Is the Pit and the Pendulum a good horror fiction story?

Question

I have a speech to do next week, and it's basically telling a story. The theme is horror, but I don't know which story is short but really good? My speech can only be 3:30-4:30 minutes long.

Answer 1

It's okay. If you're going the Poe route, I personally prefer "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Masque of the Red Death," or "The Cask of Amontillado."

Answer 2

Its an excellent archetypal Poe horror story short.

Poe places the narrator/protagonist of "The Pit and the Pendulum" in a situation of bounded isolation: he cannot escape his surroundings nor can he directly communicate with anyone, even his torturers. Like several other characters in Poe's tales, the narrator's situation is one that provides no exit. Given this, some scholars have interpreted the story as an existential allegory about the human condition at large. Even if individuals are fortunate enough the escape the accidental death of the pit, all mortals are subject to the relentless approach of inevitable death from Time.

Answer 3

While the Pit and the Pendulum is a good horror story, I think that A Tell Tale Heart is a better one.

Just my opinion. . .

Answer 4

Poe was an excellent author. However, you seem to be giving a review iinstead of telling a horror story. If you want to tell a story, make up one using your vivid imagination and the worse acceptable situation you can think of. If it is a book report, Poe is an excellent choice.

Answer 5

The Cask of Amontillado is my favourite Poe story. Creepy story about a guy being buried alive.

Answer 6

i love Poe, the autumn of the residing house of Usher became continually my well-known tale, Annabel Lee is my well-known poem mq:A Dream interior a Dream by The Alan Parsons project bq: J.D. Salinger