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| Credits | |
| Title: | Premature Burial |
| Directed by: | Roger Corman |
| Written by: | Charles Beaumont; Ray Russell |
| Produced by: | Samuel Z. Arkoff; Gene Corman; Roger Corman |
| Music by: | Ronald Stein |
| Cinematography: | Floyd Crosby |
| Edited by: | Ronald Sinclair |
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| Distributors: | American International Pictures |
| Released: | March 7th, 1962 |
| Rating: | Unrated |
| Running time: | 81 min. [1] |
| Country: | USA |
| Language: | English |
| Budget: | $1,250,000 [1] |
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Premature Burial is an American horror film of the psycho-thriller and period piece subgenres. It is based on the short story Premature Burial by author Edgar Allan Poe, which was first published in The Philadelphia Dollar Newspaper in 1844. The film adaptation of the story was directed and produced by Roger Corman for American International Pictures. It was written by Charles Beaumont and Ray Russell and released theatrically in the United States on March 7th, 1962. Premature Burial stars Ray Milland as Guy Carrell - a man suffering from catalepsy, which is a nervous disorder characterized by muscular rigidity and fixity of posture. Because of this, Carrell develops an obsessive fear of being buried alive.
Plot
Cast
| Actor | Role |
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| Ray Milland | Guy Carrell |
| Hazel Court | Emily Gault |
| Richard Ney | Miles Archer |
| Heather Angel | Kate Carrell |
| Alan Napier | Doctor Gideon Gault |
| John Dierkes | Sweeney |
| Dick Miller | Mole |
| Clive Halliday | Judson |
| Brendan Dillon | Minister |
Notes & Trivia
- Tagline: Within the coffin I lie... Alive!
- Premature Burial was filmed at Producers Studios at 5330 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California. [1]
- The Premature Burial is the thirty-second film directed by Roger Corman. He previously directed The Pit and the Pendulum in 1961. His next project is the drama The Intruder (also known as The Stranger) starring William Shatner. His next horror film is Tales of Terror, which is also released in 1962.
- The Premature Burial is the only Roger Corman helmed film based on an Edgar Allan Poe story that does not star Vincent Price.
- The Premature Burial has been packaged with The Masque of the Red Death on DVD as part of the "Midnite Movies" double feature brand.
- This is the second film written by Charles Beaumont and his first horror film. His next film project, also a horror movie, is Burn, Witch, Burn, which is also released in 1962.
- Writer Ray Russell is also the writer of X: The Man With the X-Ray Eyes, which was also directed by Roger Corman and stars Ray Milland.
- The Premature Burial is the first horror work for Francis Ford Coppola, who works as an assistant director on this film.
Recommendations
All of the following are films directed and/or produced by Roger Corman based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe.
- House of Usher (1960)
- The Pit and the Pendulum (1961)
- Tales of Terror (1962)
- The Raven (1963)
- The Haunted Palace (1963)
- The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
- The Tomb of Ligeia (1964)
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Keywords
19th century; Buried alive; Cats; Cemetery; Dream; Coffin; Crypt; Dogs; Electrocution; Fog; Frogs; Gunshot victims; Nightmare; Poison; Rats Shovel; Skeleton; Smoking