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The Premature Burial

The Premature Burial

Horror · Drama · Mystery · 1962

An artist grows distant from his new wife as an irrational fear of premature burial consumes him.

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The Premature Burial

“Within the Coffin I Lie...ALIVE!”

1962 Horror · Drama · Mystery 1h 21m

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6.3 / 10

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An artist grows distant from his new wife as an irrational fear of premature burial consumes him.

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Roger Corman

Written by

Charles Beaumont · Ray Russell

Ray Milland

Ray Milland

Guy Carrell

Hazel Court

Hazel Court

Emily Gault

Richard Ney

Richard Ney

Miles Archer

Heather Angel

Heather Angel

Kate Carrell

Alan Napier

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Dr. Gideon Gault

John Dierkes

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Sweeny

Dick Miller

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Mole

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The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.