The Ghost of Rue Morgue On a quiet summer night, the residents of Rue Morgue, in Paris, are awakened by the screams of a woman. They notify the police, who have to force the door of the house from which the cries for help have come... The Obsession Guy Carrel (Ray Milland) is a medical student who, together with his professor and another student, are going to open a grave to obtain a body to experiment with. But upon lifting the lid of the coffin, Guy observes in horror that the body shows all the signs of having been buried still alive. Obsessed with the idea that the same thing could happen to him, since there have been cases of catalepsy in his family, he builds a pantheon equipped with all the mechanisms imaginable to be able to escape if he is buried alive. He Inc thinks about a bottle of poison just in case all the built-in mechanisms fail... The Mask of the Red Death The tyrant Prince Vincent, a devil worshiper and relentless abuser of his subjects, visits his village to collect taxes from people before return to his castle. But this time, in addition to having to arrest two rebellious peasants, he discovers that the devastating plague known as "The Red Death" has reached his lands and is already beginning to decimate his population. The Tomb of Ligeia England, 19th century. Verden Fell buries his wife, Ligeia, in a small cemetery in the town. When the coffin is closed, the deceased briefly opens her eyes. A few months later, Verden meets Lady Rowenta Trevanion, a woman who is very similar to Lieia: he falls in love with her and begins preparations for the wedding. The Oblong Box A terrible accident disfigures the face of Sir Edward, a British aristocrat. His brother decides to lock him up, as a prisoner, in one of the towers of his mansion, but Sir Edward escapes and in revenge begins to commit horrendous crimes in the city. Sandwiched A woman is employed as a teacher at Ravenscroft Institute, a girls' school whose staff includes a former mental patient. Haunted by mysterious hallucinations, the woman begins to investigate the disappearances of some students.