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Old 28th April 2008, 05:30 PM   #22 (permalink)
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Re: Edgar Allan Poe

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Originally Posted by HoopyFrood View Post
It assume it's that one, as that's the one I watched the other night (or at least the latter half). I enjoyed it -- a very bright, garish film with, as J.d says, some great use of lighting. I liked the merging of the Hop-Frog tale, I rather like that short story. And I was playing "Spot the Poe Tale", as I'm quite sure I saw a raven, mention of a heartbeat, and a something rather pendulum-like........
Yes, it was certainly the best of the Corman Poe films, with a script co-written by Charles Beaumont; so such references are quite likely.
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