HISTOIRES EXTRAORDINAIRES is the title of the first volume of Charles Baudelaire’s renowned French translations of the writings of Edgar Allan Poe. This volume, first published in 1856, is credited with inspiring Poe’s exalted reputation in Europe, so it makes sense that HISTOIRES EXTRAORDINAIRES was the name given to not one but two French-made compilations of Poe-adapted films.
An excellent American Playhouse production written and directed by Julie Taymor, adapting the Edgar Allan Poe story “Hop Frog”
This is one of the first-ever adaptations of Edgar Allen Poe’s classic tale “The Fall of the House of Usher” and still among the most interesting
A dream project for longtime horror buffs, or so it seemed, this two-parter teamed George Romero and Dario Argento, each delivering an hour-long adaptation of an Edgar Allen Poe story