Tales of Terror

Tales of Terror
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Roger Corman
Screenplay by	Richard Matheson
Based on	"Morella" "The Black Cat" "The Cask of Amontillado" "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar" by Edgar Allan Poe
Produced by	Roger Corman
Starring	Vincent Price Peter Lorre Basil Rathbone Debra Paget
Cinematography	Floyd Crosby
Edited by	Anthony Carras
Music by	Les Baxter
Color process	Pathécolor
Production company	Alta Vista Productions
Distributed by	American International Pictures
Release date	July 4, 1962 (1962-07-04)
Running time	89 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1.5 million[1][2] or $1 million[3] 64,396 admissions (France)[4]

Tales of Terror is a 1962 American International Pictures Gothic horror anthology film in colour and Panavision, produced by Samuel Z. Arkoff, James H. Nicholson, and Roger Corman, who also directed. The screenplay was written by Richard Matheson, and the film stars Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, and Basil Rathbone. It is the fourth in the so-called Corman-Poe cycle of eight films, largely featuring adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe stories and directed by Corman for AIP. The film was released in 1962 as a double feature with Panic in Year Zero!.