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TELL-TALE at DENALI
“THE TELL-TALE HEART – A MUSICABRE” plays at the DENALI FILM FESTIVAL July 15-18 streaming on-line Alaska’s Denali Film Festival (click here to go there) had accepted my short film musical Edgar Allan Poe adaptation “The Tell-Tale Heart – a … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Musicabilia, Notes in the News
Tagged 2020, 2021, Alaska, Denali, Edgar Allan Poe, Film Festival, horror, musicabre, musical, nature, photography, short film, The Tell-Tale Heart, True Nervous
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P&P – Intimations of the Horrors to Come
Next week “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre”, the follow up to my first musical Edgar Allan Poe short film adaptation “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre“, goes into production. So now is a good time to share … Continue reading
TELL-TALE at the HORROR HOTEL
It’s quite the weekend for dismembered hearts beating under floorboards! From the UK to OHIO! If you are not in London tonight, where “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” is playing at the Romford Horror Independent Film Festival, but you … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Musicabilia, Notes in the News
Tagged Cleveland, festival, film, Hilton Cleveland-Westlake, horror, Horror Hotel, musicabre, Ohio, Romford, The Tell-Tale Heart, UK, Westlake
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Tell-Tale at Romford this Saturday
If you happen to be in or near London this weekend, you can see my award-winning short film musical Edgar Allan Poe adaptation (deep breath) “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” this Saturday at 9:30pm (London time) in an actual … Continue reading
TELL-TALE MENCIÓN ESPECIAL POR MÚSICA
“The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” received a special mention citation for music from the Fixion Fantastic & Horror Film Festival in Santiago, Chile! Or rather, a … Mención Especial por Música: Danny Ashkenasi por The Tell-Tale Heart-A Musicabre (USA) … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News
Tagged Chile, citation, FANtastic, Fest, Film Festival, Fixion, horror, music, musicabre, Santiago, The Tell-Tale Heart
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TELL-TALE FLORIDA THREEPEAT
TELL-TALE RETURNS TO FLORIDA IN AUGUST “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre“, my musical short film Edgar Allan Poe adaptation, has been making the festival rounds since November 2019. And it’s still going strong, even though a one year to … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Melodies Linger On, Notes in the News
Tagged August, Covid 19, Dunedin, Edgar Allan Poe, Enigma Films, Fandomonium, Film Festival, Florida, Halloween, horror, musical, Orlando, Picture Show, short film, Tampa, Threepeat
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TELL-TALE BACK IN NEW YORK
Breaking News: This June “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” will play at the International New York Film Festival!!! Scheduled to run online June 25 to July 4, 2021 (More info to come. Watch this website.) It’ll be a busy … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Musicabilia, Notes in the News
Tagged adaptation, Cleveland, Edgar Allan Poe, Film Festival, horror, Horror Hotel, International, London, musicabre, musical, New York, Ohio, Romford, short film, The Tell-Tale Heart
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Tell-Tale Festival Tidbits
Some other Awards (Not) Making the News Lately Apropos of other much more momentous film awards news being announced, I thought I might update some Tell-Tale news on that front. The Hollywood Screenings Film Festival has honored “The Tell-Tale Heart … Continue reading
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Tagged adaptation, Anaheim, Awards, Edgar Allan Poe, Film Festival, Halloween, Hollywood Screenings, horror, Horrorhiffic, International, London, musicabre, musical, Orlando, Picture Show, quarter-finalist, Romford, semi-finalist, short film, The Tell-Tale Heart
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TELL-TALE JUMP CUTS
Jump Cuts Film Festival announces the following two awards for “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre“: Aidey Pugh, director of the Jump Cuts Film Festival, sent me an email announcing that my “Fab musical adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s gothic … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Musicabilia, Notes in the News
Tagged adaptation, Aidey Pugh, Award, Covid 19, Edgar Allan Poe, Film Festival, gothic, horror, Jump Cuts, Leeds, musicabre, musical, Quarter Finals, The Tell-Tale Heart
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TWO MORE TELL-TALE AWARDS
“The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” recently received two more awards from FESTIVAL ANGAELICA and the Spotlight Film Awards; and has been announced as an official selection at the LATVSFF & Fixion Film Festivals I’ll start with FESTIVAL ANGAELICA. As … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Musicabilia, Notes in the News
Tagged adaptation, Angaelica, Award, Awards, Bronze, certificate, Chile, Edgar Allan Poe, Experimental, festival, film, Fixion, horror, Jury Award, LATVSFF, Los Angeles, medium-length, musicabre, musical, Santiago, script, short, short film, Spotlight, television, The Tell-Tale Heart
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TELL-TALE at ANGAELICA
Watch Tell-Tale for Free at Festival Angaelica thru Dec 30 It’s a Tell-Tale holiday surprise! Thru December 30 you can watch my musical short film adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s classic story “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” for free, … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Musicabilia, Notes in the News
Tagged Angaelica, december, Edgar Allan Poe, festival, Film Festival, free trial, Holiday, horror, musicabre, musical, short film, The Tell-Tale Heart, Vivien Martinez
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Back in the Studio
Some teasing glimpses into the next Poe Musicabre Pre-production efforts for the follow-up to my short film musical adaptation of ‘The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” are in full gear. This week I am in the studio laying down vocal … Continue reading
A Twice Told English Selection
It was a good day for “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” in England yesterday. On the heels of learning my musical Poe adaptation was made an official selection of the Lit Scares International Horror Festival of Harrogate, North Yorkshire … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News
Tagged adaptation, Awards, Edgar Allan Poe, England, festival, horror, International, L.I.M.P.A., Lit Scares, London, Motion Picture, musicabre, short film, The Tell-Tale Heart, Yorkshire
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CONCEPT 2 REEL SCREENS TELL-TALE FOR FREE TODAY
The Concept 2 Reel Film Festival is screening “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” free of charge today. Watch my musical Edgar Allan Poe adaptation until midnight EST via this link. Scroll down to the Nov 6 collection of films … Continue reading
FANtastic TELL-TALE
“The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” premieres Sunday 5pm via the FANtastic Horror Film Festival where it plays through Nov 29 The FANtastic Horror Film Festival is up and running this weekend. You can catch horror features and shorts through … Continue reading
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Tagged Edgar Allan Poe, FANtastic, festival, film, horror, musicabre, November 1, San Diego, short film, The Tell-Tale Heart
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TELL-TALE RUSSIAN SYMPATHY
With tongue in cheek but sincere curiosity I asked whether the jury felt sorry for me… I knew already back in March that the Russian International Horror Film Festival was going to give my short film “The Tell-Tale Heart – … Continue reading
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Tagged Award, Covid 19, DROP, Ed Elder, festival, film, gmail, horror, Jury Award, Moscow, musicabre, pandemic, Russian, Russian International Horror Film Festival, short film, Special Prize, Sympathy, The Tell-Tale Heart, translation, Victor Boulankin
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