The Haunted Palace (1963) [w/Commentary]

Director: Roger Corman
Writers: Charles Beaumont (screenplay by), Edgar Allan Poe (from the poem by), H.P. Lovecraft (and a story "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward" by)
Stars: Vincent Price, Debra Paget, Lon Chaney Jr.

In this chilling adaptation of H.P. Lovecrafts The Case Of Charles Dexter Ward, Charles Dexter Ward travels with his wife Ann to Arkham to inspect a mansion he has inherited. The original lord of the manor was his Great Grandfather Joseph Curwen, a disciple of the devil, who placed a hideous curse on the villagers as they burned him at the stake. Slowly Ward feels the spirit of his ancestor possessing him and seeking a desperate vengeance on the descendants of those who previously thwarted his plans. Accursed mutants…evil possession…will anyone escape The Haunted Palace?



Audio commentary by Vincent Price’s biographer David Del Valle and Dario Argento biographer Derek Botelho (2015)

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