Tales of Terror

1962 PG-13 1h 29m

6.7 / 10 204

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6.7/10

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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

Writers

Richard Matheson Edgar Allan Poe

Stars

Vincent Price Peter Lorre Basil Rathbone

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")

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

Lennie Weinrib

Policeman ("The Black Cat")

Wally Campo

Barman Wilkins ("The Black Cat")

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Alan DeWitt

Chairman of Wine Society ("The Black Cat")

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John Hackett

Policeman ("The Black Cat")

Servant ("The Case of M. Valdemar")

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Benjie Bancroft

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

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Paul Bradley

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

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Kenneth Gibson

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

Kenner G. Kemp

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

Jack Kenny

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

Cosmo Sardo

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

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Jack Tornek

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

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Dr_Nostromo 10 May 2026

57/100 3 tales inspired by Edgar Allen Poe, this Roger Corman film is good with Vincent Price and Peter Lorre chewing up the scenery. "Morella" - Gothic tragedy of ghostly vengeance that has just the right amount of over-acting and melodrama to make it quite fun. "The Black Cat" - An abusive husband plots the death of his wife and her lover. Lorre's character was too repugnant and the humor was...

John Chard 12 Feb 2015

7/10

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...