Edgar allan poe biography movies

As we dove deep into the world of Edgar Allan Poe in Netflix’s newest mystery historical fiction, The Pale Blue Eye, we were inspired to go on a Poe-themed watching spree.

In doing so, we had to find out about all the movies based on Edgar Allan Poe stories.

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Until Stephen King came along, Poe was the most adapted horror author of all time.

Since his death in October 1849 (a spooky month for a spooky death-a-versary), his tales of “mystery and macabre” have inspired countless pieces of literature, music, film, television, and even the fields of cosmology and cryptography (and no, that’s not the study of Bitcoin).

With iconic tales and poems, such as “The Raven” and “The Tell-Tale Heart,” it’s no surprise that there are more than 30 films based on Poe stories.

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