Friday, April 10, 2009

Apr 7th
The Comedy of Terrors**
US 1963. American International/Alta Vista/James H. Nicholson-Samuel Z. Arkoff. 88m. Panavision

Impoverished undertakers decide to drum-up business by bumping off their landlord, who unfortunately suffers from narcolepsy.
Veteran horror stars ham it up something rotten in this average but illustrious horror spoof, quite good looking (on AIP's usual low scale) and even with echoes of Laurel & Hardy about Messrs. Lorre and Price.

Written by: Richard Matheson.
Producers: Anthony Carras, Richard Matheson.
Director: Jacques Tourneur.
Starring: Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff, Basil Rathbone, Joyce Jameson, Beverly Hills, Joe E. Brown.
Photography: Floyd Crosby.
Music: Les Baxter.
Art Direction: Daniel Haller.

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