The Comedy of Terrors is as dark a comedy as they come, but despite its morbid content, it's mainly a vehicle for horror stars to do slapstick and shtick. That said, it's also incredibly literate, with florid language and more Shakespeare references than just that title (in fact, I'd recommend it as part of a double feature with Theatre of Blood). So you have Vincent Price as an irredeemable undertaker who would kill to get clients, literally. You have Peter Lorre as his long-suffering assistant who amusingly kind-of sort-of gets to play hero and romantic lead. You have Karloff as a dotty old preacher who doesn't know WHAT'S happening. And Basil Rathbone as a corpse who can't seem to die. Oh, and the cat actor totally deserves its credit at the top of the show, it's not just an inside joke because Jacques Tourneur directed it. Silly, but often clever, I smiled a lot.

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Perfect casting with Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre, Vincent Price, Basil Rathbone, and Rhubarb the cat. They're all beautifully hysterical!