Octubi: Poe, Poe, Poe [Halloween Horror Month 2026]

Everyone is on a budget this year, so suggestions of free (with ads) films to watch is always a good thing. Come back daily for a new themed-list:

Today’s list gives you 6 Edgar Allan Poe films:

The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1986)
Edgar Allan Poe’s classic chiller of inhuman crime, shrill suspense, and dazzling detective work in Paris at the turn of the 19th Century.
Is that Val Kilmer???
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Edgar Allan Poe’s The Oval Portrait (2025)
In this Poe-inspired gothic tale, a cursed painting in a haunted shop binds a thief, an artist, and a shopkeeper to a vengeful spirit.
A more recent Poe film, one of the stories many aren’t familiar with.
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The Fall of the House of Usher (1960)
Convinced that his family is tainted by generations of evil, a man becomes hell-bent on preventing their cursed bloodline from extending any further.
A classic, perfect time to revisit
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The Raven (1963)
Two years after his wife’s tragic death, a grieving sorcerer is visited by a raven claiming she is alive inside the castle of a rival sorcerer.
Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff, and Jack Nicholson in a Poe story? Sold!
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The Pit and the Pendulum (1961)
In sixteenth-century Spain, a deranged man believes that the ghost of his wife is haunting the castle after he learns that she was buried alive.
Vincent Price and Barbara Steele, what else do you need?
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In Search of Edgar Allan Poe (2024, 1 Season)
The poignant story of writer Edgar Allan Poe, who helped shape the science fiction, horror, and detective genres, yet struggled with personal demons.
2 episodes all about Poe, perfect for learning a bit about the man behind the spooky legend.
Watch here

Also available: Multiple versions of The Pit and the Pendulum, multiple versions of The Raven, variations on the House of Usher, multiple documentaries, you could do a full month of nightly viewing with Poe on Tubi.

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