Tales of Terror

Tales of Terror (1962, USA) is a Horror film directed by Roger Corman.

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• Featured in: Vincent Price - MGM Scream Legends Collection | Six Gothic Tales Collection (BluRay)

Main Details

• Released in 1962
• Color
• Runtime: 85 min (PAL) | 89 min (NTSC)
• Aspect Ratio: (2.35:1)
• Production Co: Alta Vista Productions
• Distribution Co: American International Pictures (1962) (USA) (theatrical) | Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors (1962) (UK) (theatrical)
• Directed by Roger Corman
• Written by Edgar Allan Poe, Richard Matheson
• Starring Vincent Price, Maggie Pierce, Leona Gage
• Produced by Samuel Z. Arkoff, Roger Corman, James H. Nicholson
• Original Music by Les Baxter
• Cinematography by Floyd Crosby
• Film Editing by Anthony Carras

Also Known As

• Der Grauenvolle Mr. X (Germany)
• Edgar Allan Poe's Tales of Terror (USA)
• Historias de terror (Spain)
• I Racconti del terrore (Italy)
• L' Empire de la terreur (France)
• Poe's Tales of Terror
• Schwarze Geschichten (Germany)

Plot Summary

• Three tales of terror involve a grieving widower and the daughter he abandoned; a drunkard and his wife's black cat; and a hypnotist who prolongs the moment of a man's death.

Taglines

• A Trilogy of Shock and Horror!