The Tell-Tale Heart
MovieTitle | The Tell-Tale Heart |
User score | 7.2 |
Release date | Dec 17, 1953 |
Genre | Animation, Horror, Crime |
Director | Ted Parmelee |
Production country | United States of America |
Production companies | United Productions of America, Columbia Pictures |
Run time | 8 min. |
One of the most discussed and imaginative cartoons of any era. It tells the famous Edgar Allan Poe story of the deranged boarder who had to kill his landlord, not for greed, but because he possessed an "evil eye." The killer is never seen but his presence is felt by the use light-and-shadow to give the impression of impending disaster.