#Metzengerstein

[enchantedbook]

'Metzengerstein' from Edgar Allan Poe's Tale illustrated by Hermann Vogel, 1884

[devoursjohnlock]

Histoires extraordinaires (Spirits of the Dead) | 1968

Metzengerstein dir. Roger Vadim William Wilson dir. Louis Malle Toby Dammit dir. Federico Fellini

[mysterious-secret-garden]

Arthur Rackham - Poe's 'Tales of Mystery'.

The young Metzengerstein seemed riveted to the saddle of that colossal horse.

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Pre-Tournament: Edgar Allen Poe Brackets

METZENGERSTEIN (1850) (link) - tw: death

The origin of this enmity seems to be found in the words of an ancient prophecy- "A lofty name shall have a fearful fall when, as the rider over his horse, the mortality of Metzengerstein shall triumph over the immortality of Berlifitzing."

THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO (1846) (link) - tw: death

“I drink,” he said, “to the buried that repose around us.”

[girlzoot]

Indeed, the Baron’s perverse attachment to his lately-acquired charger—an attachment which seemed to attain new strength from every fresh example of the animal’s ferocious and demon-like propensities—at length became, in the eyes of all reasonable men, a hideous and unnatural fervor. In the glare of noon—at the dead hour of night—in sickness or in health—in calm or in tempest—the young Metzengerstein seemed riveted to the saddle of that colossal horse, whose intractable audacities so well accorded with his own spirit. —-Edgar Allan Poe/Metzengerstein

[lovewiththeproperstranger]

Jane Fonda as Contessa Frederique de Metzengerstein in the "Metzengerstein" segment of Spirits of the Dead (1968), directed by Roger Vadim.

[metzengersteins-horse]

Is that Metzengerstein's horse?

[shadowland]

rolling around in the wild grasses of my own state of madness

[derangedrhythms]

morbid melancholy

Edgar Allan Poe, The Penguin Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe; from 'Metzengerstein'

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Hermann Vogel - Metzengerstein (1884)

[bitterkarella]

Midnight Pals: Usher

Mike Flanagan: Submitted for the approval of the Midnight Society, i call this the tale of Edgar Allan Poe's Greatest Hits…Updated for the New Millennium! Flanagan: what if roderick usher was a pharmaceutical bro? Flanagan: what if Hopfrog had a fidget spinner? Flanagan: what if the rue morgue orangutan vaped?

Poe: oh i don't know about this Poe: i've been burned on this sort of thing before Flanagan: no it'll be great Flanagan: roderick usher's gonna talk just like the big lebowsky cowboy, it'll be great

Flanagan: see, we take everyone's favorite bits from your stories Flanagan: but then Flanagan: we give them a nutty little twist Flanagan: to appeal to today's modern a-go-go kids

Flanagan: see, my fall of the house of usher is about this pharmaceutical dynasty crumbling King: i thought the story was about the actual house falling down Flanagan: haha of course not nothing so literal Poe: actually it is about a house falling down Flanagan:

Flanagan: haha no for real Poe: no i mean it. the house falls down Flanagan: Flanagan: wait, like, literally? Poe: yeah Flanagan: Flanagan: ok then

Flanagan: ok so Roderick and Madeleine Usher have a bunch of kids Flanagan: Prospero, Tamerline, Victorine, Brevet Brigadier General John A. B. C. Smith Flanagan: and Adolphus Montressor Nu-Nu Metzengerstein Valdemar

Flanagan: which by the way are all references to poe stories Flanagan: you might not have picked up on that, it's kinda subtle Poe: oh hey this is pretty good Poe: i'm kinda digging this

Flanagan: now the ushers run Fortunato Pharmaceuticals Poe: oh! i get it! Poe: this is great Poe: [nudging barker] like the cask of amontillado Poe: see, fortunato is a character- Barker: oh my god edgar I KNOW

Flanagan: so prospero is going to have this big rave Flanagan: you might even call it Flanagan: the rave of the red death! Poe: oh! Poe: oh! oh! oh! Poe: [nudging Barker] like the masque of the red death Barker: Poe: [nudging harder] you know, the masque of the- Barker: I KNOW

Flanagan: but Roderick Usher Enterprises Flanagan: or RUE Poe: Flanagan: where they do experiments on apes Poe: oh! Flanagan: yeah you know where i'm going Poe: [nudging Barker] like Barker: CHRIST, SHUT UP

Flanagan: but before the usher twins can take over Fortunato pharmaceuticals Flanagan: the CEO Rufus Griswold stands in their way Poe: boo! boo! i hate that guy! Poe: i don't know why i just instinctively hate this character Poe: i hope he gets his!

[enchantedbook]

'Metzengerstein' by Hermann Wogel, 1884

[annamariehamilton-unofficial]

Halloween Literary Hot Takes Special: Poe and The Magnus Archives 1:1 comparison

So, a while back, @catwingsthespatula and I were buddy-listening to The Magnus Archives and I pointed out that S1:E33, "Boatswain's Call," is basically a modernized retelling of Edgar Allen Poe's early short story "M.S. Found In A Bottle." Anyway, since I've been reading a bunch of Poe short stories this October, I thought it would be kind of fun to categorize them as different types of Magnus Archives entity-affiliated statements.

Metzengerstein = The Desolation

M.S. Found In A Bottle = The Lonely

Shadow, A Parable = The Dark, The Lonely

Silence, A Fable = The Lonely

Berenice = The Spiral

Morella = The End

Ligeia = The End

The Fall Of The House of Usher = The Spiral, The Buried, The Lonely

William Wilson = The Stranger

A Descent Into The Maelstrom = The Vast

The Masque of the Red Death = The Corruption

The Pit and the Pendulum = The Buried

The Tell-Tale Heart = The Spiral, The Slaughter

The Black Cat = The Spiral

The Premature Burial = The Buried (obviously)

The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar = The End, The Corruption

The Cask of Amontillado = The Buried, The Hunt

All my Poe/TMA fans (and I know if there is any place I would find ya'll, it WOULD be Tumblr), let me know if you agree with my takes.

[mysterious-secret-garden]

Hermann Wögel - Metzengerstein, 1884.

A man on horseback shoots through the arched gate of a burning castle.

[fibula-rasa]

Histoires extraordinaires / Spirits of the Dead (1968)  

segment: "Metzengerstein"

[letterboxd | imdb]

Director: Roger Vadim

Cinematographer: Claude Renoir

Costumes: Jacques Fonteray

Performers: Jane Fonda, Serge Marquand, Peter Fonda

[girlzoot]

I hated it when girls of her ilk spoke to me like that, like we were friends or equals. When there are things that a girl like me could never say to a girl like her without losing everything. When girls like her are never to be trusted. —-Kendare Blake/She Rode a Horse of Fire/His Hideous Heart