Edgar Allan Poe Was Scaring People Long Before They Even Knew That They Wanted It
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- Mike talks macabre by discussing some of the tales that have stuck with him over the years by Edgar Allan Poe.
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Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Cask of Amontillado’ got me into literature. I hated my freshman English class until we got to read some of Poe’s stories 😂
When I teach Intro to Literature, we read short stories, poems, and drama, and Poe is inevitably one of the most popular in both the short story and the poetry parts of the course. He most certainly does delve into and portray people’s deepest fears and nightmares, straddling the line between sanity and madness. Still very relevant too - airborne diseases included. I love that you’re bringing attention to these classic tales!
I got one, I always like “The Cask of Amontillado”..... lots of wine
It is soooo great.
Nemo me impune lacessit
@@fredrikgranstrom6743 it's also quite funny
Yea, my favorite. Generally, I'm not a horror fan, but I like this one for the irony. It reminds me (a little) of some Gaiman's Sandman issues that have a great story with just a few splashes of horror.
The Cask of Amontillado is my favorite. Also, in his Books of Blood, Clive pays homage to Poe in his story "New Murders in the Rue Morgue". Great stuff.
CoA is brilliant. Would have been my 5th if I had went that long.
I fucking love Poe. "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket" is fantastic!
Poe was a mastermind, incredibly intelligent, his words are fantastic, and his writing is full of symbolism and some surprising humor. My favorite to date is The Cask of Amontillado.
The Pit and the Pendulum is absolutely my favorite Poe story. Poe had a gift for writing claustrophobic atmospheres that made you feel like you were there with his characters. I also appreciated the way that he wrote his characters as they descended into madness... it can still give me the chills! The Cask of Amontillado is another great one!
The Cask of Amontiillado was always terrifying to me. Being walled in without any chance of escape. Very scary.
Poe was a genius. Way ahead of his time.
Yuuup
Would like to see you do an episode on Poe's poetry! The Bells, Annabel Lee, and of course, The Raven.
I remember the first time I ever read "The Imp of the Perverse" as a teenager, and suddenly *A LOT* of human behavior made sense to me that I'd never understood before.
The tell tale heart is by far my favorite Poe. And I could see that it’s about the abuse of the elderly but I’ve never taken it that way. I just love it
As soon as I read "The Fall of the House of Usher" as a kid it became my favorite Poe story. Then later I read "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" and that became my favorite. I recently read a really funny story he wrote called "The Angel of the Odd." I had no idea that he wrote anything comedic before I found that one
My favorite Poe story is The Tell Tale Heart.
If you’re a Poe fan, you gotta read “The Bells”. You think you’re reading a happy poem...and then remember it’s Edgar Allen Poe 👻
I listened to Penn Gillette read that live on the radio back in the early 90's on the G. Gordon Liddy show. What a strange pairing..what a wonderful read. Love "The Bells"
Oh!
Yes! The Bells is a great one too
I'm reading Poe for the first time after picking up another beautiful Barnes and Noble edition. Not as easy to find in the UK. I'm amazed at how dark the tales are. Thoroughly enjoying the ride so far. Weirdly I'm also reading SK - The Outsider alongside it and there are so many references to the Poe story 'William Wilson' in that novel. I love spooky coincidence like that.
I haven't read Poe
since high school. At some point I
should re-read his works!
You really should.
Christopher Lee's take on some of poe's works is fantastic
Taletell Heart and the Masque of the Red Death truly captured horrorific madness and supernatural horror respectively.
Such a legend no lovecraft king or ito without him.
I've got that copy, it's beautiful! I read a few poems and The Tell-Tale Heart which I thought was amazing!
Like you, I read Poe in middle school, high-school and college and loved it! His stories caught my attention and were short enough to hold it. Tell Tale Heart reality got kr. I read it in the 8th grade! I read The Pit and the Pendulum in high-school and I freaked out!
It's one of those "I can't believe they're letting us read this!" moments of high school.
My favorite story of Poe is "A Tale Of The Ragged Mountains". It ranks just slightly above a few others for the reason that it has these blackwoodesque vibes of wilderness, strangeness, psychic mystique. The most logic explanation yould be that Poe travelled to the future and copied Algernon Blackwood.
I still have some of his tales to read but I know and like all of these. "The Black Cat" was my introduction to Poe years ago and I still like it very much too.
Love this review, and yes, Poe is the man!
I love B&N. I have that leatherbound edition too. It is amazing!!
It really is!
Poe is probably my favorite author of all time
Hey! Love this video, I think the Unparalleled adventure of Hans Pfaall is an excellent story as well. I’ve read a few of his other works and so I came to this video hoping to get introduced to more works, thank you.
I've been waiting for this video :)
Oh my, that is a beautiful edition. This certainly brings back memories from high school. I really need to re-read his work sometime. Thanks for sharing this :)
Pit and The Pendulum is my favorite as well, but Cask of Amontillado is a close second.
One of my favourite videos from Fright Fest. Three of my top four are here, I haven't read The Masque of the Red Death. So my list would include the Cask of Amontillado
You guys comparing the plague in Masque of the Red Death, which killed 100% of everyone it infected within 30 minutes, to the Virus that shall not be named, which most recover from, is a tad dramatic. Even Mr. Poe would think so. But you guys have fun.
So many great suggestions here!
Poe is a giant in the literary field
Thanks for reminding me about Edgar Allan Poe. How are you doing Mike. I just looked him up on the Braille Audio Reading Database app from the Library for the Blind and I was able to find about 17 books of his that had been recorded by volunteers, so I added those to my wish list and I will be investigating his work soon. I have only read the Raven, so it will be neat to get exposed to more of his stuff. I am also now about 25% into Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson, which has been really good. Nothing is as it seems with him.
I would probably put in the black cat and cask of amontillado. I want to get that edition.
I could have talked about 10, probably. He's just fantastic.
Great video Mike, loving the Fright Fest series!
Great video.
GREAT VIDEO. I’ve really enjoyed all of fright fest
That B&N cover edition is awesome looking. Have you seen the B&N hardcover version of The Stand?
Funny, I just talked to a friend about the claustrphobia we felt wihle reading Poe´s stories, and I mean all of them. This specific emotional reaction is was makes them great to me. Also, I have the same edition :) My favorite story is probably Metzengenstein
Claustrophobic, makes you hold your breath. That's how I'd describe a lot of his tales.
I had never read Poe until I saw the show, The Following. The Antagonist was someone who loved Poe and killed in the name of Poe. It was unreal lol.
Poetry definitely isn’t my thing. I have a difficult time breaking it down but I have no problem looking up the meaning of them via Google these days lol
The are so many great Poe stories but I think my favorite is The Tell-Tale Heart. Pretty sure I read most of his stories as a teen growing up in the 80's. I also love the movie adaptations with Vincent Price.
I'm going to have to get my hands on a good compilation edition like you have.
I see the thumbs down bandit has weighed in ... Great video Mike - love Poe!
They’re automatic
The Pit and Pendulum movie was memorable.
Cask of Amontillado brought out a primitive fear I didn't know I had. There's something extra horrifying about being walled up alive. shudder
This gave me flashbacks to the 8th grade
So I've been intimidated by Poe's writing, but I'm ready to try again. Probably start with Telltale Heart and see where I go from there. Here's a fun read that's Poe related: Usher's Passing, by Robert R. McCammon
Raven. Black Cat. Cask of amontillado.
i am currently reading a book with some of his tales and i am enjoyng very much. my book had some pages telling about his story and i am really impressed that he even created the sherlcok homes type of detective. my first tale and maybe my favorite is the Black Cat.(very good video. thanks for make just horror this month ( : )
You can't really shut the door on COVID-19 as well. Life must go on.
Thought sure you would mention Premature Burial!
Nice video!
the bells.... bells...bells
Mike, have you heard of Usher’s Passing by Robert McCammon? It’s about the descendants of the characters in Poe’s story. Excellent read for spooky season.
I haven't, but I get recs for his books in almost all of my King reviews.
@@mikesbookreviews as a King fan, I’d think you’d really love him. I never heard of him until 2020, and loved his writing so much that I have read 13 of his books this year.
Kind of off topic... but I just read the Running Man by Richard Bachman and it was really good! Still love the move but as they say the book is much better... one of the best king endings ever!
Mike, you gotta read Gene Wolfe for Fantasy/SF...
Have you checked out the Epic Rap Battle of History featuring Edgar Allen Poe and Stephen King? I think you’d LOVE it with all the research they put into it.
Someone: What are you laughing about?
Me: Nothing
In my head: POEtry
(English is not my native language I didnt see that comming 😅)
I feel like Poe was my introduction to dark fantasy.
First author i ever bought books from in english
An excellent choice!
Lauren was in the kitchen standing over the stove, flipping eggs and bacon. She must not have heard me over the crackling of the grease because I spooked her when I got close enough. She jumped and made a little yipping sound that would normally be reserved for a small puppy.
“Sorry,” I said, hand outstretched in a gesture of peace.
She laughed, trying to hide the fact that she was still jumpy from the night before. “It’s okay. Try to be a little louder next time. You almost gave me a heart attack.”
The small TV next to the sink was on but the volume was muted because Lauren was listening to music. A weatherman was standing in front of a green screen, pointing at the massive storm.
There was a tiny headline that said, “Biggest storm in years will engulf western Alaska.”
I looked back at Lauren. She was humming along with the song. I went up behind her and wrapped my arms around her. She flipped an egg and turned her face up to kiss me. Her thin form against the front of my body felt great. My hands searched over her hips and up around her stomach.
“What’s gotten into you?” She giggled.
“Don’t you know that a woman in the kitchen is super attractive to me?”
She gave me an annoyed look, “That’s pretty sexist”.
“I don’t mean it that way. It’s just the apron, something about it is just so damn sexy.”
She turned away from the stove and leaned against it to face me. “Well you’re in luck,” She said, “Guys that wear the same clothes two days in a row turns me on.”
“Does it?”
She winked and chuckled.
I buried my face into hers and she met my lips with the same amount of passion. I put my hand down to her thigh and raised it. She then hooked her calf around the back of my leg, squeezing her pelves closer to mine. Still embraced, she whispered, “The stove,”
We moved away from the hot surface and over to the countertop adjacent to it. I raised her small body onto the counter and tried to unbuckle my pants.
Knock knock knock. Fuck, someone was at the door.
There was a wet smacking sound as Lauren’s lips disembarked from mine. The disappointment was clear on her face. “Ralph,” she said. It wasn’t a question.
“Or David,” I replied, “He might have come back to check on us.”
Lauren slid off the edge of the countertop and went back to the eggs and bacon. The food looked like it had slightly overcooked during my attempt to land a quick lay.
I buckled up my pants and went to see who was at the door. As Lauren had predicted, it was Ralph. He didn’t look too happy. I couldn't blame him, I mean his dog had just died the day before.
Ha, you just read porn.
There's a video of a discussion between George RR Martin and Stephen King. Check it out. It's an hour long. George said his teacher told his class to re-write the ending to The Pit and the Pendulum. In George's ending, the guy is cut in half and the rats eat him 🤢🤮
Alright, I’m here. Educate me.
Nice.
Check out the conspiracy theories surrounding Tchaikovsky’s death and the potential implications of the 4th movement of his sixth and final symphony (premiered only 9 days prior to his death). Pretty interesting
Stephen king is not scary, he is a disney approach to horror. Poe and Lovecraft are the real deal.
Cool
Mike and all, here's a link to some interesting readings and performances
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The Black Cat is a personal favorite
I'll just leave this here:
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Stephen king is not scary, he is a disney approach to horror. Poe and Lovecraft are the real deal.