"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."

"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?"

"Basil Rathbone — Mr. Carmichael"

"Do the undead demons of hell still arise to terrorize the world?"

"Reginald Beckwith — Harold Gunnison"

"Antony Carbone — Doctor Leon"

"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."

"Mary Leona Gage — Morella Locke"

"Joyce Jameson — Annabel Herringbone"

"I do NOT believe."

"The Most Terrifying Screen Experience of Your Life!"

"Margaret Johnston — Flora Carr"

"Kathleen Byron — Evelyn Sawtelle"

"Vincent Price — Nicholas/Sebastian Medina"

"Luana Anders — Catherine Medina"

"Edgar Allan Poe's diabolic classic"

"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?"

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

"Maggie Pierce — Lenora Locke"

"Debra Paget — Helene Valdemar"

"Peter Lorre — Montresor Herringbone"

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

"So, each day science, founded on years of research and truth merges with feats, which put our old fashioned magicians to shame. Aladdin rubbed the lamp and the genie appeared. Today we can press a button, and the whole of mankind is obliterated."

"Witch or Woman, What Was It?"

"You Must See It From the Beginning To Feel The Shock-Impact of the End!"

"Peter Wyngarde — Norman Taylor"

"Janet Blair — Tansy Taylor"

"Anthony Nicholls — Harvey Sawtelle"

"Colin Gordon — Lindsay Carr"

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

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

"John Kerr — Francis Barnard"

"Barbara Steele — Elizabeth"

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

"The Greatest Terror Tale Ever Told!"

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

"Betrayal cuts both ways!"

"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."

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

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

"Vincent Price — Fortunato/Valdemar/Locke"

"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."

"Edmund Cobb — Driver"

"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."

"David Frankham — Valdermar's physician"

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

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

"I heard her first feeble movements in the coffin... we had put her living in the tomb!"

"The House of Usher is no more - and the place whereon it stood is as if - it had never been."