The Comedy of Terrors (1963)

October 7, 2024 5:11 PM

[Trailer] Dishonest undertaker Waldo Trumbull and his sidekick Felix Gillie are creating their own customers when they cannot find willing ones. -IMDb

89% / 69% on Rotten Tomatoes.

posted by johnofjack (1 comment total)

Jacques Tourneur also directed Out of the Past, Cat People, and Night of the Demon / Curse of the Demon (obvious inspiration for Drag Me To Hell) but--even though "terrors" is in the title--I can't bring myself to tag this "horror." It's a face through and through.

It was written by Richard Matheson and Elsie Lee; I'm not familiar with Lee's work but Matheson wrote Stir of Echoes, The Incredible Shrinking Man, What Dreams May Come, and I Am Legend (also made as The Last Man on Earth and The Omega Man).

My partner and I watched this last night and both really enjoyed it (though he was quicker to warm to it than I was; I felt like it took maybe 20 minutes to get going).
posted by johnofjack at 5:17 PM on October 7, 2024