it is referred to on several occasions as "mold."

Poe uses the word "motley" to describe Fortunato's costume, which is that of a jester, but the word is not used in the video.

Another major difference is Montresor's reason for why his palazzo (house) is empty. In the story he tells the servants they may NOT leave the house to join in the Carnival festivities, when he knows full well that by telling them not to go, they will go, and the palazzo with be empty, so there will be no witnesses to his evil plan. This is mentioned in the story, but not in the video.

In the catacombs, Fortunato makes a gesture that is a secret sign of the Freemasons. He is slightly snobbish in believing that Montresor has no idea what it refers to—inferring perhaps that this secret society is above Montresor's social standing. When Fortunato speaks of the masons, Montresor pulls out a trowel to use with the plaster, making a joke, which makes no sense to Fortunato, also missing in video.

In terms of the setting, in the short story, the entire narrative and dialogue seem to lead us down into the catacombs, but in the Vincent Price version, it is told by Montresor without even leaving his dining room table (an interesting perception). I don't know if there is anything to refute that this could not have been the case: Montresor is, after all, telling the story many years after.

When Montresor chains Fortunato to the wall, the video version states that he seals him behind the wall, and the story ends there. The reason the short story is, in my opinion, so much more effective, is because Fortunato starts to come out of his drunken stupor, and pleads with Montresor, "For the love of God, Montresor!"

Because the video ends so abruptly, there are many other things left out. There is a part at the end of the short story where Fortunato laughs hysterically after being imprisoned. And just before Montresor seals the last stone in place, there has been silence for so long, that he puts his sword inside the hole to see if he can get some kind of response from poor Fortunato.  In the short story, the last thing we hear, with the setting of the final stone, is the tinkling of the bells on Fortunato's hat (which is not in the video), Montresor's assurance that Fortunato has remained undisturbed in this place for the past fifty years, and the murderer's last words, "May he rest in peace."

In Vincent Price's version of "The Cast of Amontillado," not only are pieces missing from Poe's original story, the conclusion is also much different than Poe's version.

At the end of the video, the climax of the story is the end of the story: Montresor informs his audience that he has walled up Fortunato—buried him alive. That is the video's end, and with the music and the close-up of Vincent Price's face, along with the lighting, it has an impact.

However, I find Poe's version is creepier, giving us the full effect of how insane Montresor is. As Poe tells it, the shackling of Fortunato, the conversation, the merciless verbal torment at the hands of Montresor, as well as Fortunato's hysterical laughter, abrupt silence and then only the sound of the bells on his hat have a much greater impact on the reader.

True, sound and visuals often are very effective in telling a story, but Poe always (and only) could depend on the imagination of the reader to fill in what might have been missing in his narrative...if there was anything missing at all. Poe was a masterful storyteller.

Poe captured the essence of Montresor's madness and his sociopathic nature: Montresor feeling no remorse says, "May he rest in peace" (a macabre statement in that he could not wait to bring about the other man's "immolation"), and then he casually observes that the body had not been disturbed in over fifty years. It is eerie to note that even as it has been at least fifty years since the death of Fortunato, Montresor has taken great relish in reliving the experience.

In "The Cask of Amontillado," there are many things missing in the video, and several changes as well.

One early and obviously difference that struck me was the change of the word "nitre," which is a mineral deposit accumulating on the walls of the catacombs. In the video, it is referred to on several occasions as "mold."

Poe uses the word "motley" to describe Fortunato's costume, which is that of a jester, but the word is not used in the video.

Another major difference is Montresor's reason for why his palazzo (house) is empty. In the story he tells the servants they may NOT leave the house to join in the Carnival festivities, when he knows full well that by telling them not to go, they will go, and the palazzo with be empty, so there will be no witnesses to his evil plan. This is mentioned in the story, but not in the video.

In the catacombs, Fortunato makes a gesture that is a secret sign of the Freemasons. He is slightly snobbish in believing that Montresor has no idea what it refers to—inferring perhaps that this secret society is above Montresor's social standing. When Fortunato speaks of the masons, Montresor pulls out a trowel to use with the plaster, making a joke, which makes no sense to Fortunato, also missing in video.

In terms of the setting, in the short story, the entire narrative and dialogue seem to lead us down into the catacombs, but in the Vincent Price version, it is told by Montresor without even leaving his dining room table (an interesting perception). I don't know if there is anything to refute that this could not have been the case: Montresor is, after all, telling the story many years after.

When Montresor chains Fortunato to the wall, the video version states that he seals him behind the wall, and the story ends there. The reason the short story is, in my opinion, so much more effective, is because Fortunato starts to come out of his drunken stupor, and pleads with Montresor, "For the love of God, Montresor!"

Because the video ends so abruptly, there are many other things left out. There is a part at the end of the short story where Fortunato laughs hysterically after being imprisoned. And just before Montresor seals the last stone in place, there has been silence for so long, that he puts his sword inside the hole to see if he can get some kind of response from poor Fortunato.  In the short story, the last thing we hear, with the setting of the final stone, is the tinkling of the bells on Fortunato's hat (which is not in the video), Montresor's assurance that Fortunato has remained undisturbed in this place for the past fifty years, and the murderer's last words, "May he rest in peace."

The impact of this last statement is especially eerie in that even though Monstresor hated Fortunato for some reason, he speaks a seemingly concerned word of blessing over the dead man.

Even more insightful of Montresor's obvious sociopathic tendencies is the fact that even though Poe's version tells us that Fortunato has been dead for fifty years, Montresor still tells the story with great relish—delighting in the details of how he murdered Fortunato.