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6.4/10
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A man's obsession with his dead wife drives a wedge between him and his new bride.A man's obsession with his dead wife drives a wedge between him and his new bride.A man's obsession with his dead wife drives a wedge between him and his new bride.
Maxwell Craig
- Wedding Guest
- (uncredited)
Anthony Lang
- Wedding Guest
- (uncredited)
Del Watson
- Footman
- (uncredited)
Fred Wood
- Wedding Guest
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Edgar Allan Poe
- Robert Towne
- Paul Mayersberg(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaDirector Roger Corman has referred to this movie as the biggest and most exciting of all his Edgar Allan Poe adaptations.
- GoofsPosition of Ligeia's arms when lying in bed. When Rowena fall on her her arms are in a position like holding something. Few minutes later, when Verden take a look on the bed hidden by the black curtains, their arms are in other position.
- Quotes
Verden Fell: Christopher, not ten minutes ago I... I tried to kill a stray cat with a cabbage, and all but made love to the Lady Rowena. I succeeded is squashing the cabbage and badly frightening the lady. If only I could lay open my own brain as easily as I did that vegetable, what rot would be freed from its grey leaves?
- ConnectionsFeatured in Nightwatch Presents Edgar Allan Poe: The Tomb of Ligeia (1973)
Featured review
Corman's best?
Of all the collaborations between director Roger Corman and sensuous, creepy actor Vincent Price, this is probably their best. There's the small cast of characters, mainly Ligeia, buried in a marble tomb in the grounds of a sinister old abbey, Rowena, a lady horserider looking for someone she can be 'drawn' to who is more interesting than her beau Christopher, and Verdon, Ligeia's bereaved husband, with his black shades and mood swings. There's also a cat. And this cat is really the true star of the film, watching, attacking, influencing.
The film benefits from its heavy use of locations, and makes it stand apart from the studio interiors of other adaptations. This is a decadent, decaying England with strange happenings and curses. It is a superb film, and lifts the Shepperton Poe adaptations to a new level.
The film benefits from its heavy use of locations, and makes it stand apart from the studio interiors of other adaptations. This is a decadent, decaying England with strange happenings and curses. It is a superb film, and lifts the Shepperton Poe adaptations to a new level.
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- didi-5
- Jun 9, 2003
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- Runtime1 hour 22 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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