The Tell-Tale Heart

A still-image re-imagining of Edgar Allan Poe's short story, which I made for my BA Film Studies dissertation. The characters are played by myself, my father and my grandfather. The soundtrack narration is sampled from a reading by Basil "Sherlock Holmes" Rathbone, & all sound effects and music were composed and recorded on guitar by me. My main influences were Roman Polanski, Robert Bresson, Frank Miller, Chris Marker, UPA's animated adaptation of the story and of course, The Simpsons episode "The Tell-Tale Head"...

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• gothic
• horror
• edgar
• allan
• poe
• still-image
• masterpiece

[Sydpart2]

I'm looking for someone to narrate a story of mine. I like your voice. Would you be interested at all? Please reply either way.

[tjwf201]

@Sydpart2 Glad you like it! Unfortunately I can't help you, as the voice does not belong to me! It is actually Basil Rathbone (of Sherlock Holmes fame) who died in the 1960s. My voice would have sounded rubbish so I found an old recording by him on vinyl and recorded it to computer, then edited for the film. It's a good way to get a decent old sounding narration if you are revisiting an old story. For an original work though you'll need to find someone with a voice like Basil! Good luck!

[tjwf201]

See link for higher quality version without watermark.

[awesomeprincess1234]

poe is definitely the master of psychological terror

[BillieJeanGirl2]

i love the last line...... " Villans!" i cried. "Tear up the floorbaords! here, here! ITS THE BEATING OF HIS HIDEOUS HEART!!!"

[ShiksaWithChutzpah1]

Can I just say Basil Rathbone did an awesome job reading this story?? Chilling and dramatic!!

[Sydpart2]

@tjwf201 oh. thanks anyway

[Mikraken23]

@justinvideos9 That doesn't necessarily make poe a murderer. Why would poe want to see more death in his lifetime than what he already saw? The fact that there was or was not a body at Fort Sumter is merely circumstantial evidence anyway. Besides, forts are designed for defense and battle. That means finding a body may have even been from a battle. But the fact there was a body there is merely circumstantial.

[brettluvr101]

This is my Favroite Story!

[rehmsmeyer]

Charlie Murphy!

[NoepElopon305]

WHOSE THEIR? LOL