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''The Premature Burial'' is a 1962 horror film distributed by Creator/AmericanInternationalPictures and directed by Creator/RogerCorman, starring Creator/RayMilland, Hazel Court, Richard Ney, and Heather Angel, loosely based upon the short story of the same name by Creator/EdgarAllanPoe.

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''The Premature Burial'' is a 1962 horror film distributed by Creator/AmericanInternationalPictures and directed by Creator/RogerCorman, starring Creator/RayMilland, Hazel Court, Creator/HazelCourt, Richard Ney, and Heather Angel, loosely based upon the short story of the same name by Creator/EdgarAllanPoe.

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* DramaticThunder: Thunder storms during Guy and Emily's wedding, giving a dark omen for the marriage.

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* DramaticThunder: Thunder storms Thunderstorms during Guy and Emily's wedding, giving a dark omen for the marriage.



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---> '''Kate''': ''Thank God.''''

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* CrazyPrepared: Guy Carrell is terrified of being buried alive and takes lots of steps to counter this. He wants to be entombed above ground and builds a special coffin that will open if there is any movement from inside. He installs a bell to ring for help and a rope ladder and skylight to escape from the mausoleum. His mausoleum also contains dynamite to blow open the door in case the bell and ladder fail and (should all of that fail) poison to commit suicide with. His wife urges him to destroy the mausoleum, saying it fuels his morbid obsession with being buried alive and harming his mental health.

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* CrazyPrepared: Guy Carrell is terrified of being buried alive and takes lots of steps to counter this. He wants to be entombed above ground and builds a special coffin that will open if there is any movement from inside. He installs a bell to ring for help and a rope ladder and skylight to escape from the mausoleum. His mausoleum also contains dynamite to blow open the door in case the bell and ladder fail and (should all of that fail) poison to commit suicide with. His wife urges him to destroy the mausoleum, saying it fuels his morbid obsession with being buried alive and harming harms his mental health.
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* CrazyPrepared: Guy Carrell is terrified of being buried alive and takes lots of steps to counter this. He wants to be entombed above ground and builds a special coffin that will open if there is any movement from inside. He installs a bell to ring for help and a rope ladder and skylight to escape from the mausoleum. His mausoleum also contains dynamite to blow open the door in case the bell and ladder fail and (should all of that fail) poison to commit suicide with. His wife urges him to destroy the mausoleum, saying it fuels his morbid obsession with being buried alive and harming his mental health.
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''The Premature Burial'' is a 1962 horror film distributed by Creator/AmericanInternationalPictures and directed by Creator/RogerCorman, starring Ray Milland, Hazel Court, Richard Ney and Heather Angel, and based upon the short story of the same name by Creator/EdgarAllanPoe.

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''The Premature Burial'' is a 1962 horror film distributed by Creator/AmericanInternationalPictures and directed by Creator/RogerCorman, starring Ray Milland, Creator/RayMilland, Hazel Court, Richard Ney Ney, and Heather Angel, and loosely based upon the short story of the same name by Creator/EdgarAllanPoe.

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* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: It's a wonder how Miles managed to get a lot of the dirt off Emily's body and clothes.



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* GorgeousPeriodDress: The costumes of the film are very good-looking, especially Emily and Kate's dresses.

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Set in the early Victorian era, British aristocrat Guy Carrell (Milland) has an obsessive fear of being buried alive so consuming that it prevents him from marrying his fiancée Emily Gault (Court). The reason behind it is because he, like his father, suffers from a cataleptic illness that mimics the appearance of being dead. As time goes on, strange and disturbing occurrences happen that threaten to send Guy into the very state he fears, dreading the idea of suffering the same fate as his late father.

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Set in the early Victorian era, British aristocrat Guy Carrell (Milland) has an obsessive fear of being buried alive so consuming that it prevents him from marrying his fiancée Emily Gault (Court). The reason behind it is because he, like his father, suffers from a cataleptic illness that mimics the appearance of being dead. As time goes on, strange and disturbing occurrences happen that threaten to send Guy into the very state he fears, dreading the idea of suffering the same fate as his late father.



* DeadPersonImpersonation and DeliveryGuyInfiltration: Guy uses the coat and hat of one of the graverobbers to sneak back into his house while carrying the body of one of the graverobbers he killed.



* GothicHorror: Well, it is based on one Poe's works after all.

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* GothicHorror: Well, it is based on one of Poe's works after all.
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* SinisterWhistling: The song 'Molly Malone' is heard being whistled regularly in the film, which happens to be one of Guy's emotional triggers.
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* WhamLine: When Miles tells Kate that Emily is dead, she responds...
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* FauxDeath: Guy slips into a cataleptic state mimicking the appearance of death twice. The second one leads to him being buried alive.

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* FauxDeath: Guy slips into a cataleptic state mimicking the appearance of death twice. three times. The second third one leads to him being buried alive.


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* TheGrovel: When Emily threatens to leave him if he doesn't stop his obsessions, Guy snaps out of his morbid brooding and apologizes to her with the promise to put his obsession to rest.
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* MySisterIsOffLimits: Gender flipped; Kate tried to dissuade Emily from further association with Guy because of his mental state, but had to back down when they married.


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* PromotionToParent: Kate has been taking care of her brother's well-being.


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* SiblingMurder: Not that Kate had any choice, given her brother went insane.

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* KarmicDeath: After finding Emily alone and taking her to the cemetery where he was buried, he places her in the same coffin she let him be buried in and buries her under the dirt while inside the coffin.
* OminousFog: There's an unsettling fog rampant in the cemetery.

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* KarmicDeath: After [[spoiler:After finding Emily alone and taking her to the cemetery where he was buried, he places her in the same coffin she let him be buried in and buries her under the dirt while inside the coffin.
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* OminousFog: There's an unsettling fog perpetually rampant in the cemetery.cemetery.
* RejectionAffection: Despite Guy's attempts to break off his engagement due to his obsessive fears, Emily refuses to give up and insists on marrying him anyway.
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* AndIMustScream: Throughout the funeral, Guy's thoughts can be heard by the audience as he realizes what's happening to him but can't do anything to speak up.


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* EvilRedhead: [[spoiler:Emily]]
* FauxDeath: Guy slips into a cataleptic state mimicking the appearance of death twice. The second one leads to him being buried alive.
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''The Premature Burial'' is a 1962 horror film directed by Creator/RogerCorman for Creator/AmericanInternationalPictures, starring Ray Milland, Hazel Court, Richard Ney and Heather Angel, based upon the short story of the same name by Creator/EdgarAllanPoe.

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''The Premature Burial'' is a 1962 horror film distributed by Creator/AmericanInternationalPictures and directed by Creator/RogerCorman for Creator/AmericanInternationalPictures, Creator/RogerCorman, starring Ray Milland, Hazel Court, Richard Ney and Heather Angel, and based upon the short story of the same name by Creator/EdgarAllanPoe.
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* GraveRobbing: The two gravediggers dig up Guy's coffin at the behest of Dr. Gault. They don't survive.
* KarmicDeath: After finding Emily alone and taking her to the cemetery where he was buried, he places her in the same coffin she let him be buried in and buries her under the dirt while inside the coffin.


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* StunnedSilence: When Emily sees Guy enter the room and realizes it's him, she is so shocked she couldn't say anything.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Within this coffin lies a man...yet alive]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Within [[caption-width-right:350:''Within this coffin lies a man...yet alive]]alive!'']]



* BitchInSheepsClothing: Emily

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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Emily[[spoiler:Emily]]
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* CreepyCemetery: It's the most prominent location throughout the film.
* DramaticThunder: Thunder storms during Guy and Emily's wedding, giving a dark omen for the marriage.



* GothicHorror: Well, it is based on one Poe's works after all.

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* GothicHorror: Well, it is based on one Poe's works after all.all.
* OminousFog: There's an unsettling fog rampant in the cemetery.
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* BuriedAlive: What Guy claimed befell his father years ago. [[spoiler:This actually happens to Guy himself after having a cataleptic fit, which led him to insanity]].

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* BuriedAlive: What Guy claimed befell his father years ago. [[spoiler:This actually happens to Guy himself after having a cataleptic fit, which led him to insanity]]. [[spoiler:He buries Emily alive in retribution for taking advantage of him and plotting to get rid of him]].

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''The Premature Burial'' is a 1962 horror film directed by Creator/RogerCorman for Creator/AmericanInternationalPictures, starring Ray Milland and Hazel Court, based upon the short story of the same name by Creator/EdgarAllanPoe.

Set in the early Victorian era, British aristocrat Guy Carrell (Milland) has a fear of being buried alive so consuming that it prevents him from marrying his fiancée Emily Gault (Court). The reason behind it is because he, like his father, suffers from a cataleptic illness that mimics the appearance of being dead. As time goes on, strange and disturbing occurrences happen that threaten to send Guy into the very state he fears, dreading the idea of suffering the same fate as his late father.

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[[caption-width-right:350:Within this coffin lies a man...yet alive]]
''The Premature Burial'' is a 1962 horror film directed by Creator/RogerCorman for Creator/AmericanInternationalPictures, starring Ray Milland and Milland, Hazel Court, Richard Ney and Heather Angel, based upon the short story of the same name by Creator/EdgarAllanPoe.

Set in the early Victorian era, British aristocrat Guy Carrell (Milland) has a an obsessive fear of being buried alive so consuming that it prevents him from marrying his fiancée Emily Gault (Court). The reason behind it is because he, like his father, suffers from a cataleptic illness that mimics the appearance of being dead. As time goes on, strange and disturbing occurrences happen that threaten to send Guy into the very state he fears, dreading the idea of suffering the same fate as his late father.
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* GoldDigger: Kate reveals to Miles that [[spoiler:Emily only married Guy so she can lay claims on his wealth]].

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* DrivenToMadness: Guy goes insane with revenge against Emily for having him buried alive.

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* DreamSequence: In one scene, Guy has a nightmare of being buried alive in his tomb with none of his safeguard precautions being usable.
* DrivenToMadness: Guy [[spoiler:Guy goes insane with revenge against Emily for having him buried alive.alive]].
* GothicHorror: Well, it is based on one Poe's works after all.

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''"The Premature Burial"'' is a 1962 horror film directed by Creator/RogerCorman for Creator/AmericanInternationalPictures, based upon the short story of the same name by Creator/EdgarAllanPoe.

Set in the early Victorian era, British aristocrat Guy Carrell (Ray Milland) has a fear of being buried alive so consuming that it prevents him from marrying his fiancée Emily Gault (Hazel Court). The reason behind it is because he, like his father, suffers from a cataleptic illness that mimics the appearance of being dead. As time goes on, strange and disturbing occurrences happen that threaten to send Guy into the very state he fears, dreading the idea of suffering the same fate as his late father.

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''"The ''The Premature Burial"'' Burial'' is a 1962 horror film directed by Creator/RogerCorman for Creator/AmericanInternationalPictures, starring Ray Milland and Hazel Court, based upon the short story of the same name by Creator/EdgarAllanPoe.

Set in the early Victorian era, British aristocrat Guy Carrell (Ray Milland) (Milland) has a fear of being buried alive so consuming that it prevents him from marrying his fiancée Emily Gault (Hazel Court).(Court). The reason behind it is because he, like his father, suffers from a cataleptic illness that mimics the appearance of being dead. As time goes on, strange and disturbing occurrences happen that threaten to send Guy into the very state he fears, dreading the idea of suffering the same fate as his late father.



!!''"The Premature Burial"'' is haunted by the following examples:

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!!''"The Premature Burial"'' is haunted by the following examples:examples:
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Emily
* BuriedAlive: What Guy claimed befell his father years ago. [[spoiler:This actually happens to Guy himself after having a cataleptic fit, which led him to insanity]].
* DrivenToMadness: Guy goes insane with revenge against Emily for having him buried alive.
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''"The Premature Burial"'' is a 1962 horror film directed by Creator/RogerCorman for Creator/AmericanInternationalPictures, based upon the short story of the same name by Creator/EdgarAllanPoe.

Set in the early Victorian era, British aristocrat Guy Carrell (Ray Milland) has a fear of being buried alive so consuming that it prevents him from marrying his fiancée Emily Gault (Hazel Court). The reason behind it is because he, like his father, suffers from a cataleptic illness that mimics the appearance of being dead. As time goes on, strange and disturbing occurrences happen that threaten to send Guy into the very state he fears, dreading the idea of suffering the same fate as his late father.

The third of the informally dubbed "Poe Cycle" films, this movie was released after the success of his previous films ''"Film/HouseOfUsher"'' and ''"Film/ThePitAndThePendulum"''.
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