Premature Burial (film)

Premature Burial is a 1962 American film about an artist who grows distant from his new wife as an irrational horror of premature burial consumes him. ''Directed by Roger Corman. Written by Charles Beaumont, based on the short story by Edgar Allan Poe. Within the Coffin I Lie...ALIVE!  (taglines) Guy Carrell Can you possibly conceive it. The unendurable oppression of the lungs, the stifling fumes of the Earth, the rigid embrace of the coffin, the blackness of absolute night and the silence, like an overwhelming sea. Taglines Within the Coffin Lies a Man...Yet ALIVE! Within the Coffin I Lie...ALIVE! Cast Ray Milland — Guy Carrell Heather Angel — Kate Carrell Hazel Court — Emily Gault Alan Napier — Dr. Gideon Gault External links 0056368 The Premature Burial Category:Films based on works by Edgar Allan Poe Category:Screenplays by Charles Beaumont Category:Films directed by Roger Corman Category:Gothic horror films Category:1962 American films Category:1962 English-language films Category:Films based on short fiction