Tales of Mystery and Imagination

Season 1

1995 · 13 episodes · 5h 23m in all

Episodes

1. 1

   1. The Fall of the House of Usher

   7 Sept 1995 · 25 min

   A stranger visits the isolated home of the Usher family.

2. 2

   2. The Oval Portrait

   14 Sept 1995 · 25 min

   An artist's obsessive quest for perfection is literally life-consuming.

3. 3

   3. Berenice

   21 Sept 1995 · 25 min

   Gentleman suffering from monomania has a secret and very bizarre obsession involving his new wife.

4. 4

   4. The Black Cat

   28 Sept 1995 · 24 min

   A wife-murderer falls foul of a cat.

5. 5

   5. Ligeia

   5 Oct 1995 · 24 min

   Ligeia was a larger-than-life personality. And perhaps she's larger than death, too.

6. 6

   6. The Cask of Amontillado

   12 Oct 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. 7

   7. Mr. Valdemar

   19 Oct 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. 8

   8. The Tell-Tale Heart

   26 Oct 1995 · 25 min

   A murderer is haunted by the sound of his victim's heart, still somehow beating.

9. 9

   9. Morella

   2 Nov 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. 10

    10. The Pit and the Pendulum

    9 Nov 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. 11

    11. The Masque of the Red Death - Part 1

    16 Nov 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. 12

    12. The Masque of the Red Death - Part 2

    23 Nov 1995 · 24 min

    A horrible figure intrudes upon Prospero's masquerade party.

13. 13

    13. A Biographical Portrait of Edgar Allan Poe

    30 Nov 1995 · 25 min

    This short biography of Poe commences with his marriage to child bride Virginia.