Few writers have long found a following in literature and cinema like Edgar Allan Poe, innovator of gothic horror and short story. The themes and narrative techniques he used still find continuity in modern works, which trace their signs bearing witness to genius and stylistic refinement. The evolution of horror literature and cinematography, show the current relevance of Edgar Allan's works. His innate ability to penetrate the human soul, bounces tangibly, between reader and viewer and delivers, respectively, the Poeian experience of "intimacy more than bodily" and the "bodily stunning" of images and sounds.