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Overview

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6.4/10   980 votes
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Director:
Roger Corman
Writers:
Charles Beaumont (writer)
Edgar Allan Poe (story)
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Release Date:
7 March 1962 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Horror | Mystery more
Tagline:
Within the Coffin I Lie...ALIVE!
Plot:
Emily Gault arrives at the Carrell mansion determined to rekindle an old relationship with Guy Carrell... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Go gentle into that good night
 (From Roger Ebert's Blog. 7 May 2009, 9:57 PM, PDT)

Poe and Blackwood terrors on the New York stage
 (From Fangoria. 28 January 2009, 7:08 AM, PST)

User Comments:
Less than stellar Corman / Poe movie. more

Cast

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Ray Milland ... Guy Carrell
Hazel Court ... Emily Gault

Richard Ney ... Miles Archer
Heather Angel ... Kate Carrell
Alan Napier ... Dr. Gideon Gault
John Dierkes ... Sweeney
Dick Miller ... Mole
Clive Halliday ... Judson
Brendan Dillon ... Minister
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Additional Details

Runtime:
81 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
New Zealand:M | Finland:(Banned) (1963) | USA:Unrated | Norway:16 (1962)

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Trivia:
Roger Corman started this film outside of American International Pictures. Since Vincent Price had been signed to an exclusive contract with AIP, Corman chose Ray Milland for the lead role. American International would acquire the production just as principal photography began. more
Goofs:
Continuity: In the cemetery Emily picks up a bunch of blue flowers twice. more
Quotes:
Guy Carrell: Can you possibly conceive it. The unendurable oppression of the lungs, the stifling fumes of the earth, the rigid embrace of the coffin, the blackness of absolute night and the silence, like an overwhelming sea. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in "Film '72: (2008-09-23)" (2008) more
Soundtrack:
Molly Malone more

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2 out of 3 people found the following comment useful:-
Less than stellar Corman / Poe movie., 6 September 2004
5/10
Author: Scott LeBrun from Winnipeg, Canada

Guy Carrell (Ray Milland) is a painter obsessed with prevention of being buried alive. Try as he might, he can't get it out of his mind, no matter how his wife Emily (Hazel Court) or friend Miles (Richard Ney) try to help him.

This Edgar Allan Poe-based Roger Corman picture, scripted by Charles Beaumont and Ray Russell, is not really compelling viewing for me. It's missing something - maybe a little more flair, maybe better pacing - but it just didn't generate a high level of interest for me. Photography and design help a bit, as well as good performances and a decent finish, but I wasn't as impressed with "The Premature Burial" as I was with "The Masque of the Red Death". Atmosphere is fine, but maybe not as potent as I would have liked. The best part is Milland's dream sequence although even this part does go on too long.

Incidentally, I didn't know that was Dick Miller in the role of the gravedigger named "Mole" - I didn't even recognize him!

Not great but not too bad either.

5/10

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