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

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)

Trailer

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