Extraordinary Tales

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Extraordinary Tales

2013

1h 13m

6.4(123 votes)

Horror

Animation

Mystery

Overview

Five tales by Edgar Allan Poe come to life thanks to a pictorical style animation, five tales that exude madness, pestilence, murder and torture.

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Videos & Trailers

2 videos

Cast & Crew

9 members

Acting

Christopher Lee

Narrator (voice) (segment 'The Fall of the House of Usher')

Acting

Bela Lugosi

Narrator (voice) (segment 'The Tell-Tale Heart')

Acting

Julian Sands

Narrator (voice) (segment 'The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar')

Directing

Guillermo del Toro

Narrator (voice) (segment 'The Pit and the Pendulum')

Production

Roger Corman

Prince Prospero (voice) (segment 'The Masque of the Red Death')

Acting

Stephen Hughes

Crow / Poe (voice)

Writing

Cornelia Funke

Death (voice)

Acting

Karla Cervantes

Additional Voices

No Image

Writing

Raúl García

Additional Voices

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