---
title: 'The Premature Burial (1962)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Roger Corman'
released: '1962-03-07'
runtime_minutes: 81
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Horror'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-premature-burial-1962'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056368/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Premature Burial (1962)

1962 · 81 min · Drama, Horror · United States


## Synopsis

The Premature Burial, also known as Premature Burial, is a 1962 American horror film directed by Roger Corman and starring Ray Milland, Hazel Court, Alan Napier, Heather Angel and Richard Ney. The screenplay by Charles Beaumont and Ray Russell is based upon the 1844 short story of the same name by Edgar Allan Poe. It was the third in the series of eight Poe-themed pictures, known informally as the "Poe Cycle", directed by Corman for American International Pictures.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Roger Corman](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-corman)
- **Screenplay:** [Charles Beaumont](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-beaumont)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Les Baxter](https://cinepixo.com/people/les-baxter)
- **Producer:** [Samuel Z. Arkoff](https://cinepixo.com/people/samuel-z-arkoff), [Gene Corman](https://cinepixo.com/people/gene-corman)
- **Director of Photography:** [Floyd Crosby](https://cinepixo.com/people/floyd-crosby)
- **Editor:** [Ronald Sinclair](https://cinepixo.com/people/ronald-sinclair)

## Cast

- [Ray Milland](https://cinepixo.com/people/ray-milland)
- [Alan Napier](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-napier)
- [Hazel Court](https://cinepixo.com/people/hazel-court)
- [Richard Ney](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-ney)
- [Brendan Dillon](https://cinepixo.com/people/brendan-dillon)
- [Dick Miller](https://cinepixo.com/people/dick-miller)
- [John Dierkes](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-dierkes)
- [Heather Angel](https://cinepixo.com/people/heather-angel)

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