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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 mans 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.
"Tales of Terror" presents three adaptations of good stories by Edgar Allan Poe directed by Roger Corman. (1) "Morella": The twenty and something years old Lenora returns to the derelict house of her estranged father Locke. Her mother Morella died after giving birth to Lenora and Locke still grieves and blames Lenora for the death of his beloved wife. Lenora finds the corpse of Morella on her bed and Locke tells that he could not leave her in a coffin six feet under. Locke tries to make amends for abandoning Lenora but something supernatural happens. (2) "The Black Cat": The drunkard Montresor is an abusive man that spends the money that his wife Annabel earns working drinking wine in a tavern. He also mistreats her black cat. One day, Montresor meets the connoisseur of fine wines Fortunato Luchresi and he disputes his knowledge with him. Fortunato brings Montresor home and woos Annabel. When Montresor discovers that his wife is having a love affair with Fortunato, he plots an evil scheme to seek revenge. (3) "The Case of M. Valdemar": The wealthy Ernest Valdemar is terminal feeling great pain. He hires the hypnotizer Carmichael to relief his pain and asks his beloved wife Helene and his Dr. James to get married to each other after his death. However Carmichael controls his mind and Valdemar dies but his soul stays trapped in his body. Carmichael tells Helene that he let Valdemar go only if she marries him but his attitude brings tragic consequences.
Vincent Price
Locke
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 Case of M. Valdemar")
Debra Paget
Helene (segment "The Case of M. Valdemar")
David Frankham
Dr. James (segment "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")
John Hackett
Policeman (segment "The Black Cat")
Edmund Cobb
Driver (segment "Morella")
Scott Brown
Servant (segment "The Case of M. Valdemar")
Benjie Bancroft
Wine Society Member
Paul Bradley
Wine Society Member
Kenneth Gibson
Wine Society Member
Kenner G. Kemp
Wine Society Member
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