The Comedy of Terrors
1964 | 84m | English
Popularity: 0.5 (history)
| Director: | Jacques Tourneur |
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| Writer: | Richard Matheson, Elsie Lee |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Jan 22, 1964 |
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| Director: | Jacques Tourneur |
| Writer: | Richard Matheson, Elsie Lee |
| Genres: | Comedy, Horror, Crime |
| Keywords | poison, cat, coffin, funeral, undertaker, new england, troubled marriage, 19th century |
| Production Companies | Alta Vista Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 04, 2025 (Update) Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
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| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Vincent Price | Waldo Trumbull |
| 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 |
| Alan DeWitt | Riggs |
| Buddy Mason | Mr. Phipps |
| Douglas Williams | Doctor |
| Linda Rogers | Phipps' Maid |
| Luree Holmes | Black's Servant |
| Orangey the Cat | Cleopatra |
| Paul Barselou | Riggs (uncredited) |
| Lovyss Bradley | Mourner (uncredited) |
| Harvey Parry | Man Knocked Down on Street (uncredited) |
| Charles Soldani | Mourner (uncredited) |
| Fred Walton | Mourner (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Harry Reif | Set Decoration |
| Jacques Tourneur | Director |
| Les Baxter | Conductor, Original Music Composer |
| Richard Matheson | Novel, Screenplay |
| Marjorie Corso | Costume Design |
| Carlie Taylor | Makeup Artist |
| Al Simms | Music Coordinator |
| Kay Rose | Sound Editor |
| Robert Agnew | Assistant Director |
| Harry Sundby | Lighting Coordinator |
| Elsie Lee | Novel |
| Pat Dinga | Special Effects |
| Joe Wonder | Production Manager |
| Milton Lustig | Music Editor |
| Harold Hazen | Assistant Editor |
| Anthony Carras | Editor |
| Eve Newman | Music Editor |
| Don Rush | Sound |
| Floyd Crosby | Director of Photography |
| Betty Pedretti | Hairdresser |
| Verne Langdon | Prosthetics |
| Karl Brainard | Property Master |
| John Ceniga | Props |
| Donald C. Glouner | Visual Effects Producer |
| Harvey Parry | Stunt Double |
| Jesse Wayne | Stunts |
| Harry Betts | Musician |
| Albert Harris | Orchestrator |
| Thomas Z. Shepard | Musician |
| Jack W. Cash | Production Assistant |
| Samuel Z. Arkoff | Presenter |
| James H. Nicholson | Presenter |
| Daniel Haller | Art Direction, Production Design |
| James Nelson | Sound Editor |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Samuel Z. Arkoff | Producer |
| Richard Matheson | Associate Producer |
| James H. Nicholson | Producer |
| Anthony Carras | Co-Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 5 |
| 2024 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 7 |
| 2024 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 5 |
| 2024 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 7 |
| 2024 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 6 |
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| 2024 | 11 | 11 | 40 | 5 |
| 2024 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 5 |
| 2025 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 5 |
| 2025 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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wiccaburr
8.0
This was quite the fun and good movie. I'm loving Vincent Price as an undertaker. The movie from start to finish is crazy. Especially the finale of the movie. It was hard who was stealing the show, everyone was doing some great performances in this horror comedy. It might not be for everyone ... but this was right up my alley. Let's not forget Cleopatra (the cat) in this movie. Definitely worth watching if you want some spooky atmosphere with your dark comedy.
Jun 23, 2021