Title from container. Tales of terror: Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Basil Rathbone, Debra Paget, Joyce Jameson. Twice told tales: Vincent Price, Sebastian Cabot, Brett Halsey, Beverly Garland, Richard Dening, Joyce Taylor. The abominable Dr. Phibes: Vincent Price, Joseph Cotten, Hugh Griffith, Terry-Thomas, Virginia North. Dr. Phibes rises again: Vincent Price, Robert Quarry, Peter Cushing, Beryl Reid, Terry-Thomas. Theater of blood: Vincent Price, Diana Rigg, Ian Hendry. Madhouse: Vincent Price, Peter Cushing, Robert Quarry. Witchfinder General: Vincent Price, Ian Ogilvy, Rupert Davies, Wilfred Brambell, Hilary Dwyer. Some films include Spanish and French audio tracks.
Contents:
(1962 ; 89 min. ; not rated) -- Twice told tales / United Artists Films ; written for the screen and produced by Robert E. Kent ; directed by Sidney Salkow (1963 ; 120 min. ; not rated). (1962 ; 89 min. ; not rated) -- Twice told tales / United Artists Films ; written for the screen and produced by Robert E. Kent ; directed by Sidney Salkow (1963 ; 120 min. ; not rated). (1972 ; 89 min. ; rated PG). Dr. Phibes rises again / an American International picture ; written by Robert Fuest and Robert Blees ; produced by Louis M. Heyward ; directed by Robert Fuest (1971 ; 95 min. ; rated PG-13) -- Dr. Phibes rises again / an American International picture ; written by Robert Fuest and Robert Blees ; produced by Louis M. Heyward ; directed by Robert Fuest (1972 ; 89 min. ; rated PG). (1973 ; 104 min. ; rated R) -- Madhouse / an American International-Amicus co-production ; screenplay by Greg Morrison and Ken Levison ; produced by Milton Subotsky and Max Rosenberg ; directed by James Clark (1974 ; 91 min. ; rated PG). (1973 ; 104 min. ; rated R) -- Madhouse / an American International-Amicus co-production ; screenplay by Greg Morrison and Ken Levison ; produced by Milton Subotsky and Max Rosenberg ; directed by James Clark (1974 ; 91 min. ; rated PG). Disc 4. Witchfinder General / an American International release ; produced by Louis M. Heyward, Philip Waddilove, Arnold Miller ; screenplay by Michael Reeves and Tom Baker ; directed by Michael Reeves (1968 ; 87 min. ; not rated). Disc 5. Working with Vincent Price. Vincent Price: renaissance man -- The art of fear -- Working with Vincent Price.
Summary:
Tales of terror: three stories adapted from the works of Edgar Allan Poe. In "Morella," a dying young woman tries to reconcile with her father, who has always blamed her for her mother's death during childbirth. In "The black cat," a man discovers his wife's affair and takes steps to remove his rival, only to have his wife's black cat reveal his evil deed. And In "The facts in the case of M. Valdemar," the dying M. Valdemar employs a hypnotist to put him in a trance to spare him the pain of dying. Instead, M. Valdemar winds up stuck between the world of the living and the dead, and under the control of the hypnotist. Twice told tales: based on three stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne. In "Dr. Heidegger's experiment," the doctor attempts to restore youth to three of his elderly friends. In "Rappaccini's daughter" a demented father inoculates his daughter with poison so that she may never leave her garden of poisonous plants. And in "House of the Seven Gables," the Pyncheon family suffers from a hundred year old curse. The abominable Dr. Phibes: after a team of surgeons botches his beloved wife's operation, the distraught Dr. Phibes seeks revenge by unleashing a series of Old Testament plagues on his enemies. Dr. Phibes rises again: Dr Phibes awakens from a decade of suspended animation and heads to Egypt with the corpse of his dead wife, which he intends to resurrect by murdering people in strange ways. Theater of blood: an egotistical actor exacts revenge on theater critics who denied him an important award by killing them in Shakespearian fashion. Madhouse: after the grisly murder of his fianceĢe, horror movie actor Paul Toombes suffers a breakdown. When he returns to television some twelve years later, he finds the cast and crew are being murdered in the same manner as characters in his old movies. Based on the novel "Devilday" by Angus Hall. Witchfinder General: during the Middle Ages, a self-proclaimed "witchfinder" goes from town to town, offering his services to superstitious villagers who pay him to wrench confessions from innocent women. Based on the novel by Ronald Bassett, an adaptation of "The conqueror worm" by Edgar Allan Poe.
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