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Basil Rathbone, Debra Paget, Edmund Cobb, Leona Gage, Maggie Pierce
An omnibus film inspired by three different Edgar Allen Poe stories, each filmed in a week. The first is "Morella in which a woman's vengeful spirit returns from the grave to possess her daughter. The...( read more
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Id: 10900722
It would be difficult, if not impossible, to go wrong when you combine the tales of Edgar Allan Poe with the talents of Vincent Price. But wait, there's more! Throw in a villainous Basil Rathbone and an aging but still charming Peter Lorre and you've got a campy cult classic. ...( read more)
A fun anthology of short stories based on work by Edgar Allan Poe. All of the three segments are very well-made, and with Vincent Price, Peter Lorre and Basil Rathbone together, genre fans mustn't miss out.
The splendid triad Price, Lorre and Rathbone star this fun anthology loosely based on Edgar Allan Poe's short stories, all segments have the presence of ravishing women, and also a camp, silly but delightful parodic tone. you won't be scared, but you'll have a tremendous blast.
Fun and entertaining Corman/Price fare. Great lighting (thanks Mario Bava!!!) and imagery. Vincent Price is his usual great self as always. If you can appreciate a good, classic, atmospheric period horror flick this may be the trick. If you're an Edgar Allen Poe enthusiast you mi...( read more)
I'm pretty sure I would watch Vincent Price and Peter Lorre weave baskets for ninety minutes.
Unfortunately, the finest of the three stories is the one that goes for the laughs - and, by the way, Price and Lorre are really fun together here.
another 3 tales of terror .. starring the usual suspects (price,rathbone, lorre)
Roger Corman supplies a good horror trilogy w/ Vincent Price in all three tales. Laced w/ black comedy throughout w/ the best segment in the middle featuring Peter Lorre & Vincent Price in a wine drinking competition. Lorre is such a wife abusing drunk that he reminds me of And...( read more)
