Tales of Mystery & Horror by Edgar Allan Poe, read by Christopher Lee

Tales of Mystery & Horror by Edgar Allan Poe, read by Christopher Lee
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[@hatuletoh]

Christopher Lee could read appliance installation instructions badly translated from Chinese and it would sound amazing. This is the best reading of Poe I have ever heard.

[@gmamah9559]

Or the NYC phone book!!

[@iananderson3799]

A bit fast.

[@fleshanthos]

He is absolutely great, but nobody beats Vincent Price!

[@robertkraft9442]

"Yes(./"🎯🏆🏁. Best to ALL 🍀 Robert 33.3×3👻🦅🎃

[@iananderson3799]

@@robertkraft9442 You missed one

[@kenmurphy6792]

00:00 Hop-Frog 23:24 The Raven 33:42 The Mask of the Red Death 52:34 The Tell-Tale Heart 1:07:34 The Murders in the Rue Morgue

[@robertdowneypeenis6139]

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[@Billie64]

King

[@lionelgrisbane-ud87]

*Masque

[@thegreatburt9005]

I had this on cassette as a child and listened on my player in bed hidden under the covers. Thanks for the bed time stories Mr Lee😊

[@ShirleyPearl-n9z]

How Christopher Lee brings poe to life is phenomenal. His talent has no boundaries ❤.

[@assajventress3204]

Do yourself a favour and get the audiobook "the children of Hurin", read by christopher lee. Its literally listening to Saruman himself reading the history of middle earth as if you were atop Orthanc in his dusty little study. Its EPIC.

[@kenmurphy6792]

J.R.R. Tolkien - The Children of Húrin | Read by Christopher Lee .. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHYEj-

[@frankandstern8803]

The Tell Tale Heart, NOW THAT IS HOW YOU GIVE A READING. It would probably help Christopher to know the text ohhhh so well. 🙂👍 Tremendous Performance .

[@aspiringjoker2883]

Indeed! I often find that other narrators cop out on the shriek of "villains." Christopher does no such thing. The way he pivots between restrained and manic is inimitable, especially when he swings into "almighty God No! No! They heard!" That escalation was perfect!

[@whir4us]

Christopher Lee still amazing even with his passing. This was an amazing listen. Fantastic again from Christopher Lee.

[@SRG1966]

The best reading of Poe I've ever heard.

[@michellesanctuary9089]

Christopher Lee will always live inside our hearts.

[@robynvanhorn]

He was in one of the space 1999 episodes.

[@based_prophet]

He narriates my soul

[@based_prophet]

@@robynvanhorn cowboy bebop?

[@vusyumanisahelien7799]

Always

[@Hevysmoker1]

Christopher Lee lived In London I think

[@jeanettesdaughter]

Browsed to find this. Knew that Lee would be worth the effort. Read all the Poe as a child and again and again over the years. A wonderful writer who embraced his shadow and revealed that we all have one long before anyone heard of Freud orJung. A subtle champion of the disinherited and the despised. He was deeply acquainted with cruelty, enjoyed a brief respite of kindness with his young wife who was then taken brutally by poverty and disease. And then he died a painful death! The ultimate triumph his alone, however. None remember his detractors. Whatever were their birthright stature, wealth or faith, the afterlife is his! There’s justice in that and a certain consolation.

[@waltdill927]

Who really needs Freud or Jung? (Well, Jung has the mental breakdown on his side.) Poe, being "old school", knows what any true poet knows: All beautiful music is about a young man in love -- with a dead girl.

[@shanesamuelson7418]

This talented preformer even gives his all for an audio take. We are a lucky, and grateful audience

[@The_Return_of_JoyBoy]

This is one of the finest and indeed supreme readings of the great Edgar Allan Poe that I have ever had the pleasure of listening to. And the fact that I’m receiving this treasure for free is such a blessing.

[@ianbauer4703]

Fantastic reading, thank you for posting. RIP Christopher Lee, a major talent greatly missed.

[@warlockofwordsreturnsrb4358]

Absolutely!

[@kennyhagan5781]

Poe as read by Christopher Lee... Happy Halloween indeed.

[@RallyTheTally]

The all hollows eve of all all hollows eve.

[@aaron2709]

His voice has great clarity.

[@marcojaimejardina7526]

👍

[@remondx8880]

So much clarity that even the auto generated English subtitles seem to be near flawless. Amazing.

[@aaron2709]

@@remondx8880 Elocution.

[@beandipcartography]

He pondered over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore.

[@BeowulfCav]

Christopher Lee was so amazing, listen to him read 'The Fall of the House of Usher' you won't regret it.

[@yolanankaine6063]

The narration of A telltale heart was utterly brilliant !!!

[@themoonsevilsister1561]

no eye N O T E V E N H I S

[@bricem3050]

Sleepy hollow, star wars 1&2, the original Draculas can never have such talent to replace the marvelous talent of Christopher Lee

[@joegeorge3889]

He was born to play in horror movies the face the voice was perfect for this genre

[@boris1387]

A one off. There'll never be anyone like him. Missed greatly 🖤💀🖤

[@vortexlegend101]

If I had a nickel every time an Orang-utan was mentioned in separate stories I would have 2 nickels, which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice

[@thenicklas615]

Edgar Allen Poe captures every single articulate notion and adjective spot on.

[@SRG1966]

The first great American writer. And if he hadnt died so young maybe even Twain couldn't have surpassed him. We will never know how many great stories we missed out on.

[@TraitofSiNN727]

Nobody has a voice like the master and legend. The late Sir Christopher Lee. Such talent that can never be replaced. Ever.

[@waltdill927]

Many agree -- every child learns to appreciate great literature, the vast enigma figuring life, when happily, luckily, discovering Poe.

[@phin5521]

his voice is magic, instantly transports one to another world!

[@RallyTheTally]

Why is his voice so good? I would listen to him read the whole Bible!

[@jeanettesdaughter]

“Large corpulent oily men...” No one lays on the adjective like Poe!

[@St1cKnGoJuGgAlO]

I see now where lovecraft got his inspiration. Lol

[@Hevysmoker1]

I've met a few...

[@LittleSteamMrs]

Beautifully grotesque!

[@RavenTimish-hackertimish]

Yes, (the late) Mr. Christopher Lee had an eerie talent for the mysterious, the sinister, the Dark Side. Imho he was the very best Dracula ever - and in The Lord Of The Rings he WAS Saruman himself.. He liked to play scary bad guys - though in reality Mr. Lee was a nice and decent British gentleman. The ones playing evil characters in movies - are usually in reality very decent people. Yes, he belongs to the (very honorable) "Triumvirātus of Horror": Boris Karloff, Vincent Price and (last but certainly not least) Christopher Lee ! I'm not sure these three "Masters of the Dark" ever cooperated in one movie - but if they did I'd love to see it. And I'm sure it's a very impressive movie, one you will remember. Especially in your nightmares.. 😜

[@FuckYourSelf99]

He was also a very experienced killer. In WW2 he was in the Long Range Desert Group, predecessor of the British SAS, who wreaked absolute havoc on the Nazis in North Africa. When Peter Jackson was giving him directions about Saruman's death, he told him that he screams when he's stabbed in the back. Sir Christopher politely replied that men don't scream when stabbed in the back, they just make a kind of 'ufffff' noise....

[@PoptartParasol]

@@FuckYourSelf99 lmao I remember that. Was quite funny actually, how bewildered he was by someone thinking someone would scream immediately after being stabbed in the back... Really, hardly anyone has such an immediate and severe reaction as a scream when they are hurt. The brain needs to actively process what's happening before that happens.

[@caesar1432323]

Well said

[@tobypack6328]

Vincent Price & Christopher Lee are masters at reading Edgar Allen Poe!

[@The_Return_of_JoyBoy]

I will never say the word orangutan as I once did ever again, and I am so grateful for it

[@BaldingClamydia]

When I was a kid, I tried to be a good goth girl and love Poe, but it's really boring unless read aloud. Preferably by Christopher Lee!

[@tiananesbitt7156]

I love Vincent Price as much as I love Christopher Lee.

[@lionelgrisbane-ud87]

Basil Rathbone????!!

[@lonewolf2500]

Excellent audio book. Thanks for sharing these Poe Classics read by Christopher Lee. A great man of exceptional talents.

[@laney3182]

Thank you Christopher Lee for your brilliance!

[@shadybones5739]

Thank you for uploading this exquisite collection of tales read so masterfully.

[@jeremygutridge2078]

Love Edgar Allen Poe

[@Tribecasoothsayer]

I miss you, dear Sir.

[@returnoftheromans6726]

His voice seems as though it were founded out of the depths of a deep cavern. Him reading Shakespeare would be something else!

[@kenmurphy6792]

The latter seemed to have recovered, in great measure, from his intoxication, and looking fixedly but quietly into the tyrant’s face, merely ejaculated: “I - I? How could it have been me?”

[@Sameoldfitup]

Defeat, my Defeat, my shining sword and shield, In your eyes I have read That to be enthroned is to be enslaved, And to be understood is to be leveled down, And to be grasped is but to reach one’s fullness And like a ripe fruit to fall and be consumed.

[@drendansmada]

The boy in “A Haunting in Venice” was reading this book, great film, fun to revisit these classics

[@vkdee44]

What a brilliant reading! Thanks for posting this. Christopher Lee was a genious!

[@pamelahendrickson3441]

genius

[@jondavidgriffin]

@@pamelahendrickson3441 Both he and E.A. Poe were genii.

[@dawnfinch8232]

No-one reads these novels like Lee 🎃

[@jamesmoore3694]

sir lee did a heavy metal album............................ great singing

[@Belfane66]

Thank you so much for uploading this! I had this as a double cassette tape back in my childhood.

[@glitch314]

came here for tell tale heart... even better than I expected! :)

[@milesahead69]

Thank you for sharing.

[@kenmurphy6792]

Mr. Lee misses a few lines @15:21.. "it was illuminated principally by a large chandelier, depending by a chain from the centre of the sky-light, and lowered, or elevated, by means of a counter-balance .. { as usual; but (in order not to look unsightly) this latter passed outside the cupola and over the roof.}**

[@kenmurphy6792]

The arrangements of the room had been left to Trippetta’s superintendence;

[@josephsmith6777]

Lee could read ikea instuctions in danish and it would sound amazing

[@djmexicanodetx2195]

Christopher Lee the horror legend! 🎃

[@jonathannewell9123]

This is phenomenal. Im not a Poe sycophant but this is incredibly engrossing. Fuck me Christopher Lee rules.

[@philipking8497]

Sir, Sir Chris, I love Old Buildings and stories of old entities and the atmosphere of the place. Sir, I dare you to spend the night in the laundry in Ganges. That is where the Green Gilby lives.

[@davidplant8639]

What an amazing voice that man had

[@johnmurray9654]

Such gravitas. Christopher Lee puts other readings to shame with this

[@patriciareimo]

Such a great actor and beautiful voice. Remains me to Benedict Cumberbatch.

[@whiqeddik7615]

This is just amazing, can't buy it but man you are doing his legacy a great service, thank you and thanks Christopher.

[@littlewillowlinda]

Holy shit. I never cared much for The Raven but his reading was magnificent??? I wish i could give him an award for it. The levels make me want to go back into theatre lol

[@bethking7348]

Poe was a strange agent who died too soon I believe he was a drug addict. Opium.I read all of his stories as a child and can't imagine a better narrator than Sir Christopher Lee. RIP ❤

[@LeftIsBest001]

The Raven is a masterpiece.

[@kariecooper2085]

Could it be that The Raven Is the reincarnated spirit of Lenore??? 🧐🤔🙄

[@john94949]

Good fan theory, something to mull over

[@LeftIsBest001]

Never more. 🦅

[@RoscoMontana21]

This is fantastic, thank you!!

[@Gonzokeywest45]

Yes it is!

[@anthonyvaranai6121]

Edgar Allan Poe: "orangutans exist! And there scary as hell!"

[@MrManKunt]

What a treat

[@andreasplosky8516]

That voice! I am so jealous.

[@leeturton9254]

I've been lookin forward to this 😉

[@RallyTheTally]

The last story was a Sherlock Holmes story written by Allen Poe, nice ha ha.

[@machine_daddy]

Hails Christopher Lee!!!

[@jamhousestudios5596]

He could read a grocery list and it’d be awesome

[@dxublexxsplicitxxsplicit4943]

I pretend count dooku is lecturing me in a good way, rip legend man

[@johnnikyecole9114]

Edgar Allan Poe read by Christopher Walken...lol....Not once, not twice, three times this damn bird a rap tap tap'en on my CHAMBER DOOR. So I shot 'em..

[@Cadeaux_Man]

This is such a high tier video. Hope all nice people are doing well.

[@paddymeboy]

Actually he makes these stories sound better than they are...or to put it another way, they work much better heard than read.

[@nuuuuushy]

so sick

[@MariaSpoden]

Scary story nothing more. Will you read it? Never more

[@tennyceb]

Stunning!

[@boldbearings]

Young Christopher Lee sounds so different.😮😮😮

[@rosederogene9069]

Thanks so much for this

[@calledtrout2309]

Whats with all the orangutans?

[@barrycross2585]

There is also I think one in Poe's tale of the Murder of the Rue Morgue.

[@uknownada]

​@@barrycross2585 That's in this audiobook.

[@Vincent1808]

Yes!

[@robertdowneypeenis6139]

Something's not right with the like to dislike ratio.

[@marcojaimejardina7526]

The Spiral Legacy 👍

[@wobbs1745]

Do you know how perfect this would be for a lord of the rings audiobook?

[@tramir3z647]

..... i have been absolutely drawn to Chris's voice as he reads ... great job my man! I've been searching thru out youtube for similar book reads in the same genre on my spare time... iffen anyone can direct me to some more reads of this nature plz drop me a line thnx folks

[@ssake1_IAL_Research]

Edgar Allan Poe never wrote "The Raven," he merely claimed it as a kind of 19th-century "identity theft." The poem's premiere was submitted anonymously to "American Review" under the pseudonym "---- Quarles" by the true author, Mathew Franklin Whittier, younger brother of poet John Greenleaf Whittier. Poe, a literary critic writing for the New York "Evening Mirror," seeing the poem in an advance copy of "American Review," scooped Mathew in his own paper by a couple of days. Mathew would have shared a copy of "The Raven" with Poe in 1842, so Poe had a handwritten copy. This enabled him to convince his editor that he had permission to scoop "American Review"--but he mysteriously left the "Mirror" shortly afterwards (suggesting that he may have been fired for lying about it). It is absurd that any editor of a newly-launched monthly literary magazine like the "Review," would have given a daily newspaper this permission. The real author was unable to reveal his identity and hence could not publicly defend himself. My paper, "Evidence that Edgar Allan Poe Stole 'The Raven' from Mathew Franklin Whittier," is downloadable at the following link. It can also be found by that title on Academia.edu. www.ial.goldthread.com/MFW_The_Raven.pdf

[@willmercury]

You, sir-- or madam, depending upon your current incarnation-- are mentally ill.

[@jackriley7772]

👍😏💚💭 !

[@horacegentleman3296]

The fact that Poe was a Bostonian manlet with a pumpkin side head really sets some distance from this reading. Of course this sounds so much better than a small man with a big head from Boston doing the reading.

[@allthatdontmatter]

27:00

[@RexKramer-s7o]

Hop Frog Gruesomen

[@ezara6957]

43.17 dreams

[@stephanysmith2771]

The casket of the Armadillo

[@coltonbrown983]

I sense Count Dooku

[@drazenamadeus]

1:44:00

[@jaysonsharp7463]

iuuuu

[@wesely87]

hello

[@jerryinohio1978]

Homer Simpson......booring!!!

[@audreyricci6383]

You are boring.

[@Animedumptruck]

🎃

[@hanyamostafa8470]

00:00 Hop-Frog 23:24 The Raven 33:42 The Mask of the Red Death 52:34 The Tell-Tale Heart 1:07:34 The Murders in the Rue Morgue

[@MOS6582]

real MVP

[@grassstaggers8560]

Thanks!

[@FatmanSA]

You rock mate 👍

[@themoonsevilsister1561]

you saint

[@CS-ol7wo]

Thank you for adding this. I was lamenting it not being in the blurb under the video.