Tales of Terror
Roger Corman, at the height of his Edgar Allan Poe period, directs this 1962 Richard Matheson-adapted three-parter that features both narration and multiple starring turns by Vincent Price. It’s hard to pick a favorite moment among these grim but slyly funny Tales, but it’s also hard to beat the scene (in “The Black Cat,” which also works in Poe’s “The Cask of Amonitillado”) featuring Peter Lorre and Price engaging in a spirited wine-tasting contest.
