Horror ·Fantasy ·Science Fiction · United States of America · 1963 · 2h 0m

Twice-Told Tales

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Director
Sidney Salkow
Cast
Vincent Price as Alex Medbourne / Dr. Giacomo Rappaccini / Gerald Pyncheon Sebastian Cabot as Dr. Carl Heidegger Brett Halsey as Giovanni Guasconti Beverly Garland as Alice Pyncheon Richard Denning as Jonathan Maulle Mari Blanchard as Sylvia Ward
Crew
Ellis W. Carter — Director of Photography Richard LaSalle — Original Music Composer Robert E. Kent — Writer Nathaniel Hawthorne — Story Robert E. Kent — Producer
Tagline

A trio of terror!

Synopsis

3 horror stories based on the writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne. In the 1st story titled "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment", Heidegger attempts to restore the youth of three elderly friends. In "Rappaccini's Daughter", a demented father is innoculating his daughter with poison so she may never leave her garden of poisonous plants. In the final story "The House of the Seven Gables", The Pyncheon family suffers from a hundred year old curse and while in the midst of arguing over inheritance, a stranger arrives.

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Mood & Themes
experimentbased on novel or bookpoisonhaunted houseanthologyfriendscursemad doctortombfamily curse
Key Collaborators
Sidney Salkow Director Ellis W. Carter Director of Photography Richard LaSalle Original Music Composer Robert E. Kent Writer Nathaniel Hawthorne Story Robert E. Kent Producer
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