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65% Critic Match
The Comedy of Terrors
6.5 / 10• 1964• 1h 24m•NR• English
ComedyHorrorCrime
Storyline
An undertaker who hasn't had any 'customers' in a long time is forced to pay one year's back-rent. To get money he starts to kill people, which brings absurd results.
Cast & Crew
Vincent Price
Waldo Trumbull
Lead
Peter Lorre
Felix Gillie
Boris Karloff
Amos Hinchley
Joyce Jameson
Amaryllis Trumbull
Joe E. Brown
Cemetery Keeper
Beverly Powers
Mrs. Phipps
Basil Rathbone
John F. Black
AD
Alan DeWitt
Riggs
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Jacques Tourneur's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Comedy of Terrors is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
