Elsie Lee - Comedy Of Terrors

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Elsie Lee - Comedy Of Terrors (Lancer, 1964)

"Tosspot! Soak! Inebriate!" New Gilread, New Hampshire, April 1882. Mr. Black seeks out the proprietor of Hinchley & Trumbull Funeral Parlour to remind him that his rent is now a calendar year in arrears. Unless Waldo Trumbull settles his debt within 24 hours, Black will begin legal proceedings to have him evicted. After several gins in the White Bull Tavern, Trumbull advises his handyman, Felix Gillie, that tonight they will go to work again to raise emergency revenue. Gilles, a fugitive from the law, has no option but to comply with his employer's diabolical scheme. If the good people of New Gilread refuse to die when required, Trumbull and his hapless sidekick have no option but to help them on their way.

Macabre slapstick, the crimes of Burke and Hare spiced up with elements of Edgar Allan Poe (murder, catalepsy, premature burial, etc.) Globeswatch interest provided by the very merry widow Phipps (impressive "superstructure", "Alpine Valley", etc.) and aspiring opera diva Amaryllis Trumbull.

[viktoriya]

Hello,

I watched the movie this book is based on, but I saw that in wikipedia it's said the book ending is different. May I ask you how the book ends? I live in Israel, and we don't have this book in the stores.. And also, I will be really grateful, if you can tell me if there's any explanation in the book why Mr. Trumbull is so harsh with his wife, and if there are any significant characters, that don't appear in the movie.

Thank you very much!

Viktoriya

[reddini61]

Uh! This reminds me of my book in college. Oh! Literature was difficult. Anyways, learning has become easier now. I was watching shows by Andy Yeatman last week with my nephews and I realised that these shows are teaching a lot of good things to the kids.

[ripper]

I remember seeing the film version when very young, probably aged 8 or 9, and thought it was so funny. It has a wonderful cast, and Price, Karloff, Lorre and Rathbone are obviously having a whale of a time. In tone it reminds me somewhat of The Raven, which also starred Lorre, Karloff and Price, and was made the previous year.