Morgue Street is a 2012 Italian horror short film directed by Alberto Viavattene and based on Edgar Allan Poe's 1841 short story "The Murders in the Rue Morgue". The film gained notoriety when it was banned in Australia by the Australian Classification Board before it could screen at Sydney's A Night of Horror film festival.[1] It has been praised by Jack Ketchum, Brian Yuzna, and Uwe Boll.[citation needed]

Morgue Street
Directed byAlberto Viavattene
Written by
  • Emiliano Ranzani
  • Alberto Viavattene
Based onThe Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe
Produced byAlberto Viavattene
Starring
  • Mario Cellini
  • Désirée Giorgetti
  • Roberto Nali
  • Federica Tommasi
CinematographyEmiliano Ranzani
Edited byAlberto Viavattene
Music byPaolo Testa
Production
company
Goaway Film
Running time
11 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageEnglish

References edit

  1. ^ Soares, Andre. "Morgue Street: Get James Franco! Australian Classification Board Bans Another Movie". Alt Film Guide. Retrieved 25 October 2016.

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