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The Premature Burial

1962 · 81 min

A slow, suffocating Victorian nightmare of creeping dread, where every shadow and sound feeds a man's terror of being buried alive.

Directed by: Roger Corman
Genres: Horror, Drama, Mystery
Starring: Ray Milland, Hazel Court, Richard Ney

Tagline: Within the Coffin I Lie...ALIVE!
Overview: An artist grows distant from his new wife as an irrational fear of premature burial consumes him.

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Directed by: Roger Corman
Genres: Horror, Drama, Mystery
Starring: Ray Milland, Hazel Court, Richard Ney

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: death
obsession
betrayal
madness
grief
Places: single country house
countryside
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	3
Horror	7
Humour	1
Realism	5
Romance	2
Tension	7
Darkness	8
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: horror, drama, mystery, thriller
Directed by: Roger Corman
Written by: Charles Beaumont, Ray Russell
Starring: Ray Milland, Hazel Court, Richard Ney, Heather Angel, Alan Napier, John Dierkes, Dick Miller, Brendan Dillon
Music: Ronald Stein
Cinematography: Floyd Crosby
Runtime: 81 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: French, English

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