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On this day all the way back in the year 1962 in the United States of America, the good people of Chicago, Illinois -- aka the Windy City -- were treated to the exclusive theatrical premiere engagement of The Premature Burial.
Directed by Roger Corman (1926-2024), Burial was adapted from an Edgar Allan Poe story by Charles Beaumont (1929-1967) and Ray Russell (1924-1999). Corman -- of course! -- is a legend around these parts of the Information Superhighway: while I understand that the producer and director might be considered an acquired taste by today's neophytes, I think we can minimally agree that he's a storyteller who deserves the acclaim he's earned ... good, bad, and otherwise. Beaumont's name I know chiefly for his contributions to the world of Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone, something that also deserves a second look by those who've missed it.
As for the talent?
Burial stars Ray Milland, Hazel Court, Richard Ney, Heather Angel, Alan Napier, John Dierkes, Dick Miller, Clive Halliday, and Brendan Dillon.
According to our friends at IMDB.com, here's the plot summary:
"Emily Gault arrives at the Carrell mansion determined to rekindle an old relationship with Guy Carrell, despite the disapproval of his sister, Kate. Guy overcomes his all-consuming fear of being buried alive long enough to marry Emily but soon becomes obsessed again, building a crypt designed to guarantee that he will not fall prey to his most dreaded nightmare. Trying to prove that he has been cured of his phobia, he opens his father's tomb and is shocked into a catatonic state. His worst fears are realized as he is lowered into a grave and covered over, apparently never to learn that the treachery of someone very dear to him was directly responsible for his predicament."
-- EZ
On this day all the way back in the year 1962 in the United States of America, the good people of Chicago, Illinois -- aka the Windy City -- were treated to the exclusive theatrical premiere engagement of The Premature Burial.
Directed by Roger Corman (1926-2024), Burial was adapted from an Edgar Allan Poe story by Charles Beaumont (1929-1967) and Ray Russell (1924-1999). Corman -- of course! -- is a legend around these parts of the Information Superhighway: while I understand that the producer and director might be considered an acquired taste by today's neophytes, I think we can minimally agree that he's a storyteller who deserves the acclaim he's earned ... good, bad, and otherwise. Beaumont's name I know chiefly for his contributions to the world of Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone, something that also deserves a second look by those who've missed it.
As for the talent?
Burial stars Ray Milland, Hazel Court, Richard Ney, Heather Angel, Alan Napier, John Dierkes, Dick Miller, Clive Halliday, and Brendan Dillon.
According to our friends at IMDB.com, here's the plot summary:
"Emily Gault arrives at the Carrell mansion determined to rekindle an old relationship with Guy Carrell, despite the disapproval of his sister, Kate. Guy overcomes his all-consuming fear of being buried alive long enough to marry Emily but soon becomes obsessed again, building a crypt designed to guarantee that he will not fall prey to his most dreaded nightmare. Trying to prove that he has been cured of his phobia, he opens his father's tomb and is shocked into a catatonic state. His worst fears are realized as he is lowered into a grave and covered over, apparently never to learn that the treachery of someone very dear to him was directly responsible for his predicament."
-- EZ
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