
The Pit and the Pendulum(1961)
In the sixteenth century, Francis Barnard travels to Spain to clarify the strange circumstances of his sister's death after she had married the son of a cruel Spanish Inquisitor.


“A Trilogy of Shock and Horror!”
Three stories adapted from the work of Edgar Allen Poe: 1) A man and his daughter are reunited, but the blame for the death of his wife hangs over them, unresolved. 2) A derelict challenges the local wine-tasting champion to a competition, but finds the man's attention to his wife worthy of more dramatic action. 3) A man dying and in great pain agrees to be hypnotized at the moment of death, with unexpected consequences.

Vincent Price
Locke / Fortunato / Valdemar / Narrator

Peter Lorre
Montresor ("The Black Cat")

Basil Rathbone
Carmichael ("The Case of M. Valdemar")

Debra Paget
Helene ("The Case of M. Valdemar")

Maggie Pierce
Lenora ("Morella")

Joyce Jameson
Annabel ("The Black Cat")
Leona Gage
Morella ("Morella")

David Frankham
Dr. James ("The Case of M. Valdemar")

Lennie Weinrib
Policeman ("The Black Cat")

Wally Campo
Barman Wilkins ("The Black Cat")
Tales of Terror is a horror, comedy, mystery, thriller film released in 1962 exploring themes of cat, spider, reincarnation, vase, buried alive, wine. Directed by Roger Corman, it stars Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Basil Rathbone. Three stories adapted from the work of Edgar Allen Poe: 1) A man and his daughter are reunited, but the blame for the death of his wife hangs over them, unresolved. 2) A derelict challenges the local wine-tasting champion to a competition, but finds the man's attention to his wife worthy of more dramatic action. 3) A man dying and in great pain agrees to be hypnotized at the moment of death, with unexpected consequences.
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