The Horrific Case of Mr Valdemar is a macabre, mesmerising tale of sex, money, death and hypnotism from the master of the modern horror story. Edgar Allen Poe.

A stage hypnotist is intrigued to know whether the effects of his art can be experienced beyond the grave. When he meets Mr Valdemar, a man with only a short while to live, he imagines he has found the perfect guinea pig. But when sex and money intervene, the results and predictably, and deliciously, horrific.