Tales of Terror

Tales of Terror

89 mins | Comedy, Thriller, Horror, Mystery | July 4, 1962

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.

Tales of Terror

89 mins | Comedy, Thriller, Horror, Mystery | July 4, 1962

Tales of Terror
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.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers Alta Vista Productions
Original title Tales of Terror
Directors Jack Bohrer, Roger Corman
Writers Edgar Allan Poe, Richard Matheson

Cast

Vincent Price

as Locke / Fortunato / Valdemar / Narrator

Maggie Pierce

as Lenora ("Morella")

Leona Gage

as Morella ("Morella")

Peter Lorre

as Montresor ("The Black Cat")

Joyce Jameson

as Annabel ("The Black Cat")

Basil Rathbone

as Carmichael ("The Case of M. Valdemar")

Debra Paget

as Helene ("The Case of M. Valdemar")

David Frankham

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

Lennie Weinrib

as Policeman ("The Black Cat")

Wally Campo

as Barman Wilkins ("The Black Cat")

Alan DeWitt

as Chairman of Wine Society ("The Black Cat")

John Hackett

as Policeman ("The Black Cat")

Edmund Cobb

as Driver ("Morella")

Scott Brown

as Servant ("The Case of M. Valdemar")

Benjie Bancroft

as Wine Society Member ("The Black Cat") (uncredited)

Paul Bradley

as Wine Society Member ("The Black Cat") (uncredited)

Kenneth Gibson

as Wine Society Member ("The Black Cat") (uncredited)

Kenner G. Kemp

as Wine Society Member ("The Black Cat") (uncredited)

Jack Kenny

as Tavern Patron ("The Black Cat") (uncredited)

Cosmo Sardo

as Wine Society Member ("The Black Cat") (uncredited)

Jack Tornek

as Wine Society Member ("The Black Cat") (uncredited)