Product Details

• Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Universal Studios
• VHS Release Date: August 6, 1996
• Run Time: 51 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6303128637
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #292,734 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Episode of a Sublime, Though Sadly Forgotten, TV Show, October 23, 1999

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Michael R Gates (Nampa, ID United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Thriller: The Premature Burial [VHS] (VHS Tape)

True fans of Horror who grew up in the 1960s and 1970s love this show. Even Stephen King, in his book DANSE MACABRE (p. 216 of the oversized paperback), calls this "the best horror series ever put on TV." The show's host, Boris Karloff, is obviously no stranger to the horror genre, and he co-stars in this particular episode, "The Premature Burial."

With only a vague resemblance to the Poe story of the same name, this story concerns a man who suffers from catalepsy and consequently becomes obsessed with ensuring that he is never buried alive during a seizure. But unbenknownst to him, his cuckolding young wife has other plans. Karloff appears as a medical doctor who is good friends with the cataleptic gentleman and who eventually uncovers the truth about the wife's sinister doings. All in all, it's an entertaining little horror story with an interesting and suspenseful climax.

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nice twist on Poe., March 10, 2003

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Randolph Carter "Randy" (Florida, FL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Thriller: The Premature Burial [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is the E. A. Poe story with a twist. I liked it alot, had me guessing what would happen next. Clever pop-open coffin setup. The specter's face was very effective. Well done twist to a classic Poe story.