Rent The Oblong Box (1969)
3.1 of 5 from 68 ratings
1h 32min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- A colonial aristocrat with a dark, guilty secret, being held captive in his attic is his hideously disfigured brother, Edward (Alister Williamson), the victim of a strange and grotesque voodoo curse. In an attempt to escape, Edward fakes his own death and ends up being buried alive. Unearthed by grave robbing body snatchers working for a sinister Doctor J. Neuhartt (Christopher Lee), Edward decides it's time to let his presence be known in a world of ghastly shadows.
- Actors:
- Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, Rupert Davies, Uta Levka, Sally Geeson, Alister Williamson, Peter Arne, Hilary Heath, Maxwell Shaw, Carl Rigg, Harry Baird, Godfrey James, James Mellor, John Barrie, Ivor Dean
- Directors:
- Gordon Hessler
- Producers:
- Gordon Hessler
- Writers:
- Lawrence Huntington, Christopher Wicking, Edgar Allan Poe, Michael Reeves
- Studio:
- Optimum
- Genres:
- Classics, Horror, Thrillers
- Collections:
- Roger Corman's Poe Cycle, A Brief History of Film...
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 21/10/2024
- Run Time:
- 96 minutes
- Languages:
- English
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Audio commentary by film historian Steve Haberman (2022)
- Interview with Victoria Price (2024): the daughter of the legendary Vincent Price recalls the period in his career when he starred in The Oblong Box
- The Pit (1962, 27 mins): experimental gothic short, adapted from Edgar Allen Poe's The Pit and the Pendulum
- The Bells (1913, 14 mins): a poignant poem by Edgar Allan Poe underpins this rare short silent film which tells a melodramatic tale of love and death
- Prelude (1927, 7 mins): Rachmaninoff's wonderfully disturbing 'Prelude in C Sharp Minor' sets the tone for Castleton Knight's silent, nightmarish reverie on Poe's The Premature Burial
- Roger Corman on Edgar Allan Poe (2013, 9 mins): the legendary director and producer discusses his Edgar Allan Poe adaptations, including The Pit and the Pendulum and The Masque of the Red Death
- Original trailer
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