Horror stories by Edgar Allen Poe dramatized and introduced by horror actor Sir Christopher Lee.
Tales of Mystery and Imagination (Season 1)
The Fall of the House of Usher (Episode 1)
Air date: 1995-09-07
Runtime: 25 min
Overview: A stranger visits the isolated home of the Usher family.
The Oval Portrait (Episode 2)
Air date: 1995-09-14
Runtime: 25 min
Overview: An artist's obsessive quest for perfection is literally life-consuming.
Berenice (Episode 3)
Air date: 1995-09-21
Runtime: 25 min
Overview: Gentleman suffering from monomania has a secret and very bizarre obsession involving his new wife.
The Black Cat (Episode 4)
Air date: 1995-09-28
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: A wife-murderer falls foul of a cat.
Ligeia (Episode 5)
Air date: 1995-10-05
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: Ligeia was a larger-than-life personality. And perhaps she's larger than death, too.
The Cask of Amontillado (Episode 6)
Air date: 1995-10-12
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: 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.
Mr. Valdemar (Episode 7)
Air date: 1995-10-19
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: A dying Mr. Valdemar agrees to a hypnotist's experiment. Just before Valdemar's death, he will be placed in a state of hypnosis.
The Tell-Tale Heart (Episode 8)
Air date: 1995-10-26
Runtime: 25 min
Overview: A murderer is haunted by the sound of his victim's heart, still somehow beating.
Morella (Episode 9)
Air date: 1995-11-02
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: 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.
The Pit and the Pendulum (Episode 10)
Air date: 1995-11-09
Runtime: 25 min
Overview: The pendulum swings ever lower into the pit, at whose base a man is bound and immobilized; and its blade is razor-sharp.
The Masque of the Red Death - Part 1 (Episode 11)
Air date: 1995-11-16
Runtime: 25 min
Overview: Outside, the terrible disease called the Red Death is ravaging the countryside; but inside the Prince Prospero prepares an elaborate masquerade party.
The Masque of the Red Death - Part 2 (Episode 12)
Air date: 1995-11-23
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: A horrible figure intrudes upon Prospero's masquerade party.
Biographical Portrait (Episode 13)
Air date: 1995-11-30
Runtime: 25 min
Overview: This short biography of Poe commences with his marriage to child bride Virginia.
Seasons
Episodes 13