The Comedy of Terrors

The Comedy of Terrors

Year: 1963

Runtime: 84 mins

Language: English

Director: Jacques Tourneur

ComedyHorrorCrimeCrude humor and satireSpooky scary comedy

An impoverished undertaker, long without any “customers,” faces a looming deadline to cover a year’s back‑rent. Desperate for cash, he resorts to murdering locals to fill his coffins, setting off a chain of wildly absurd, darkly comedic mishaps as his grisly venture spirals out of control.

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