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Tales
of Terror (1962) – R. Corman
Roger Corman directed this trilogy of
Poe tales for American International Pictures following the success of The Pit
and the Pendulum (also starring Vincent Price).
Other better Poe adaptations with Price were to follow but this triptych
does have some charm. Price is suitably
haunted by the death of his wife, Morella, and the return of his long lost
daughter in the first tale. In the
second, Peter Lorre takes center stage as a drunken reprobate who comically
matches wits with Price’s expert wine-taster leading to a twist on The Cask of
Amontillado. Finally, Basil Rathbone
appears as a mesmerist who offers the dying Price freedom from pain in exchange
for the chance to hypnotize him at the moment of death (with hypnotic control
extending beyond the grave). Creepy fun
for 90 minutes scripted by horror maestro Richard Matheson.
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