The Oblong Box

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The Oblong Box ★★ Edgar Allen Poe's The Oblong Box 1969 (PG)

Coffins, blood, and live corpses fill drawn-out and lifeless adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe story. English aristocrat Price attempts to hide his disfigured brother in an old tower. Brother predictably escapes and rampages through town before being killed. 91m/C VHS, DVD . GB Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, Alister Williamson, Hilary Dwyer, Peter Arne, Harry Baird, Carl Rigg, Sally Geeson, Maxwell Shaw; D: Gordon Hessler; W: Lawrence Huntington; C: John Coquillon.

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