A most sinister Film
EXTRAORDINARY TALES
An Evening of Films Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe.
Wednesday, October 28, 2026 - 6:30pm
Poe Park Visitor Center
2640 Grand Concourse, The Bronx
In celebration of spooky season, Poe Park and Poe Cottage welcome Latin Horror in presenting five of Edgar Allan Poe's best-known stories brought to vivid life in this visually-stunning, heart-pounding animated anthology featuring narration by some of the most beloved figures in horror film history: Bela Lugosi, Christopher Lee, and Guillermo del Toro. PLUS - a little-known short film of "The Tell Tale Heart" by horror master Robert Eggers from 2015!
Youssef Alaoui, Poe Cottage Writer-in-Residence, will present a special reading of original macabre poetry. His work draws directly from classic Poe motifs of psychological tension and atmospheric dread, exploring themes of the high seas, ravens, longing, and the loss of a beloved.
A Symphony of Macabre Animation
The anchor of your evening, Extraordinary Tales (directed by Raul Garcia), is itself a love letter to cinematic history. It bridges the gap between classic monster cinema and modern storytelling by recruiting the absolute titans of the genre to guide us through the dark.
Bela Lugosi and Christopher Lee, men who defined the cinematic vampire and aristocratic terror for generations, lend their legendary, gravelly timbres to the narration, making it feel as though the voices of horror history are speaking directly from the grave.
Paired with Guillermo del Toro, whose own modern fairy tales of monsters and melancholy echo Poe’s romanticism, the film transforms the page into a vibrant, multi-media nightmare.
The Eggers Enigma
Adding to the night is Robert Eggers' rare 2015 short film adaptation of The Tell-Tale Heart. Long before he was conjuring period-accurate folklore in The Witch, The Lighthouse, and The Northman, Eggers turned his microscopic lens toward Poe’s study of unhinged guilt.
Known for his obsessive historical detail and oppressive, atmospheric dread, Eggers' short is a claustrophobic masterpiece.
Death: They all succumb to my prowess. The poor, the weak; the rich, the powerful. Everybody bows before me. I offer you one last chance.
Crow: I don't want my work to be lost forever. My work is eternal. I want that eternity. I want to be sure my words will survive me, that they will be never lost in time.
Death: That, my friend, NEVERMORE!
This event is funded in part by Poets & Writers with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
