Price, Lorre, and Rathbone are each amazing in this Roger Corman directed trio of spooky tales! (Loved the humor of the 2nd story. Lorre and Price looked to be having SO much fun!)
Tales of Terror
A Trilogy of Shock and Horror!
Rating
3.5 (1)
Release Date
7/4/1962Runtime
89 minsOverview
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.
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A playfully macabre journey through three Poe tales that blend gothic horror with campy humor, where supernatural twists and domestic horrors unfold with equal parts dread and dark charm.
Mood
UnsettlingWhimsicalDread-soaked
Themes
GriefObsessionBetrayalMortality
Tone
Ironic
Pacing
Steady
Look
Stylized genreFormalist
Structure
Anthology
Heads up
Graphic violenceSuicide and self-harm
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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