"Narrator: The Tower of London - a monument to the corruption of the soul, wherein the shadowed past a man gained the throne of England despite the insane ambition that drove him to evil and murder. He escaped the headsman's block but he could never escape the ghosts of his conscience. It is the night of April ninth in the year fourteen eighty three, the night that Edward IV, King of England, will die. Rumours that the King is on his deathbed have filled London and the people await the booming of the cannon on the battlements, for this will be the signal that Edward IV is no more."

"Queen': You have executed a most trusted woman of this court without trial. You say that your motives are honorable? Those that suspect treason in others, should first look into their own hearts for loyalty."

"Hazel Court — Emily Gault"

"Heather Angel — Kate Carrell"

"Vincent Price — Richard III of England"

"A Trilogy of Shock and Horror!"

"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."

"Within the Coffin Lies a Man...Yet ALIVE!"

"Basil Rathbone — Mr. Carmichael"

"David Frankham — Valdermar's physician"

"Peter Lorre — Montresor Herringbone"

"Within the Coffin I Lie...ALIVE!"

"Joyce Jameson — Annabel Herringbone"

"Maggie Pierce — Lenora Locke"

"Mary Leona Gage — Morella Locke"

"Edmund Cobb — Driver"

"Vincent Price — Fortunato/Valdemar/Locke"

"Ray Milland — Guy Carrell"

"Debra Paget — Helene Valdemar"

"This is the beat of a human heart. Sit very still and listen. Is your heart beating in this same rhythm? You are experiencing the heartbeat of a dying man. And it is with death and dying that we concern ourselves. What happens at the point of death? What happens afterwards? What happens after death to someone who does not choose to stay dead, someone like Morella?"

"And what is it that happens just before death which leads inexorably to that death? Our second tale provides one roguish answer to that question in the story of a man who hated a cat. The Black Cat."

"Betrayal cuts both ways!"

"What exactly is it that occurs within the moment of death, especially to a man within that moment who is not permitted to die, as in the case of Mr. Valdemar?"

"The Greatest Terror Tale Ever Told!"

"Edgar Allan Poe's diabolic classic"

"She was enslaved by evil in a terror haunted castle."

"Pardon me, ladies, but could you spare a coin for a moral cripple?"

"Barbara Steele — Elizabeth"

"Luana Anders — Catherine Medina"

"John Kerr — Francis Barnard"

"Antony Carbone — Doctor Leon"

"Buying and selling. Living and dying. The weave of life."

"Vincent Price — Nicholas/Sebastian Medina"

"Until now no one has dared to film this ...... the most diabolical classic of all time!"

"Why don't you watch where I'm going, huh?"

"Harlot! You will die in agony! Die!"

"The razor edge of destiny. That's the condition of man. Bound on an island from which he can never hope to escape - surrounded by the waiting pit of hell. Subject to the inexorable pendulum of fate - which must destroy him finally."

"I will tell you where you are. You are about to enter hell, Bartholomew. Hell! The Netherworld. The infernal region. The abode of the damned. The place of torment. Pandemonium. "Abbadon, "Tophet", "Gehenna". "Naraka", the pit! And the pendulum."

"Elizabeth was quite dead. I would stick my reputation on that fact."

"I worshiped your sister. I worship her still. Without her, life is meaningless. She was that substance of loveliness. [displays a painting of Elizabeth] I tried to capture it, but it was the way she walked and moved - her smile, her voice. She sang like an angel. And she could play the harpsichord as no other woman I've ever known could play."

"Could I have kept that ring without knowing it? Play the harpsichord without knowing it? Destroyed Elizabeth's room all without knowing it? My inner mind - creating evidence of Elizabeth's vengeful return because that mind knows. But I don't know! I will find out."

"She does not haunt you, Nicholas. Can you not see that? It is you punishing yourself."

"Haven't I convinced you of my sincerity yet? I'm genuinely dedicated to your destruction."

"This groundless dread must finally be put to rest. We will exhume Elizabeth."

"Charles Macaulay — Duke of Clarence"

"Marjorie Eaton — Madame Romanovitch"

"Dennis Hopper — Johnny Drake"

"Gavin Muir — Capt. Samuel Murdock"