Tales of Terror
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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!
