Quite good animation and narration

Very good animation of the short story horror classic, but the ending, where the criminal hears the beating heart, and his terror grows, is rushed through far too quickly, spoiling the effect. Otherwise good and well ahead of its time.

A clever animation of Poe's classic horror short story with great first-person narration by James Mason and pretty interesting visual style.

Great adaption of the Poe story with great narration by James Mason going from calm to mad, and a visual style that makes the Disney movies of the period look like...well, like Disney movies of the period.

Vividly captures the suspense of Poe's story. One of the all-time great animated shorts.

Clever, well-realized and understated short from the great UPA studios.

A great short story with very good narration and nice visual style.

Nice

05 Aralik 08, mr.tekdogan, ingilizce dersi & iyi bir anlatici (james mason) ve uyarlanan hikayenin tuyler urperticiligini hissettirebilmis bir animasyon.

One of my favorite short stories of all time, animated faithful to the original in the German-expressionist style, with James Mason as the mad narrator. Awesome.

Great adaptation of the story by Poe.

Quite simple but you don't need distractions from the great narration.

Everything seems set up here for a classic. The story is, of course, one of a kind. Mason's narration hits the nail on the head. And the animation is strangely reminiscent of something out of Caligari. The only problem is that the plot isn't allowed to flow with the grace of Poe's original and therefore ends up feeling a bit rushed - A minor complaint, however, in an otherwise fine cartoon.

Boring and dated. Nice voice over work though.

Very well done animation, visual concepts well suited for Poe's story.