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Tales of Terror ()

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Three tales of terror involve a grieving widower and the daughter he abandoned; a drunkard and his wife's black cat; and a hypnotist who prolongs the moment of a man's death.
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Locke / Fortunato Luchresi / Ernest Valdemar
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Lenora (segment "Morella")
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Morella (segment "Morella")
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Montresor (segment "The Black Cat")
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Annabel (segment "The Black Cat")
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Carmichael (segment "The Case of M. Valdemar")
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Helene (segment "The Case of M. Valdemar")
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Dr. James (segment "The Case of M. Valdemar")
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Policeman (segment "The Black Cat")
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Barman Wilkins (segment "The Black Cat")
Alan DeWitt ...
Chairman of Wine Society (segment "The Black Cat") (as Alan DeWit)
John Hackett ...
Policeman (segment "The Black Cat")
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Driver (segment "Morella") (as Ed Cobb)
Scott Brown ...
Servant (segment "The Case of M. Valdemar")
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Benjie Bancroft ...
Wine Society Member (segment "The Black Cat") (uncredited)
Paul Bradley ...
Wine Society Member (segment "The Black Cat") (uncredited)
Kenneth Gibson ...
Wine Society Member (segment "The Black Cat") (uncredited)
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Wine Society Member (segment "The Black Cat") (uncredited)
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Tavern Patron (segment "The Black Cat") (uncredited)
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Wine Society Member (segment "The Black Cat") (uncredited)
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Wine Society Member (segment "The Black Cat") (uncredited)

Directed by

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Roger Corman

Written by

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Richard Matheson ... (screenplay)
 
Edgar Allan Poe ... (based on the stories by)

Produced by

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Samuel Z. Arkoff ... executive producer
Roger Corman ... producer
James H. Nicholson ... executive producer

Music by

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Les Baxter

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Floyd Crosby ... director of photography

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Anthony Carras

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Daniel Haller

Art Direction by

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Daniel Haller

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Harry Reif

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Lou LaCava ... makeup artist (as Lou La Cava)
Ray Forman ... hair stylist (uncredited)

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Robert Agnew ... unit manager
Bartlett A. Carre ... production manager (as Bartlett A. Carré)

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Jack Bohrer ... assistant director

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Ross Hahn ... construction coordinator
Murray Laden ... title backgrounds
Richard M. Rubin ... property master (as Dick Rubin)
John Cengia ... props (uncredited)

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John L. Bury ... sound (as John Bury)
Jack Woods ... sound editor

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Pat Dinga ... special effects

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Donald C. Glouner ... visual effects producer

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Marjorie Corso ... wardrobe

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Eve Newman ... music editor
Al Simms ... music coordinator

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William Joseph Bryan Jr. ... technical advisor: hypnotism (as William J. Bryan Jr., M.D.)
Jack W. Cash ... production assistant (as Jack Cash)
Harry H. Waugh ... technical advisor: wine testing

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Plot Summary

Three stories adapted from the work of Edgar Allen Poe. A man and his daughter are reunited, but the blame for the death of his wife hangs over them, unresolved. 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. A man dying and in great pain agrees to be hypnotized at the moment of death, with unexpected consequences. Written by David Carroll

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Taglines A Trilogy of Shock and Horror! See more »
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Also Known As
  • The Black Cat (United States)
  • Morella (United States)
  • The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar (United States)
  • Edgar Allan Poe's Tales of Terror (United States)
  • L'empire de la terreur (France)
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  • 89 min
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Trivia The "Black Cat" segment was recycled for "The Comedy of Terrors (1963)" (even the presence of a meddlesome cat). Many of the same actors appear in both films, only here Peter Lorre plays the drunk married to devoted Joyce Jameson, with Vincent Price introduced as the third member of the triangle; in "Comedy of Terrors" Price and Lorre exchange roles, and Jameson essentially repeats her performance. Not only that, but Price's line "What place is this?" from the "M. Valdemar" segment of "Tales of Terror" is recycled as a running gag for Basil Rathbone in "Comedy of Terrors". See more »
Goofs When Morella takes control of Lenora's body, as Vincent Price walks up the last time before the reveal, you can see a red backstage light in the "window." See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Tales of Terror (1973). See more »
Quotes Montresor Herringbone: Haven't I convinced you of my sincerity yet? I'm genuinely dedicated to your destruction.
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