Tales of Mystery and Imagination (1995)
Synopsis
Horror stories by Edgar Allen Poe dramatized and introduced by horror actor Sir Christopher Lee.
First Air Date: 1995-09-07
Last Air Date: 1995-11-30
Number of Seasons: 1
Number of Episodes: 13
Created By: Zdravko Mihalic, Neil Hetherington
Networks: ITV1
Top Cast
- Christopher Lee as Narrator
- Graham Armitage as Lord Chamberlain
- Jennifer Steyn as Astrid
- Jeremy Crutchley as Roderick Usher
- Graham Hopkins as Paul
- Patrick Ryecart as Bernard Bouvet
- Jerome Willis as Duke de Mornay
- Moray Watson as Davencourt
- Božidar Alić as Egaeus
- Slobodan Dimitrijević as Dr. Archer
Seasons
None (1995)
No overview available for this season.
Episodes:
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Ep. 1: The Fall of the House of Usher
A stranger visits the isolated home of the Usher family.
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Ep. 2: The Oval Portrait
An artist's obsessive quest for perfection is literally life-consuming.
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Ep. 3: Berenice
Gentleman suffering from monomania has a secret and very bizarre obsession involving his new wife.
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Ep. 4: The Black Cat
A wife-murderer falls foul of a cat.
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Ep. 5: Ligeia
Ligeia was a larger-than-life personality. And perhaps she's larger than death, too.
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Ep. 6: The Cask of Amontillado
Montresor is not as fond of Fortunato as the latter believes, and when he invited Fortunato to taste some special Amontillado sherry down in the cellar, he has a hidden agenda.
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Ep. 7: Mr. Valdemar
A dying Mr. Valdemar agrees to a hypnotist's experiment. Just before Valdemar's death, he will be placed in a state of hypnosis.
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Ep. 8: The Tell-Tale Heart
A murderer is haunted by the sound of his victim's heart, still somehow beating.
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Ep. 9: Morella
An unnamed narrator marries Morella, a philosophy scholar, who spends most of her time in bed reading and teaching. Realizing her deterioration, her husband becomes frightened and wishes for his wife's death and eternal peace.
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Ep. 10: The Pit and the Pendulum
The pendulum swings ever lower into the pit, at whose base a man is bound and immobilized; and its blade is razor-sharp.
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Ep. 11: The Masque of the Red Death - Part 1
Outside, the terrible disease called the Red Death is ravaging the countryside; but inside the Prince Prospero prepares an elaborate masquerade party.
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Ep. 12: The Masque of the Red Death - Part 2
A horrible figure intrudes upon Prospero's masquerade party.
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Ep. 13: Biographical Portrait
This short biography of Poe commences with his marriage to child bride Virginia.
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