Tales of Terror

About Tales of Terror

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.

Tales of Terror is a 1962 comedy horror film directed by Roger Corman. At 89 minutes long, it arrived in July 1962.

The film is filed under anthology, extramarital affair, cat, and corpse.

Vincent Price takes the lead as Locke, Peter Lorre as Montresor ("The Black Cat"), Basil Rathbone as Carmichael ("The Case of M. Valdemar"), and Debra Paget as Helene ("The Case of M. Valdemar"). The screenplay is by Richard Matheson. American members can watch it on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and fuboTV.

Creepshow, Creepshow 2, and Night of the Creeps make useful companions to Tales of Terror, all filed under buried alive and halloween. TMDB voters put it at 6.7 out of 10 across 214 votes.