Movie review – Corman #33 - “Tales of Terror” (1962) ***

Edgar Allen Poe wrote so many short stories it wasn’t hard to make an anthology movie out of them, which is what Roger Corman did for the 4th in the Poe cycle. The first, serious tale, “Morella” is OK – like a redux lite version of Fall of the House of Usher, but that’s mainly due to an inadequate co star for Vincent Price. "The Black Cat" with Price and Peter Lorre both in terrific form is great (love the ending) as is "The Case of M Valdemar", where Price is helped out by Basil Rathbone. Very satisfying compendium.