Portland Public Library

The comedy of terrors ;, The raven, Metro Goldwyn Mayer ; American International Pictures ; Alta Vista Productions ; James H. Nicholson and Samuel Z. Arkoff present ; screenplay, Richard Matheson

eng

videorecording

Neither film was rated by MPAA

The comedy of terrors ;

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Metro Goldwyn Mayer ; American International Pictures ; Alta Vista Productions ; James H. Nicholson and Samuel Z. Arkoff present ; screenplay, Richard Matheson

169

MGM presents Midnite movies, Double feature

The raven

Comedy of Terrors: The Hinchley and Trumbull Funeral Parlor is on the verge of financial ruin. Hinchley, 92 years old and senile, had entrusted the business to his lazy, drunken son-in-law, Trumbull. To make matters worse, their landlord is now threatening to evict them. Forced to act, Trumbull devises a murderous scheme that will drum up new "customers" and pay back his landlord at the same timeRaven: Based on the poem by Edgar Allan Poe. Craven is visited one night by a talking raven and learns that it is really his fellow magician, Dr. Bedlo, who has been transformed into a bird by the evil Scarabus. The raven further unravels the devious scheme of Craven's wife, who has tricked her husband into believing her dead so she could desert him for the comforts of Scarabus' wealth and power

Side A: Comedy of terrors (ca. 83 min.) -- Special features: 'Richard Matheson Storyteller: The comedy of terrors' [featurette] (ca. 10 min.) -- original theatrical trailer ; Side B: The Raven (ca. 86 min.) -- Special features: 'Richard Matheson Storyteller: The raven' [featurette] (ca. 7 min.) -- 'Corman's comedy of Poe' [featurette] (ca. 8 min.) -- Promotional record [audio with still photos] (ca. 6 min.) -- original theatrical trailer

live action

RavenEdgar Allan Poe's The raven