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.
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
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