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The Tell-Tale Heart

The Tell-Tale Heart

★ 7,2 /10 (91 Votes)
1953 EN 8 min

Overview

A man's sanity is a point of contention as he confesses to murdering an elderly man, driven by the victim's pale blue 'vulture eye', culminating in guilt-induced auditory hallucinations of the victim's beating heart.

Release date

17/12/1953

Votes

91

Popularity

1.0

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

8 min

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2025-07-10

⭐ 7

I loved this. It’s a dark and eerily menacing story of a man, an eye, a murder and some great vocal characterisation from James Mason. Like many mad men, this one believed himself perfectly sane as he began to have issues with one is his elderly neighbours. This old fellow never troubled him, nor was probably even aware of his existence but gradually this obsession assumed dominating proportions. As this anxiety accumulated, his mind turned to more drastic action - but is there any way at all he can remove this psychological stain from his mind? It’s the kind of detailed and threatening animat…

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