The murder and hiding of the body is described and just a little blood is seen on the murderer’s hand. This classic Poe story drives it home that a guilty conscience is a difficult thing to live with. Scott Mansfield adapted the story for the screen as well as directed it, and he builds nicely to the climactic moment and gets a good performance from Sollazzo. However, the beating of the old man’s heart pounds his brain and, despite his confidence when the police arrive after being told of a scream coming from the house, his guilty conscience soon gives him away. The killer is a bit pleased with himself concerning the murder. The movie shows the old man’s “vulture” eye that Poe described in his classic work. Sollazzo does a terrific job as he leads up to the point where he races into the old man’s room and suffocates him to death, although that part is not seen. Reynolds who plays the “old man.” Based on Edgar Allan Poe’s classic story, this short film recreates the mood of the story and features the characters in period clothing and in an old fashioned setting. It is narrated by Michael Sollazzo who also acts in the film, along with Robert E. “The Tell-Tale Heart” is the award-winning telling of this famous short story.
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