The Oblong Box (Edgar Allan Poe\'s The Oblong Box) (1969)

6.8	Rating (32 ratings)
6.1	IMDB rating

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Directed by

Gordon Hessler

Starring (View all)

Vincent Price
Julian

Christopher Lee
Dr. J. Neuhartt

Rupert Davies
Kemp

Uta Levka
Heidi

Sally Geeson
Sally

Alister Williamson
Edward

Peter Arne
Trench

Hilary Heath
Elizabeth

Written by (View all)

Lawrence Huntington
(screenplay)

Edgar Allan Poe
story (uncredited)

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11 years, 11 months ago at Dec 30 13:13

markjazz

I have mixed feelings about this film. It's a great story but it suffers from some of the worst death scenes of any horror movie at the time. The blood is way to fake looking and some of the throat 'slashes' are funny to watch because it looks like the 'knife' isn't even touching the throat at all. I don't care much for the tribal dance crap at the start either but it does need to be in the film t... read more

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Release date: 11 June 1969
UPC: 027616878229

Tags: Horror (3), Trampled To Death (1), Maid (1), Disfigurement (1), Mask (1), Throat Slitting (1), Bloody Body Of Child (1), Coffin (1), Child Murder (1), Chain (1), Death Of Child (1), Mad Doctor (1), Suspended Animation (1), Grave Robbing (1), Based On Story (1), Stabbing (1), Retribution (1), Fratricide (1), Embezzlement (1), Hood (1)

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"First viewing - Oct. 24th I realized I hadn't watched any films with Vincent Price yet this month, so it was time to fix that. I'm not familiar with the source material by Poe, but thought the story was decent overall. I liked the commentary on colonialism, & the cast is excellent all around. I was engaged and entertained. It's got a couple issues though, the biggest of which was with regard to Edward being able to track down his first victim as he leaves town unannounced. Some of the effects c"

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