American International Pictures
Directed by Roger Corman
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(Blu-ray, Shout Factory)
Ray Milland plays a wealthy British aristocrat debilitated by an irrational fear of being buried alive. He regains enough control so that his fiance still agrees to marry him. However, his old fear soon comes back, driving him to build an elaborate burial vault with multiple ways to escape accidental entombment. His wife convinces him it is all unnecessary and he destroys it. Later, he digs up the grave of his father, sending him into an cataleptic fit and his worst fear comes true. Somewhat underrated film in the Poe Cycle, and the only one not starring Vincent Price. It is actually a rather creepy study of an irrational fear, with a delicious twist ending.
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