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When Francis Barnard goes to Spain and finds out that his sister Elizabeth - who was married to the son of the brutal torturer of the Spanish Inquisition - has died from a supposed blood disease, he tries to find out what really happened. After some investigation he finds out that it was extreme fear that was fatal to his sister and that she may have been buried alive! An adaptation of Edgar Allen Poe's tale of terror.

Keywords:

Horror, Thriller, Movie, Film, Movies, Films

Additional Information:

(1961) (4 Star)

Cast:

Vincent Price	.... Don Nicholas Medina/Sebastian Medina
John Kerr	.... Francis Barnard
Barbara Steele	.... Elizabeth Barnard Medina
Luana Anders	.... Catherine Medina
Antony Carbone	.... Doctor Charles Leon
Patrick Westwood	.... Maximillian the Butler

Directors:

Roger Corman

Producers:

Roger Corman
Samuel Z. Arkoff
James H. Nicholson

Writers:

Richard Matheson
Edgar Allan Poe