P.O.E. Poetry of Eerie
"A single challenge. 15 international directors. 13 classic tales of terror from Edgar Allen Poe. Only three days of filming. The results..."
2.0
2011
112 min
"A single challenge. 15 international directors. 13 classic tales of terror from Edgar Allen Poe. Only three days of filming. The results..."
Project of Evil shifts toward a more experimental and visceral tone, with stories such as “The Pit and the Pendulum,” “The Tell-Tale Heart,” and “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” re-imagined with a modern grindhouse sensibility.
Pieces of Eldritch continues the anthology tradition with six Poe stories - like Morella, The Cask of Amontillado, and King Pest - presented through varied aesthetic lenses.
A masked maniac terrorizes the same small community where a murderer known as the Phantom Killer struck decades earlier.
As an evil takes over the world beyond their front doorstep, the only protection for a mother and her twin sons is their house and their family’s protective bond.
Two women—Diana, a flamboyant and ruthless thief, and Evie, a seemingly innocent young woman with a troubled past—become embroiled in a series of horrific murders on the island of Malta.
A woman wakes up injured in a basement surrounded by corpses. To survive, she pretends to be dead while a grotesque ritual unfolds in the house above.
When Polly receives a mysterious box, it comes with one rule: place inside something she needs, something she hates, and something she loves. If she doesn’t obey, it will consume everything—and everyone—she’s ever known.
Moira Cole endeavors to rebuild her shattered life after her family's murder at the hands of her deranged and obsessed cousin.
A series of down-on-their-luck individuals enter the decrepit and spine-chilling Rialto theater, only to have their deepest and darkest fears brought to life on the silver screen by The Projectionist – a mysterious, ghostly figure who holds the nightmarish futures of all who attend his screenings.
A single mom is raped by an invisible force. Her psychiatrist believes the experience stems from childhood trauma, while she knows something supernatural is at play.
A matriarchal witch passes on her sinister inheritance to her grand-daughter, triggering the most horrific curses.
In medieval England, Anne and her domineering mother-in-law Morwen struggle to survive on the outskirts of society. But when a man from Anne's past returns from war, a curse begins to take shape through a mysterious knight and threatens to destroy them all.
A young man, Peter, returns to Austria in search of his heritage. There he visits the castle of an ancestor, a sadistic Baron who was cursed to a violent death by a witch whom the Baron had burned at the stake. Peter reads aloud the incantation that causes Baron Blood to return and continue his murderous tortures.
After her twin sister Aubrey goes missing, Jennifer uncovers the scandalous, secret double-life that Aubrey leads - and that has put both of them in danger.
A journey into uncharted and forbidden territory through three tales tangled in space and time.
A washed up boxer searching for his inheritance must fight for his life when he is trapped in his deceased father's farmhouse by a local cannibal cult.
A couple is terrorized in their new house haunted by the vengeful ghost of the woman's former husband who possesses her young son.
After her father’s suicide, a young mother investigates what led to his death. But when she is haunted by spirits and unearths an unsolved mystery from 30 years ago, she discovers a dark family history that could prove deadly for her child.
A Chicago artist's sanity starts to unravel, unleashing a terrifying wave of violence when he begins to explore the macabre history of the Candyman.
A notorious bank robber kills his wife and flees the police, only to be captured by a mysterious group of figures in an abandoned town. His beautiful daughter, Lila Lee, receives a letter stating that her father is near death and that he needs to see her. Sneaking away at night from her minister guardian, Lila embarks on a terrifying journey...
Evan values family above all else, and anyone who gets between him, his wife, and newborn son learns that the hard way. But when it comes to violent tendencies, it seems the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.
A malevolent being known as The Jester terrorizes the inhabitants of a small town on Halloween night, including two estranged sisters who must come together to find a way to defeat this evil entity.
Angelo Campus
Maezel
Francesco Roder
Roger di Broglio (segment "The Glasses")
Luca Canonici
Grey
Laura Gigante
The Daughter (segment "The Sphinx")
Mariano Aprea
The Father (segment "The Sphinx")
Ruth Morandini
Ginevra (segment "The Glasses")
Elettra Gozzi
Missing Girl (segment "The Glasses")
Lorenzo Semorile
L'uomo della folla
Giovanni Morassutti
Richard di Broglio (segment "The Glasses")
Giulia Morgani
Berenice
Sacha Herbert
E.A. Poe (voice)
