Tomb’s dreadful curse — help! (9)
I believe the answer is:
sepulchre
'tomb's' is the definition.
(sepulchre is a kind of tomb)
'dreadful curse help' is the wordplay.
'dreadful' is an anagram indicator.
'curse'+'help'='cursehelp'
'cursehelp' anagrammed gives 'SEPULCHRE'.
(Other definitions for sepulchre that I've seen before include "Burial place" , "vault" , "An ancient tomb - whited in Gospels" , "Help curse (anag) - tomb" , "Resting place" .)