The comedy of terrors ; The raven

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Comedy of Terrors: The Hinchley and Trumbull Funeral Parlor is on the verge of financial ruin. Hinchley, 92 years old and senile, had entrusted the business to his lazy, drunken son-in-law, Trumbull. To make matters worse, their landlord is now threatening to evict them. Forced to act, Trumbull devi...

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Corporate Authors: Orion Pictures, MGM Home Entertainment Inc, American International Pictures (Firm), Alta Vista Film Productions, Ltd
Other Authors: Arkoff, Samuel Z., 1918-2001, Nicholson, James H., 1916-1972, Tourneur, Jacques, 1904-1977, Corman, Roger, 1926-2024, Matheson, Richard, 1926-2013, Baxter, Les, 1922-1996, Price, Vincent, 1911-1993, Lorre, Peter, Karloff, Boris, 1887-1969, Jameson, Joyce, 1932-1987, Brown, Joe E. (Joe Evan), 1892-1973, Rathbone, Basil, 1892-1967, Nicholson, Jack, Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849
Format: Video
Language:English
French
Spanish
Published: Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment, ©2003.
Edition:[Widescreen presentation].
Series:MGM presents Midnite movies.
Subjects:
Poe, Edgar Allan, > 1809-1849. > Raven > Film adaptations.
Undertakers and undertaking > Drama.
Funeral homes > Drama.
Murder > Drama.
Magicians > Drama.
Adultery > Drama.
Corvus corax > Drama.
Non-consensual non-monogamy.
Non-monogamy.
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Summary:Comedy of Terrors: The Hinchley and Trumbull Funeral Parlor is on the verge of financial ruin. Hinchley, 92 years old and senile, had entrusted the business to his lazy, drunken son-in-law, Trumbull. To make matters worse, their landlord is now threatening to evict them. Forced to act, Trumbull devises a murderous scheme that will drum up new "customers" and pay back his landlord at the same time.
Raven: Based on the poem by Edgar Allan Poe. Craven is visited one night by a talking raven and learns that it is really his fellow magician, Dr. Bedlo, who has been transformed into a bird by the evil Scarabus. The raven further unravels the devious scheme of Craven's wife, who has tricked her husband into believing her dead so she could desert him for the comforts of Scarabus' wealth and power.
Item Description:Both films originally released as motion pictures in 1963.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (approximately 83 min., approximately 86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD ; NTSC, Region 1 ; Dolby digital mono audio ; double-sided disc.
Audience:Neither film was rated by MPAA.
Production Credits:Comedy of Terrors: Directed by Jacques Tourneur ; director of photography, Floyd Crosby ; music by Les Baxter ; film editor, Anthony Carras.
Raven: Produced and directed by Roger Corman ; music by Les Baxter ; director of photography, Floyd Crosby ; film editor, Ronald Sinclair.
ISBN:0792857496
9780792857495

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