A 1928 short silent horror film adaptation of a short story by Edgar Allan Poe. It tells the story of a brother and sister who live under a family curse. Starring Herbert Stern, Hildegarde Watson, and Melville Webber. Directed by James Sibley Watson and Melville Webber. It is considered an avant-garde experimental film, where the visual element predominates, including shots through prisms to create optical distortion. The US Library of Congress considers the movie "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant film" and has included it for preservation in the National Film Registry.