Rent The Oblong Box (1969)
3.1 of 5 from 69 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 LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Audio Description
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Audio commentary by film historian Steve Haberman (2015)
- The Immortal Mr. Price (2024, 17 mins): Vincent Price's daughter discusses her father's career and his trips to England in the late 1960s
- The Bells (1913, 15 mins): Edgar Allan Poe's poignant poem underpins this silent film rarity, which tells a melodramatic tale of love and death
- Prelude (1927, 7 mins): Rachmaninov's wonderfully disturbing 'Prelude in C-sharp minor' sets the tone for a silent, nightmarish reverie on Poe's 'The Premature Burial'
- The Pit (1962, 27 mins): a strange and experimental gothic short, adapted from Poe's 'The Pit and the Pendulum'
- Roger Corman on Edgar Allan Poe (2013, 9 mins): the legendary director and producer discusses his Poe adaptations, including 'The Pit and the Pendulum' and 'The Masque of the Red Death'
- Image gallery: original stills and promotional materials
- Theatrical trailer
