Plot
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, with unexpected consequences.
Cast
as Locke / Fortunato / Valdemar / Narrator
as Montresor ("The Black Cat")
as Carmichael ("The Case of M. Valdemar")
as Helene ("The Case of M. Valdemar")
as Lenora ("Morella")
as Annabel ("The Black Cat")
as Morella ("Morella")
as Dr. James ("The Case of M. Valdemar")
as Policeman ("The Black Cat")
as Barman Wilkins ("The Black Cat")
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Reviews
Corman, Poe & Price. The fourth venture into Poe adaptations for Roger Corman and Vincent Price sees them taking on the portmanteau format with a trilogy of creepers. First off is Morella, which finds Price as a typecast loner living in a big old mansion with the dead corpse of his wife! Enter his daughter, who at birth was the reason for Morella’s death and thus Price originally holds a g…