WSR Detailed LaserDisc Review

Tales Of Terror/Premature Burial, The
Genre:Horror

Reviewed In Issue 14 Of Widescreen Review® Stars:
Vincent Price, Maggie Pierce, Leona Gage.

WSR Review Scores
Picture Rating: 3.5
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): 88
(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): Richard Matheson
(Story): NA
(Music): Les Baxter
(Director Of Photography):
(Production Designer): Daniel HallerJames H. Nicholson & Samuel Z. Arkoff
(Visual Effects):
(Costume Designer):
(Editor): Anthony Carras
(Supervising Sound Editors):
(Re-Recording Mixers):
(Executive Producers): NA
(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 second in the double feature with The Premature Burial, the bad dream scene in Tales Of Terror is distorted because it was shot flat, then processed in scope.

LaserDisc Picture:


LaserDisc Soundtrack:
The sound is undistinguished monaural.
(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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