Tell-Tale Heart, The

“Madness, but will you say that I am mad? Murder, perhaps you judge too soon. For when you hear my story, you will certainly understand why, very gradually—I made up my mind to take the life of the old man.” True to the words of master storyteller Edgar Allan Poe, this stunning adaptation brings to life what is perhaps Poe’s best-known short story. Murder, madness, and betrayal from within become entangled in this fascinating study of a twisted mind. Starring Michael Sollazzo and Robert E. Reynolds. Adapted and directed by Scott Mansfield. (25 minutes)

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Poe published “The Tell-Tale Heart" in 1843. He wrote about cruelty, madness, irrationality, existential doubt and dread. (1:25:47)

Here is Poe weaving a web of psychological terror as a murderer recounts the bizarre details of his crimes against "the old man with the evil eye." The intensity and emotion build as the murderer becomes unhinged, a victim of his own crime. Again, the strength of Pomerleau’s performance enables the audience to feel the power of Poe’s macabre imagination. (20 minutes)

Filmed in Gothic monochrome and recited in lively fashion by British actor Joss Ackland, Edgar Allan Poe’s classic short story of premeditated evil comes alive in this engaging program. Supplementing the dramatization, writer and film director Neil Jordan discusses the story’s powerful imagery, particularly that of the eye and the heartbeat, along with Poe’s lasting influence. (25 minutes)

On this episode of Camera Three, Michael Kane performs a dramatization of Edgar Allan Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart. After murdering an old man because of his "vulture eye," the narrator conceals the body underneath the floorboards. (23 minutes)