Narrated by English actor Julian Sands, this animated film, part of the anthology Extraordinary Tales, is based on a lesser-known short story by Edgar Allan Poe, a detective tale about a man mesmerized in articulo mortis. Extraordinary Tales is composed of five stories by Poe, featuring the voices of Christopher Lee, Bela Lugosi, Roger Corman, and Guillermo del Toro, and is directed by Raul Garcia.
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