The Comedy of Terrors

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film horror-comedy film

The Comedy of Terrors is a 1963 horror-comedy film directed by Jacques Tourneur, featuring Basil Rathbone alongside Vincent Price and Peter Lorre in a macabre farce about an unscrupulous undertaker.

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instanceOf film ⓘ
horror-comedy film ⓘ
basedOn original screenplay ⓘ
character Amaryllis Trumbull ⓘ
Amos Hinchley ⓘ
Felix Gillie ⓘ
John F. Black ⓘ
Waldo Trumbull ⓘ
cinematographyBy Floyd Crosby ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Jacques Tourneur ⓘ
distributor American International Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Anthony Carras ⓘ
filmingProcess black-and-white ⓘ
genre black comedy ⓘ
comedy ⓘ
horror ⓘ
hasCultFollowing true ⓘ
hasTheme death ⓘ
greed ⓘ
macabre farce ⓘ
homeMedia Blu-ray ⓘ
DVD ⓘ
language English ⓘ
musicBy Les Baxter ⓘ
notableFor pairing Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff, and Basil Rathbone in a horror-comedy ensemble ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotSummary An unscrupulous undertaker resorts to murder to keep his funeral business going. ⓘ
producer James H. Nicholson NERFINISHED ⓘ
Samuel Z. Arkoff ⓘ
productionCompany Alta Vista Productions ⓘ
releaseDateUS 1963-10-31 ⓘ
releaseYear 1963 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 84 ⓘ
screenwriter Richard Matheson ⓘ
setting 19th-century New England ⓘ
starring Basil Rathbone ⓘ
Boris Karloff ⓘ
Joe E. Brown ⓘ
Joyce Jameson ⓘ
Peter Lorre ⓘ
Vincent Price ⓘ
title The Comedy of Terrors self-link ⓘ

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Basil Rathbone → notableWork → The Comedy of Terrors ⓘ
The Comedy of Terrors → title → The Comedy of Terrors self-link ⓘ