Three tales from Nathaniel Hawthorne are shown each starring Vincent Price. The first is "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment" with Heidegger (Sebastian Cabot) and an old friend (Price) discovering the fountain of youth...at a terrible price. Next is "Rappaccini's Daughter" played by Joyce Taylor. Drop dead handsome Giovanni (Brett Halsey) loves her--but her touch can kill--literally. Price plays her mad father. Last is "The House of the Seven Gables" involving ghosts and possession. It's billed as a horror film but only the last tale can qualify as that.
Pretty bad movie. It was made on a very low budget that shows. A garden in the second story and the house at the end are laughably obvious miniature models. Special effects are lousy too. The stories are all slow, obvious and heavy-handed. Basically they're all far too long for their own good. All in all the movie is very dull. There's good acting in it--especially by Price--but it's not enough to save this. This is pretty much unknown--there's a reason for that! You can skip this one. Gets a 6 for Price and Halsey.
Pretty bad movie. It was made on a very low budget that shows. A garden in the second story and the house at the end are laughably obvious miniature models. Special effects are lousy too. The stories are all slow, obvious and heavy-handed. Basically they're all far too long for their own good. All in all the movie is very dull. There's good acting in it--especially by Price--but it's not enough to save this. This is pretty much unknown--there's a reason for that! You can skip this one. Gets a 6 for Price and Halsey.