The Red Death (Part 1)

The Red Death narrated by William S Burroughs from the game The Dark Eye, as written by Edgar Allen Poe.

Expect a review sometime this summer.

Update March 19 2007: I recieved a message from Richard Downs, the apparent artist of the interface and The Masque for The Dark Eye. Go and check out his art, very interesting stuff: www.downs-art.com

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[Samoth06]

Someone needs to upload a run of the game from start to finish on here. I never got a chance to play it myself.

[FMVGuy]

That's another thing I was going to do. Upload play throughs of obscure games like Phantasmagoria, The Dark Eye, etc.

[dicocalilung]

Thanks for posting. I loved "The Dark Eye". Could you post Annabel Lee?

[FMVGuy]

When I review The Dark Eye, I will.

[MaRaX93]

And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all.

[namydim]

because this was made during a time that the masses had respect for its elders; and viewed its elders as not just old but wise with something to say and worth hearing.

[velindaws]

@Samoth06 if you find it, lemme know???

[AnarchismDizzy]

i enjoyed his voice :)

[ojalaqueque]

@jjobie :

" in other cases it's because the director/screenwriter can't stop himself from creating his/her "vision" of the tale; as if Poe's original concepts aren't good enough to begin with."

That seems to me impossible to avoid.

Of course there are fails, like The Time Machine movie. What a shit movie. If you read the book then watch the movie you will get really angry.

The Evil Eye in my opinion is a great adaptation of Poe to visual.

[ojalaqueque]

@DAHKSYDE DOSbox?

[ojalaqueque]

What a game!

For a moment worried me since made me too alienated. The part of the man that never leaves his room.

Only downside, if so, it is too short to finish. That might be good also.

[DAHKSYDE]

I love this game but I can't play it anymore on win 7. Any ideas anyone?

[TheSomeguy101]

@jjobie it is sad isnt it?

[jjobie]

@TheSomeguy101 I agree. Most of the movie adaptations of Poe's stories have been disastrous. In many cases it's because the length of the story didn't lend itself to a feature film; in other cases it's because the director/screenwriter can't stop himself from creating his/her "vision" of the tale; as if Poe's original concepts aren't good enough to begin with.

Another writer whose works have suffered the same fate is H.P. Lovecraft.

[TheSomeguy101]

i own the book and the movie sucked in bringing it out. vincint price sucked like hell in this movie, it had nothing to do with lust and sin (WTF!) it was all about the ball and the beautiful yet grotesque "dreams" stalking to and fro. hell they red the book at the begining why did the assholes not get it. and when the masque actully happened, it did a half assed job in bringing it out. Vincint, an epic fail.

[jjobie]

Burroughs was a trip and a half... Naked Lunch, anyone?