KatatakutanTaon1969Tagal1h 36mIMDb6.0

The Oblong Box

Katatakutan

Aristocrat Julian Markham keeps his disfigured brother, Sir Edward, locked in a tower of his house. Sir Edward occasionally escapes and causes havoc around the town.

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Cast

GH

Gordon Hessler

Director

Vincent Price

Sir Julian Markham

Alister Williamson

Sir Edward Markham

Christopher Lee

Dr. J. Neuhartt

Rupert Davies

Joshua Kemp

Uta Levka

Heidi

Sally Geeson

Sally Baxter

Peter Arne

Samuel Trench

Hilary Heath

Lady Elizabeth Markham

MS

Maxwell Shaw

Tom Hackett

Carl Rigg

Mark Norton

Harry Baird

N'Galo

Godfrey James

Weller

JM

James Mellor

Harry Holt

John Barrie

Franklin

Ivor Dean

Hawthorne

Danny Daniels

Witchdoctor

Michael Balfour

Ruddock

Hira Talfrey

Martha

Edgar Allan Poe

Writer

LH

Lawrence Huntington

Writer

CW

Christopher Wicking

Writer

MR

Michael Reeves

Writer

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Joel EL ClaroMay 29, 2023

source: The Oblong Box

محمد قريويNov 18, 2022

Fredson LuvicuNov 16, 2022

The Oblong Box

hynd14Nov 16, 2022

"The Oblong Box" is about what you'd expect. Like "Witchfinder General" (aka "The Conqueror Worm") the previous year, a lot of it seems to be going for shock value. Vincent Price plays a 19th-century nobleman keeping his disfigured brother locked in a room...only then the brother manages to escape. There's some violence (although I wouldn't call it gore) and no shortage of women with bug-eyed, frightened looks on their faces. As with the other 1960s horror flicks based on Edgar Allan Poe stories -- although this one is not part of Roger Corman's series -- the movie only uses the title and is otherwise unrelated to the original story. There's certainly nothing special about the movie, except that it was the first pairing of Vincent Price and Christopher Lee. Otherwise, Corman's movies are the ones that I recommend. Also starring Rupert Davies, Peter Arne, Sally Geeson and Hilary Dwyer.

Saroshma OfficialNov 16, 2022

Disfigured in an African ritual, Edward is kept, "protected", by his brother Julian by being kept chained up in attic. He fakes his death to escape from Julian and another man is killed to take Edward's place in the "oblong box". Film looks like a low-key, photographed stageplay, a well-dressed period piece having little to do with Poe's short story, besides the title box. This is one of those films to watch primarily to enjoy the cast, lush settings and photography, hooded killers, throat-slicings, and a couple of good scares along the way, even if it has little if anything to do with Poe, just don't get one's hopes too high up. It does have a good unmasking scene, and genuinely creepy twist-ending, which still stood out in my mind years after I had last seen this film. Favourite line: "I'll only do my prowling at night."

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