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Roger CormanDrehbuch:
Charles BeaumontKamera:
Floyd CrosbyMusik:
Ronald SteinBesetzung:
Vincent Price, Debra Paget, Lon Chaney Jr., Elisha Cook Jr., Frank Maxwell, Leo Gordon, Bruno VeSota, Guy Wilkerson, Milton Parsons, Harry Ellerbe (mehr)Inhalte(1)
Mitte des 18. Jahrhunderts wird der Hexenjäger Joseph Curwen auf dem Scheiterhaufen verbrannt. Kurz davor spricht er noch einen Fluch über alle Ungläubigen in Arkham aus. 100 Jahre später taucht plötzlich Curwens direkter Nachfahre Charles Dexter Ward in der Stadt auf und bezieht zugleich das ehemalige Schloss seines verstorbenen Verwandten. Es dauert nicht lange, bis der Geist des toten Hexenmeisters von Charles Besitz ergreift, um seinen Tod zu rächen ... (Kabel eins classics)
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The first Lovecraft film adaptation and it’s so good. A forgotten town that for centuries has been under the curse of a wizard burned at the stake sees the return of a descendant of said wizard and things begin to happen. The atmosphere is great, but the story, unfortunately, doesn’t have much of an effect and the way it’s told is very naive for today’s standards. It didn’t blow my mind, but The Haunted Palace is still worth watching.
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Vincent Price teamed up with another legend, Lon Chaney Jr., in the film, but it's still Price who carries it. Thanks to him, you'll feel chills, even during the last scene you'll see in the film. Roger Corman once again proved that adaptations are his forte, among other things, because he can interpret them in his own way and doesn't strictly adhere to the source material. The Haunted Palace can give you chills.
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