The Comedy of Terrors

The Comedy of Terrors
1964ComedyHorrorCrime84 mins
★★★★★

Plot

An undertaker who hasn't had any 'customers' in a long time is forced to pay one year's back-rent. To get money he starts to kill people, which brings absurd results.

  • Jacques Tourneur

    Director

  • Richard Matheson

    Screenplay

  • Richard Matheson

    Novel

  • Elsie Lee

    Novel

  • Floyd Crosby

    Director of Photography

  • Anthony Carras

    Editor

  • Vincent Price

    Waldo Trumbull

  • Peter Lorre

    Felix Gillie

  • Boris Karloff

    Amos Hinchley

  • Joyce Jameson

    Amaryllis Trumbull

  • Joe E. Brown

    Cemetery Keeper

  • Beverly Powers

    Mrs. Phipps

  • Basil Rathbone

    John F. Black

  • Alan DeWitt

    Riggs

  • Buddy Mason

    Mr. Phipps

  • Douglas Williams

    Doctor

  • Linda Rogers

    Phipps' Maid

  • Luree Holmes

    Black's Servant

  • Orangey

    Cleopatra (credited as Rhubarb)

    • Runtime

    84 minutes

    Released

    1964-01-22

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    Alta Vista Productions

    Sound

  • Les Baxter

    Original Music Composer

    • Updated

    187 days ago

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