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Quite a few of the stories in the legendary EC horror comics (Tales from the Crypt; The Vault of Horror; The Haunt of Fear) were unauthorized "swipes" of short stories by authors like Poe, Lovecraft, Ambrose Bierce, Ray Bradbury, and -- Robert Bloch. As far as I know, Ray Bradbury was the only one who found out and asked for payment and a byline; I've never seen anything in Bloch's interviews about EC "adaptations." The ones I've found (in order of faithfullness):

• "Daddy Lost His Head!" (Vault of Horror #19) - A fairly faithful adaptation of "Sweets to the Sweet," except the child is completely innocent; the "voodoo doll" is made by a neighbor, "Mrs. Thaumaturge."
• "The Hunchback!" (Haunt of Fear #4) - "The Mannikin," purged of any references to the Lovecraft Mythos.
• "The Mask of Horror!" (Vault of Horror #18) - A loose adaptation of "The Cloak," substituting a face-changing mask for the "authentic" vampire cloak.
• "Horror We? How's Bayou?" (Haunt of Fear #17) - This story was obviously inspired by "Enoch," but takes an entirely different turn after the latest body is dumped in the quicksand.
• "Cold Cuts!" (Shock Suspenstories #5) - Again, this story starts out like "Frozen Fear," but takes a different (non-supernatural in this case) turn after all the packages are in the deep freeze.