Anthology film from three European directors based on stories by Edgar Allan Poe: a cruel countess haunted by a ghostly horse, a sadistic young man haunted by his double, and an alcoholic actor haunted by the Devil.
[Toby Dammit] is marvelous: a short movie but a major one. The Vadim is as overdecorated and shrill as a drag ball, but still quite fun, and the Malle, based on one of Poe's best stories, is simply tedious.
– Vincent Canby,
New York Times,
9 May 2005
fresh:
It offers pleasures above and beyond its status as a relic of a groovier and exponentially more swinging era.
– Nathan Rabin,
AV Club,
19 Mar 2003
rotten:
Only Fellini (Toby Dammit) really manages to make much of his source.