<Ul> <Li> The earliest acknowledged adaptation of "The Tell - Tale Heart" was in a 1928 silent film of that title directed by Leon Shamroy and starring Otto Matieson as "The Insane", William Herford as "The Old Man" with Charles Darvas and Hans Fuerberg as "Detectives". It was faithful to the original tale, unlike future television and film adaptations which often expanded the short story to full - length feature films . </Li> <Li> The earliest known "talkie" adaptation was a 1934 version filmed at the Blattner Studios, Elstree, by Clifton - Hurst Productions, directed by Brian Desmond Hurst and starring Norman Dryden . This version was 55 minutes in length . </Li> <Li> A 1941 live - action adaptation starred Joseph Schildkraut and was the directorial debut of Jules Dassin . </Li> <Li> A 1953 animated short film produced by United Productions of America and narrated by James Mason is included among the list of films preserved in the United States National Film Registry . </Li> <Li> Also in 1953, a "Variation" on "The Tell - Tale Heart" entitled "Sleep No More", by Gaines and Feldstein, appeared . </Li> <Li> In 1956, an adaptation of "The Tell - Tale Heart" was written by William Templeton for the NBC Matinee Theater and aired on the 6th November 1956 . </Li> <Li> A 1960 film adaptation, The Tell - Tale Heart, adds a love triangle to the story . </Li> <Li> A 1971 film adaptation directed by Steve Carver, and starring Sam Jaffe as the old man . </Li> <Li> The film Nightmares from the Mind of Poe (2006) adapts "The Tell - Tale Heart" along with "The Cask of Amontillado", "The Premature Burial" and "The Raven". </Li> <Li> The Radio Tales series produced The Tell - Tale Heart for National Public Radio . The story was performed by Winifred Phillips along with music composed by her . </Li> <Li> CBS Radio Mystery Theater performed an adaptation of the story in 1975; the cast included Fred Gwynne . </Li> <Li> The Canadian radio program Nightfall presented an adaptation on August 1, 1980 . </Li> <Li> The 2009 thriller film Tell - Tale, produced by Ridley Scott and Tony Scott, credits Poe's "The Tell - Tale Heart" as the basis for the story of a man being haunted by his donor's memories, after a heart transplant . </Li> <Li> In the 1972 film An Evening with Edgar Allan Poe, four of Poe's short stories are recited by Vincent Price in front of a live audience, including "The Tell - Tale Heart". </Li> <Li> Steven Berkoff adapted the story in 1991, and was broadcast on British television . This adaptation was originally presented on British TV as part of the acclaimed series "Without Walls". This version was later broadcast in the United States on the cable channel BRAVO as part of the Texaco Performing Arts series . </Li> <Li> A musical adaptation performed by The Alan Parsons Project was released on their 1976 debut album Tales of Mystery and Imagination, and was later covered by Slough Feg for their 2010 album, The Animal Spirits . </Li> <Li> The Christian Thrash / Hybrid Metal band Tourniquet adapted the story into song for their 1997 release "Crawl To China". A hidden bonus track on the album captures an adaptation of the conversation between the main character and the police officers without music . Drummer / primary songwriter Ted Kirkpatrick is a huge fan of Edgar Alan Poe and has also released an album of poems and songs featuring adaptations of his works . "The Tell - Tale Heart" is the opening track, and is read by Les Carlson (vocalist for the Metal band Bloodgood). </Li> <Li> The SpongeBob SquarePants episode "Squeaky Boots," first aired in 1999, is loosely based on the story . </Li> <Li> A musical adaptation, entitled "Dark Chilling Heartbeat", was performed by Deceased on their 2000 album Supernatural Addiction . </Li> <Li> A musical adaptation by the Insane Clown Posse was included on their album The Riddle Box, entitled "Ol' Evil Eye", which covers the story of a young man determined to kill "old man Willie on the hilltop" because of his grotesque left eye, and is interspersed with samples from an audio recording of a reading of the original short story . </Li> <Li> Poe's Tell - Tale Heart: The Game, is a mobile game adaptation in which players enact the protagonist's actions to recreate Poe's story on Google Play and Apple iOS . </Li> <Li> V.H. Belvadi's 2012 short film, Telltale, credits Poe's "The Tell - tale Heart" as its inspiration and uses some dialog from the original work . </Li> <Li> A 2013 Spanish short film adaptation, Entrañas ("Entrails"), was directed by Narciso Velver . </Li> <Li> Paul Simon, before his work in Simon & Garfunkel, wrote (as Jerry Landis) a song titled "Tell Tale Heart". It is about a man whose heart's "beat - beat - beat" reveals that he still pines for his former lover, although both of them are now in new relationships . </Li> <Li> An Australian ballet was based on the story, and was recorded for television in the early 1960s . </Li> <Li> The 2015 animated anthology Extraordinary Tales includes "The Tell - Tale Heart", narrated by Bela Lugosi . </Li> <Li> The 2015 Lifetime movie The Murder Pact, starring Alexa Vega, is based on Poe's work and incorporates allusions to it, such as the "vulture eye" from "The Tell - Tale Heart". </Li> <Li> In spring 2017, Udon Entertainment's Manga Classics line will publish The Stories of Edgar Allan Poe, which will include a manga format adaptation of "The Tell - Tale Heart". </Li> </Ul> <Li> The earliest acknowledged adaptation of "The Tell - Tale Heart" was in a 1928 silent film of that title directed by Leon Shamroy and starring Otto Matieson as "The Insane", William Herford as "The Old Man" with Charles Darvas and Hans Fuerberg as "Detectives". It was faithful to the original tale, unlike future television and film adaptations which often expanded the short story to full - length feature films . </Li> <Li> The earliest known "talkie" adaptation was a 1934 version filmed at the Blattner Studios, Elstree, by Clifton - Hurst Productions, directed by Brian Desmond Hurst and starring Norman Dryden . This version was 55 minutes in length . </Li> <Li> A 1941 live - action adaptation starred Joseph Schildkraut and was the directorial debut of Jules Dassin . </Li>

Characteristics of the narrator in the tell tale heart