The Tell-Tale Heart

directed by Ted Parmelee
List(s):"Fifty Greatest Cartoons"
Category: "Animation"
Year of Release:1953
Date Added:06/23/2014
Date Watched:08/02/2014
Description:UPA (United Productions of America)

Edgar Allan Poe's short story in animated form with narration by James Mason. The protagonist murders an old man because the old man's blank eye haunts him. When the police come to investigate, the protagonist believes he (and they) can hear the old man's heart beating from beneath the floor where he buried him, and he confesses.
My Rating:6

Reviews for The Tell-Tale Heart

Review - Tell-Tale Heart, The

The animation, soundtrack and narration all do a good job of setting the mood. The technique of only lighting up a small part of a scene — an eye, a silhouette, the moon — adds to the suspense.

Reviewed by Roger on 2014-08-02 07:48:15

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