Masterworks of Terror

Masterworks of Terror

A chiller to turn your dreams to screams!

1960 · 120 min · ★ 5.5 · Drama, Horror

Three extraordinary tales written by Edgar Allan Poe, the Master of the Grotesque: a man who is dead but is not; a cask of wine and a meditated revenge; and a heart that refuses to stop beating.

Directed by Enrique Carreras · Written by Chicho Ibáñez Serrador

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