Tales of Terror

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Tales of Terror
Directed by	Roger Corman
Produced by	Samuel Z. Arkoff, Roger Corman, James H. Nicholson
Starring	Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, and Basil Rathbone
Release date(s)	1962
Country	United States
Language	English
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Tales of Terror is the title of a 1962 horror movie starring Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, and Basil Rathbone, directed by Roger Corman, which comprised of three sequences each based on a story by Edgar Allan Poe. The episodes are "Morella" (which actually resembles Poe's "Ligeia"), "The Black Cat" (which contains elements from "The Cask of Amontillado"), and "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar." Although loosely adapted by Richard Matheson, the half-hour format of each episode allows the script to stick a bit closer to the short stories that the previous feature film Price-Corman-Poe films.

Contents 1 Deaths 1.1 Segment:"Morella" 1.2 Segment:"The Black Cat" 1.3 Segment:"The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar"

[edit] Deaths

[edit] Segment:"Morella"

1. Morella Locke:Died giving birth to a child.
2. Lenora Locke:Killed by supernatural means by the ghost of her mother.
3. Locke:Dropped a still burning lantern and went alight causing the house to catch fire.

[edit] Segment:"The Black Cat"

1. Annabel herringbone:Killed with unknown method.
2. Fortunato Luchresi:Suffocated behind a wall after Montresor chains him up.

[edit] Segment:"The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar"

1. M. Valdemar:Dies of an unspecified illness in bed.
2. Carmicheal:Dies of a heart attack from fright after a decomposing Valdemar rises from his deathbed to protect Helene from Carmichael's assault.