Tales of Terror (1962)
- Directed by
- Roger Corman
- Genre
- fantasy film, horror film, mystery film, comedy horror film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Rated
- 16
- Rating
- 6.7 of 10 from 209 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This anthology presents three separate horror stories, each taken from tales by Edgar Allan Poe. A cruel man and his long-suffering wife are visited by a mysterious stranger, a decaying nobleman tries to restore himself, and a man found guilty of murder is buried alive.
gothiccreepytheatricalmacabrecampymelodramaticdarkly comicstylized
What happens
Tales of Terror is a 1962 American International Pictures Gothic horror anthology film in colour and Panavision, produced by Samuel Z. Arkoff, James H. Nicholson, and Roger Corman, who also directed. The screenplay was written by Richard Matheson, and the film stars Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, and Basil Rathbone. It is the fourth in the so-called Corman-Poe cycle of eight films, largely featuring adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe stories and directed by Corman for AIP. The film was released in 1962 as a double feature with Panic in Year Zero!. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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13 West Street (1962)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.