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Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe is considered as one of the greatest American authors since his works have been taken as models of terror stories for the following writers. However, he is not only a model for other authors, Poe is also a figure whose influence spread so deep in all cultures that in the 20^th century French cinema took his works for creating a new genre: horror films.

Since the recording of the film Le chute de la Maison Usher in 1928 by French producers, Edgar Allan Poe has been the reference for all film makers from all countries. Spain, Germany, Japan and France have shown interest for Poe’s writings as a source for good plots and terror movies. Furthermore, Poe’s stories have been turned into animation films in a search for a wider type of audiences. These facts lead us to be witnesses of how films also keep the creepy environment and most characteristic endings of Poe’s original writings.

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