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23 February 1963 (Denmark) moreTagline:
A Trilogy of Shock and Horror!Plot:
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. full summary | add synopsisUser Comments:
Pretty good moreCast
(Complete credited cast)| Vincent Price | ... | Locke / Fortunato / Valdemar | |
| Maggie Pierce | ... | Lenora (segment "Morella") | |
| Leona Gage | ... | Morella (segment "Morella") | |
| Peter Lorre | ... | Montresor (segment "The Black Cat") | |
| Joyce Jameson | ... | Annabel (segment "The Black Cat") | |
| Basil Rathbone | ... | Carmichael (segment "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar") | |
| Debra Paget | ... | Helene (segment "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar") | |
| David Frankham | ... | Dr. James (segment "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar") | |
| Lennie Weinrib | ... | Policeman (segment "The Black Cat") | |
| Wally Campo | ... | 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") | |
| Edmund Cobb | ... | Driver (segment "Morella") | |
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89 minCountry:
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USA:Approved (PCA #20234) | USA:Unrated (video release) | UK:15 (video rating) (1993) | UK:X (original rating) (cut) | Argentina:13 | Sweden:15 | Australia:MFun Stuff
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For the story "The Black Cat", Vincent Price based his character of Fortunado on Ernie Kovacs's television character Percy Dovetonsils. moreFAQ
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Another of the Roger Corman/Vincent Price films based VERY loosely on three Edgar Allan Poe tales.
The first is "Morella" where a dying girl comes to visit her father (Price) and find out why he abandoned her as a child. It has to do with her mother (Morella) and her death. Well-done but it doesn't make a lot of sense.
"The Black Cat" is about a man (Peter Lorre) finding out his wife is cheating on him with someone else (Price). It's pretty good but Lorre's acting turns it into a comedy more than a horror story.
"The Case of M. Valdemar" has an evil mesmerist (Basil Rathbone) keeping a man's spirit alive while his body wastes away. Well-done with a pretty gruesome ending.
Basically this a good anthology of horror stories. They're well-produced, well-acted and written. Just don't expect them to be anything like the Poe tales (especially "Morella"). GREAT liberties have been taken with the stories--they just use them as a starting point and build on it.
Also try to see it letter-boxed--the pan and scan TV version is pretty terrible.
I give it a 7.