Tales of Terror
| Tales of Terror | |
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| Directed by | Roger Corman |
| Screenplay by | Richard Matheson |
| Based on | "Morella" "The Black Cat" "The Cask of Amontillado" "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar" by Edgar Allan Poe |
| Produced by | Roger Corman |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Floyd Crosby |
| Edited by | Anthony Carras |
| Music by | Les Baxter |
| Color process | Pathécolor |
Production company | Alta Vista Productions |
| Distributed by | American International Pictures |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1.5 million or $1 million
64,396 admissions (France) |
Tales of Terror is a 1962 American International Pictures Gothic horror anthology film in colour and Panavision, produced by Samuel Z. Arkoff, James H. Nicholson, and Roger Corman, who also directed. The screenplay was written by Richard Matheson, and the film stars Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, and Basil Rathbone. It is the fourth in the so-called Corman-Poe cycle of eight films, largely featuring adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe stories and directed by Corman for AIP. The film was released in 1962 as a double feature with Panic in Year Zero!.