Title from disc surface. Adapted from stories by Edgar Allan Poe. Originally released as motion pictures from 1961-1963. Tales of terror: Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Basil Rathbone, Debra Paget, Joyce Jameson. The pit and the pendulum: Vincent Price, John Kerr, Barbara Steele, Luana Anders, Anthony Carbone. The raven: Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff.
Summary:
Tales of terror (1962): 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. The pit and the pendulum: Vincent Price slowly goes crazy because he thinks his wife was buried alive (a plot between his wife and her lover to get his money). Now totally insane, he starts to murder. The raven: The sorcerer Craven learns from fellow magician Dr. Bedlo that his supposedly dead wife is alive and living at the castle of master sorcerer Dr. Scarabus.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)856015996
Locations:
OOAX232 -- Clinton Community College Library (Clinton)
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