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Release Date:
7 March 1962 (USA) more
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Tagline:
Within the Coffin I Lie...ALIVE!
Plot:
Emily Gault arrives at the Carrell mansion determined to rekindle an old relationship with Guy Carrell... more | add synopsis
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1 win more
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(7 articles)
James McTeigue Interview, Ninja Assassin
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James McTeigue's 'The Raven' to Mix Real Edgar Allan Poe and Fiction
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Cast

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Ray Milland ... Guy Carrell
Hazel Court ... Emily Gault

Richard Ney ... Miles Archer
Heather Angel ... Kate Carrell
Alan Napier ... Dr. Gideon Gault
John Dierkes ... Sweeney
Dick Miller ... Mole
Clive Halliday ... Judson
Brendan Dillon ... Minister
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Directed by
Roger Corman 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Charles Beaumont  writer
Edgar Allan Poe  story
Ray Russell  writer

Produced by
Samuel Z. Arkoff .... producer
Gene Corman .... executive producer
Roger Corman .... producer
 
Original Music by
Ronald Stein 
Les Baxter (uncredited)
 
Cinematography by
Floyd Crosby 
 
Film Editing by
Ronald Sinclair 
 
Art Direction by
Daniel Haller 
 
Costume Design by
Marjorie Corso 
 
Makeup Department
Lou LaCava .... makeup artist
 
Production Management
Jack Bohrer .... production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Francis Ford Coppola .... assistant director
 
Art Department
Richard M. Rubin .... props
Burt Shonberg .... paintings
 
Sound Department
John Bury Jr. .... sound
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Lloyd Garnell .... lighting technician
Charles Hannawalt .... key grip
 
Other crew
David Blangsted .... film assistant
Betty Crosby .... script supervisor
Jonathan Haze .... assistant to producer
 

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Runtime:
81 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Roger Corman started this film outside of American International Pictures. Since Vincent Price had been signed to an exclusive contract with AIP, Corman chose Ray Milland for the lead role. American International would acquire the production just as principal photography began. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Kate tells Guy that it's time for his medicine, she’s holding the tray in her hands. In the next shot it's gone, and it is nowhere to be seen when the three of them leave the crypt. more
Quotes:
Guy Carrell: Can you possibly conceive it. The unendurable oppression of the lungs, the stifling fumes of the earth, the rigid embrace of the coffin, the blackness of absolute night and the silence, like an overwhelming sea. more
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4 out of 4 people found the following comment useful.
I'm going to be cremated!, 13 December 2003
Author: Brian W. Fairbanks (brianwfairbanks@yahoo.com) from Cleveland, Ohio

With Vincent Price busy elsewhere, Roger Corman shoveled the dirt on Ray Milland for this adaptation of Poe's "The Premature Burial." A bit too mature for the role, Milland nonetheless gives a good account of himself as an artist convinced that he'll meet the same fate as many of his ancestors by being buried alive. This movie offers some fairly useful tips for those who have a similar fear, but after watching it you might agree with me that cremation is the way to go.

Corman keeps things nice and creepy throughout, and your skin is sure to crawl at the appropriate moments. This is no match for the director's magnificent "Pit and the Pendulum," but it's an above-average horror flick recommended for everyone but the ghouls employed in the funeral industry.

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