Tales of Terror

Name: Tales of Terror
Director: Roger Corman
Released: 1962

Roger Corman

guilt and redemption obsession death and the afterlife jealousy and revenge psychological manipulation

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Synopsis

Three stories adapted from the work of Edgar Allen Poe: 1) A man and his daughter are reunited, but the blame for the death of his wife hangs over them, unresolved. 2) 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. 3) A man dying and in great pain agrees to be hypnotized at the moment of death, wi

Cinema Atlas Connection

For my Poe films, I wanted to move beyond mere monster pictures and create something with a more Gothic, European, almost fairy-tale quality. I consciously drew visual influence from German Expressionism and aimed for the dreamlike atmosphere found in films like Jean Cocteau's 'Beauty and the Beast.'

I consciously drew visual influence from German Expressionism and aimed for the dreamlike atmosphere found in films like Jean Cocteau's 'Beauty and the Beast.'

— Roger Corman · How I Made a Hundred Movies in Hollywood and Never Lost a Dime (Roger Corman's autobiography)

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This Film Influenced

→ Beauty and the Beast (2017)