The Premature Burial (1962)
- Directed by
- Roger Corman
- Genre
- drama film, horror film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 21m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.3 of 10 from 142 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A wealthy man is terrified of being buried alive due to a rare medical condition. He builds an elaborate tomb with escape mechanisms to calm his fears.
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What happens
The Premature Burial, also known as Premature Burial, is a 1962 American horror film directed by Roger Corman and starring Ray Milland, Hazel Court, Alan Napier, Heather Angel and Richard Ney. The screenplay by Charles Beaumont and Ray Russell is based upon the 1844 short story of the same name by Edgar Allan Poe. It was the third in the series of eight Poe-themed pictures, known informally as the "Poe Cycle", directed by Corman for American International Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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