Including directors like John Carpenter, Takashi Miike, and Dario Argento, the best Edgar Allan Poe adaptation remains Masters of Horror.
The Big Picture Other than being in the public domain, there's a reason why the work of Edgar Allan Poe has been retold over and over again. Like Mary Shelley before him and H.P. Lovecraft after, there is something so universal about the imagery and themes, yet they have a clear voice that speaks with the perspective and life experiences of the author.
Set in 1840s Philadelphia, the episode focuses on Edgar Allan Poe whose life is a bit of a mess right now. His wife Virginia is suffering from tuberculosis, and he's going through a period of severe writer's block. This doesn't help the fact that he's living from paycheck to paycheck, under the thumb of his publishers, and using what little money he has to enable his alcoholism. Worse still, his cat Pluto has been acting up lately, being aggressive and destructive.
Like "The Tell-Tale Heart" before it, "The Black Cat" is a story that meditates on guilt and the ways it can tear one's mind apart. But unlike "The Tell-Tale Heart," it focuses rather specifically on alcoholism and its negative effects on the sufferer's personality. This is something that many believe Poe was extremely familiar with.
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