him and eddie izzard have the best voices ever

[lozanicky1]

omg this movie was soooo good i watch it every single night and day and every hour

its the best movie ever i even have it on my ipod and on dvd special edition its the best!!!

[samyemma78]

happy birthday edgar allen poe

your were a great poet and a genius of the shadows 1/19/1809

if only we knew what went on in your head wile you sat and wrote your poems rest in peace

[shincyriades]

Poe, the master of foreshadowing and tone, and Price the master of such incredible acting. Loved the video!

[Bobzeaux]

The Tell-Tale Heart, The Cask of Amontillado, Theater of Blood... Damn it, Price REALLY needed to do some Shakespeare (or at least something akin to it rife with monologues like this) before he died. <:(

[mirkodamian]

In fact HE DID. In 1973 he starred a movie by Douglas Hickox named Theatre of Blood, a dark hilariuos comedy. He played Edward Lionheart, an actor who drove crazy and started killing critics who despise him, in a shakesperian way. It was Vincent's own favorite movie. Check it out!

[Bobzeaux]

Well of course he did Theater of Blood (one of his finest works imho), but I mean REAL Shakespeare. He needs to play in one of the Bard's actual plays, even though his Edward Lionheart DID kick quite a bit of ass. *lol*

[dragonheart333]

did you know that poe's last words were "oh what a miserable life it has been"

[mdalsted]

Really?

[MasterEled]

Not to mention his death was as mysterious as his stories, no one knows a factual cause.

[Lilamouse]

amazing... so perfect... there are no words ;)

[prttyful28]

this video sacres me lolz

[CanadianRuski]

So perfect.