The Comedy of Terrors
From The Grindhouse Cinema Database
The Comedy of Terrors (1964, USA) is a Horror-Comedy film directed by Jacques Tourneur.
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Main Details
- Released in 1964
- Color
- Running Time: 84 Min.
- Production Co: Alta Vista Productions
- Distribution Co: American International Pictures (AIP) (1964) (USA) (theatrical)
- Directed by Jacques Tourner
- Written by Richard Matheson
- Starring: Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff, Joyce Jameson, Beverly Powers
- Produced by Samuel Z. Arkoff, Anthony Carras, Richard Matheson, James H. Nicholson
- Original Music by Les Baxter
- Cinematography by Floyd Crosby
- Film Editing by Anthony Carras
Plot Summary
- Dishonest undertaker Waldo Trumbull and his sidekick Felix Gillie are creating their own customers when they cannot find willing ones.
Also Known As
- Il Clan del terrore (Italy)
- La Comèdia dels horrors (Spain) (Catalan title)
- La Comedia de los horrores (Spain)
- Le Croque-mort s'en mêle (France)
- Farsa Trágica (Brazil)
- Hautaustoimisto hädässä (Finland) (TV title)
- Komödie des Grauens (Germany)
- Komedi i skräck (Sweden)
- Liget går amok (Denmark)
- O Miou Três Vezes (Portugal)
- Operation i skräck (Sweden)
- To Pandoheion ton zontanon nekron (Greece)
- Ruhe Sanft GmbH (Germany)
- The Graveside Story
Taglines
- Your favorite creeps...together again!
- They put new life in the undertaking business!
- A grave case of greed gone too far!
- A macabre romp featuring 4 great names from the Horror Hall of Fame!
