Tales of Mystery and Imagination — Season 1
About this season
Horror stories by Edgar Allen Poe dramatized and introduced by horror actor Sir Christopher Lee.
Episodes (13)
1. The Fall of the House of Usher
Aired 7 September 1995 • 25 min
A stranger visits the isolated home of the Usher family.
2. The Oval Portrait
Aired 14 September 1995 • 25 min
An artist's obsessive quest for perfection is literally life-consuming.
3. Berenice
Aired 21 September 1995 • 25 min
Gentleman suffering from monomania has a secret and very bizarre obsession involving his new wife.
4. The Black Cat
Aired 28 September 1995 • 24 min
A wife-murderer falls foul of a cat.
5. Ligeia
Aired 5 October 1995 • 24 min
Ligeia was a larger-than-life personality. And perhaps she's larger than death, too.
6. The Cask of Amontillado
Aired 12 October 1995 • 24 min
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.
7. Mr. Valdemar
Aired 19 October 1995 • 26 min
A dying Mr. Valdemar agrees to a hypnotist's experiment. Just before Valdemar's death, he will be placed in a state of hypnosis.
8. The Tell-Tale Heart
Aired 26 October 1995 • 25 min
A murderer is haunted by the sound of his victim's heart, still somehow beating.
9. Morella
Aired 2 November 1995 • 26 min
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.
10. The Pit and the Pendulum
Aired 9 November 1995 • 25 min
The pendulum swings ever lower into the pit, at whose base a man is bound and immobilized; and its blade is razor-sharp.
11. The Masque of the Red Death - Part 1
Aired 16 November 1995 • 25 min
Outside, the terrible disease called the Red Death is ravaging the countryside; but inside the Prince Prospero prepares an elaborate masquerade party.
12. The Masque of the Red Death - Part 2
Aired 23 November 1995 • 24 min
A horrible figure intrudes upon Prospero's masquerade party.
13. Biographical Portrait
Aired 30 November 1995 • 25 min
This short biography of Poe commences with his marriage to child bride Virginia.