Murders in the Rue Morgue (1971)

Directed by

Gordon Hessler

Genre

horror film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 27m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

5.1 of 10 from 50 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A detective investigates a series of murders in 19th century Paris. A mysterious killer uses a carnival performer's ape to commit the crimes.

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What happens

Murders in the Rue Morgue (also known as Edgar Allan Poe's Murders in the Rue Morgue) is a 1971 British mystery horror film directed by Gordon Hessler, loosely based on Edgar Allan Poe's 1841 short story. It stars Jason Robards, Christine Kaufmann, Herbert Lom, Adolfo Celi, Michael Dunn and Lilli Palmer. The film was produced by the British branch of American International Pictures (AIP), and is the final film of AIP's "Poe cycle". The film departs from Poe's original story in several significant aspects, at times more resembling Gaston Leroux's The Phantom of the Opera and incorporating the historical character Eugène François Vidocq, as well as introducing metatextual elements. Filming took place entirely in Spain, with the musical score written by Waldo de los Ríos. Murders in the Rue Morgue was released by AIP on July 21, 1971, and received mixed-to-negative reviews from critics. According to Gordon Hessler, the film was heavily re-edited by producers before its release. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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