The Premature Burial
The Premature Burial
Based on Edgar Allan Poe's story about a cataleptic Englishman obsessed with the fear of being buried alive.
Magnus Parde reviewedJuly 11, 2025
Ray Milland shines in this gothic thriller, elevating Poe-inspired dread into psychological brilliance. The new ending flips the script—his wife Emily fakes her death using his own formula, turning his obsessive fear of being buried alive into a cruel revelation of control. No ghosts, no madness—just human cunning and poetic irony. The final moment, with Emily’s ghostlike return and Milland’s haunted laugh, seals this as a tale of terror rooted not in the supernatural but in the psyche. A brilliant twist worthy of Milland's intensity.