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Movie poster: The Tell-Tale Heart (1953)
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The Tell-Tale Heart

1953 · 8 min Animation Horror Crime
7.3 / 10 · TMDB

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.

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📋 Film Details

Year 1953
Country United States of America
Genre Animation, Horror, Crime
Director Ted Parmelee
Runtime 8 min.
Rating TMDB: 7.3/10 (85 votes)

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Fear lives in the details here — in the frame, in the silence, in the pauses between lines. The director knows how to keep the viewer in a state of readiness, muscles tensing on their own.

Worth watching for the atmosphere and the use of space. The ending may disappoint — genre is genre. But the journey there is well-crafted.

For fans of atmospheric horror where dread matters more than fright.

Director: Ted Parmelee

— MovieFinder Editorial

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Viewing atmosphere: At night when it's dark outside. Better with someone — not because it's scary, but because there's something to discuss after.

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