Extraordinary Tales(2015)
2015 · Raúl García · 73 min
Five tales by Edgar Allan Poe come to life thanks to a pictorical style animation, five tales that exude madness, pestilence, murder and torture.
Horror · Animation · Mystery
6.5133 votes
TMDB score
2/5
Intensity
2/5
Gore
3/5
Stays with you
How Extraordinary Tales scares
Each segment unfolds at its own pace, moving from quiet dread to unsettling climaxes across five separate stories rather than building one continuous plot. The animation styles shift from tale to tale, giving the whole thing a dreamlike, storybook quality rather than a straightforward scare-fest. The fear here is mostly in the mind: guilt, madness, dread, and inevitability weigh more than any physical threat. It's a quieter, moodier kind of horror, more haunting and strange than jumpy, and best for people who like classic gothic literature turned into something visual and eerie.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Extraordinary Tales rates psychological 5/5, visceral 2/5, gore 2/5, lingering effect 3/5, and overall intensity 2/5.
- Psychological: 5 of 5
- Visceral: 2 of 5
- Gore: 2 of 5
- Lingering: 3 of 5
- Intensity: 2 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 15 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 45 of 100 — balanced
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 45 of 100 — balanced
Intensity over runtime
Shape only — no eventsReveal pacing shapeHide pacing shapeHidden by default — shows where the tension peaks and lets up.
A string of short, separate nightmares that each start calm and quickly tighten into dread, with the tension resetting between tales and the darkest stretch saved for the finale.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 2, 3, 2, 3, 4, 3, 4, 5, 4, 3, 5.
How scary is Extraordinary Tales?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Extraordinary Tales rates 2/5 — moderately scary, building its fear through slow-burn dread rather than shocks. The fear is mostly in your head — it unsettles far more than it assaults. Expect it to be moderately gory and scary but not punishing. Some of it will follow you to bed, but it lets go within a day or so.
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