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I like Poe too, but he's hard to do justice on film, here are my fave movies based on his work:

Murders in the Rue Morgue: A 1932 film starring Bela Lugosi fresh off of Dracula

The Black Cat: A in name only adaptation from 1934 featuring Lugosi and Karloff in their first movie together.

The Raven: A Universal film from 1936 starring Lugosi and Karloff again.

House of Usher: A 1960 film directed by Roger Corman with a screenplay by author Richard Matheson and features Vincent Price in a fantastic performance as Roderick Usher.

The Pit and The Pendulum: Price teams up with Corman and Matheson again in this second film of Corman's Poe series for American International

Premature Burial: The third film of Corman's Poe series and the only one to not feature Price, it instead stars Ray Milland. One again the script was by Matheson.

Tales of Terror: A anthology film made of three stories: Morella, The Black Cat and The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar. Price appears in all three, playing a different role in each, including the titular Valdemar. Peter Lorre co-stars in The Black Cat while former Sherlock Holmes Basil Rathbone joins in for "Valdemar". It's also the fourth film in Corman's Poe series.

The Raven: A great little horror comedy that is the fifth of the Poe series. Price and Lorre are once again paired together as two sorcerors, one of whom (Lorre) is turned into the titular Raven twice in the film. Boris Karloff, Hazel Court and a young Jack Nicholson join this time around.

Before I continue, I have to say, yes, there is another Poe film in between The Raven and my next listed film...but it's actually an adaptation of Lovecraft's The Case of Charles Dexter Ward. AIP slapped the title of the Poe poem The Haunted Palace on the movie and placed the poem at the start and end to connect it to Corman's Poe movies...

Masque of the Red Death: In the penultimate film of the Poe series, Price is once again teamed with Hazel Court. This was planned to be done after House of Usher, but Corman decided to to wait since he was afraid of the similarities to The Seventh Seal.

Two Evil Eyes: Another Poe anthology film, only two stories this time, and both have a different director. First up is a modern version of The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar starring Adrienne Barbeau, E.G. Marshall, Jonathan Adams (Rocky Horror's Dr.Scott) and Tom Atkins. Then, it's The Black Cat starring Harvey Keitel as a forensic photographer named Roderick Usher (Yes, they took a name from ANOTHER Poe story). The segment also stars John Amos, Kim Hunter, Psycho's Martin Balsam and future Dexter co-star Julie Benz. The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar was directed by George A. Romero and The Black Cat was directed by Dario Argento.

I really recommend these movies for not only Poe fans, but also horror fans.