Tales of Terror

"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."

"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?"

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

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

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

"Vincent Price — Fortunato/Valdemar/Locke"

"Maggie Pierce — Lenora Locke"

"Mary Leona Gage — Morella Locke"

"Edmund Cobb — Driver"

"Debra Paget — Helene Valdemar"

"David Frankham — Valdermar's physician"

"Peter Lorre — Montresor Herringbone"

"Joyce Jameson — Annabel Herringbone"

"Basil Rathbone — Mr. Carmichael"

"A Trilogy of Shock and Horror!"