Tales of Terror

“A Trilogy of Shock and Horror!”

6.7(202)19621h 29m

HorrorComedyMysteryThriller

Three stories adapted from the work of Edgar Allen Poe: 1) A man and his daughter are reunited, but the blame for the death of his wife hangs over them, unresolved. 2) A derelict challenges the local wine-tasting champion to a competition, but finds the man's attention to his wife worthy of more dramatic action. 3) A man dying and in great pain agrees to be hypnotized at the moment of death, with unexpected consequences.

Director

Roger Corman

Cast

Vincent Price

Locke / Fortunato / Valdemar / Narrator

Peter Lorre

Montresor ("The Black Cat")

Basil Rathbone

Carmichael ("The Case of M. Valdemar")

Debra Paget

Helene ("The Case of M. Valdemar")

Maggie Pierce

Lenora ("Morella")

Joyce Jameson

Annabel ("The Black Cat")

Leona Gage

Morella ("Morella")

David Frankham

Dr. James ("The Case of M. Valdemar")

Lennie Weinrib

Policeman ("The Black Cat")

Wally Campo

Barman Wilkins ("The Black Cat")

Alan DeWitt

Chairman of Wine Society ("The Black Cat")

John Hackett

Policeman ("The Black Cat")

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1 review

John Chard

11y ago

7.0

Corman, Poe & Price. The fourth venture into Poe adaptations for Roger Corman and Vincent Price sees them taking on the portmanteau format with a trilogy of creepers. First off is Morella, which finds Price as a typecast loner living in a big old mansion with the dead corpse of his wife! Enter his daughter, who at birth was the reason for Morella’s death and thus Price originally holds a gr...