Call Me Stormy

Finding righteous currents in turbulent times

The Tell-Tale Heart

SALUTE TO EDGAR ALLAN POE

James Mason delivers the chilling first-person narration for this dark, visually stylish 1953 animation. It’s based on Edgar Allan Poe’s tale of a deranged lodger who becomes obsessed with killing his landlord, believing him to possess an “evil eye.”  Made by the UPA, the same studio that gave us Mr. Magoo, this short was Oscar-nominated for best animation, but also was the first cartoon to receive an X-rated (suitable for adults only) under the British Board of Film Censors classification system.

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