Tales of Terror (1962) in the PNW

Details: Written by: Mortado; Category: The 1960s in Northwest Cinemas

This is a collection of media from the initial releases of "Tales of Terror" (1962) in the Pacific Northwest. Portland got "The Dead One" (1961) for a second feature, and Seattle got 1962's "The Brain the Wouldn't Die."

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Tales of Terror (1962)
"Tales of Terror" is an anthology film that consists of three segments, each based on a story by Edgar Allan Poe. The segments are:
- Morella: A man blames his daughter for the death of his wife during childbirth. He is haunted by the corpse of his wife, who seeks revenge on him and his daughter.
- The Black Cat: A drunkard hates his wife and her black cat. He competes with a wine expert, who seduces his wife. He kills them both and - walls them up in his basement, but the cat’s meow gives him away.
- The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar: A dying man agrees to be hypnotized at the moment of his death. A hypnotist keeps him in a state of suspended animation and tries to blackmail his widow. The man’s body decomposes rapidly when the hypnotist is killed.
Three tales of terror involve a grieving widower and the daughter he abandoned; a drunkard and his wife's black cat; and a hypnotist who prolongs the moment of a man's death.
Director: Roger Corman
Writers: Richard Matheson, Edgar Allan Poe
Stars: Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Basil Rathbone, Maggie Pierce, Leona Gage

The Dead One (1961)
The 1961 film “The Dead One” is a horror film about a voodoo conflict between two cousins who want to inherit a Louisiana plantation. One of them, Monica, uses her zombie brother to kill the other’s wife, Linda. However, she accidentally kills a dancer named Bella instead. Linda and her husband John witness Monica’s voodoo rites and try to stop her. The film is one of the first zombie films in color and was thought to be lost until 2002
Director: Barry Mahon
Writer: Barry Mahon
Stars: John McKay, Linda Ormond, Monica Davis
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The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962)
"The Brain That Wouldn’t Die" is a 1962 horror film about a mad doctor who keeps his fiancée’s severed head alive after a car accident. He searches for a suitable body to transplant her head onto, while she plots with a monstrous creature in his basement to escape.
Director: Joseph Green
Writers: Doris Brent, Joseph Green, Rex Carlton
Stars: Jason Evers, Virginia Leith, Anthony La Penna
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September 7, 1962 ad (Portland)