WSR Detailed LaserDisc Review

Premature Burial, The/Tales Of Terror
Genre:Horror

Reviewed In Issue 14 Of Widescreen Review® Stars:
Ray Milland, Hazel Court, Richard Ney, Heather Angel & Alan Napier

WSR Review Scores
Picture Rating: 3
Sound Rating: 2.5
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DVD General Information
(Studio/Distributor): Image Entertainment
(Catalog Number): ID26000R
(MPAA Rating): Not Rated
(Retail Price): $$49.99
(Running Time In Minutes): 81
(Color Type): Color
(Chaptered/Scene Access): Yes
(Closed Captioned): No
(Theatrical Release): 1962
(LD Release Date): 4/1/95
(THX® Digitally Mastered): No

Credits Information
(Director): Roger Corman
(Screenplay/Written By): Charles Beaumont & Ray Russell
(Story): NA
(Music): Ronald Stein
(Director Of Photography):
(Production Designer): Daniel Haller
(Visual Effects):
(Costume Designer):
(Editor): Ronald Sinclair
(Supervising Sound Editors):
(Re-Recording Mixers):
(Executive Producers): Gene Corman
(Co-Producers): NA
(Producers): Roger Corman

DVD Picture Information
(Principal Photography):
(Theatrical Aspect Ratio): 2.35:1
(Measured LaserDisc Aspect Ratio): 2.35:1

DVD Sound Information
(DVD Soundtrack): Mono Sound
(Theatrical Sound): Optical Mono
(Theatrical Re-Issue Soundtrack):
(Remastered Dolby Digital): No
(Remastered DTS Digital Surround): No
(Additional Languages):

WSR Narrative Review
Story Synopsis:
The first Edgar Alan Poe story in a double feature with Tales Of Terror, claustrophobic terror and hallucinations bring this nightmarish dream sequence to life.

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LaserDisc Soundtrack:
(Surround Bass Below 50Hz): No
(Aggressive System Surround): No
(Intense 25Hz Bass): No
(Deep Bass Challenging): No
(Aggressive 0.1 LFE):
(Holosonic Soundfield): No
(Aggressive Split Surround): No
(Center Back Surround Imaging): No
(Directionalized Dialogue): No
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