Aristocrat julian markham keeps his disfigured brother, sir. Gordon hesslers the oblong box is a certainly dry and libertiestaking adaptation of the edgar allan poe title, but it is a narratively dense and visually appealing piece of work. The oblong box, dvd, remastered, digitally mastered in hd, horrormonsters, 738329177720. The oblong box 1969, uk is a horror film directed by gordon hessler. Download the big toy box at sears19511969 ebook free. The oblong box 1969 gordon hessler, vincent price, christopher. Starring greats, vincent price and christopher lee, the film weaves graverobbing, curses, and the resurrected dead into an engaging horror film. If a movie called the oblong box with vinny price and chris lee sounds good to you, well, this one is even. The prospect of making an anticolonial horror film would have appealed to reeves but his early death in 1969 at the age of only 25 ended that. In a bawdy tavernbordello sequence, shots are kept tight to bosomflesh, legflesh, or whatever other comely womanflesh happens to wander on screen.
Having been grotesquely disfigured in an african voodoo ceremony for a transgression against the. Title the oblong box also known as edgar allan poes the oblong box year 1969 formats cinema, dvd distributors simply home entertainment,polygram video ltd,optimum releasing,guild home video,american international. The oblong box 1969 german movie cover cinematerial. Whether you like their work or not, director gordon hessler and screenwriter christopher wicking brought a fresh tone to american international pictures aips gothic horrors. Only donators and contributors can download posters. The oblong box was the followup to the highly successful witchfinder general which was directed by the highly regarded young director michael reeves. The oblong box is a 1969 british horror film directed by gordon hessler, starring vincent price, christopher lee and alister williamson. The oblong box american international productions 1969. First of all it claims to be based around the edgar allan poe story of the same name, but it seems to share more in common with the body snatcher. My first observation was by way of opening a masked battery.
Great movie starring vincent price and christoper lee. Like witchfinder general aka the conqueror worm the previous year, a lot of it seems to be going for shock value. The oblong box 1969 stream and watch online moviefone. Occasionaly sir edward escapes and causes havoc around the town. Gives summary about the story,it also describes what and how motifs are used. Gordon hesslers the oblong box of 1969 starring the great vincent price is a creepy, and excellent horror tale with a great atmosphere. Oblong box, the on dvd 738329177720 from kino video. The oblong box 1969 british board of film classification. Vincent price plays a 19thcentury nobleman keeping his disfigured brother locked in a. Read info about the screenplay for the oblong box, 1969, directed by gordon hessler, with vincent price, christopher lee, alister williamson. A 1969 film directed by gordon hessler starring vincent price carries the name the oblong box. Vincent price madhouse, twice told tales and christopher lee the crimson cult, house of the long shadows are at their terrifying best as a plantation owner with a shocking family secret and a wealthy doctor.
The oblong box by edgar allan poe by prezi user on prezi. Starring greats, vincent price and christopher lee, the film weaves graverobbing, curses, and. The sail split in half and water came in the boat and the pipes were not working to control the water. The oblong box scream and scream again midnite movies double feature.
Sigh, to think id been holding back on watching this one because i thought it would be decent. Released 1969, the oblong box stars vincent price, christopher lee, alister williamson, hilary heath the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 31 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. A gasping, gnawing, heart stopping evil lies buried in the oblong box. With vincent price, alister williamson, christopher lee, rupert davies.
Aristocrat julian markham keeps his disfigured brother, sir edward, locked in a tower of his house. An excellent horror story about an illfated ocean voyage and the strange secret of the box on board a drifting longboat. This was the first film to star both price and lee. The narrative is designed so that the reader solves the mystery along with the narrator. The oblong box 1969 ganzer film deutsch hd filme online.
If a movie called the oblong box with vinny price and chris lee sounds good to you, well, this one is even better than it sounds. The oblong box 1969 gordon hessler, vincent price, christopher lee, rupert. Vincent price, hilary heath, the oblong box, 1969 stock. Not really light entertainment, but unusually wellmade with fine performances. Watch the oblong box 1969 full movie ursula strauss on dailymotion. The movie, whose cast also includes another great horror icon, christopher lee, is only loosely based on edgar allan poes short story of the same name, a fact that, in my opinion, does not downsize the. The story is about brothers sir julian markham artist160474, and. The oblong box by edgar allan poe full unabridged audiobook. The cbs radio mystery theater, which ran from january 1974 to december 1982, did an adaptation. Staring rupert davies, vincent price and christopher lee. Vincent price plays a 19thcentury nobleman keeping his disfigured brother locked in a room. Catala deutsch espanol francais italiano letzebuergesch. Edgar allan poe wrote his short mystery story, the oblong box, in 1850. If you like the oblong box you are looking for suspenseful, serious and bleak movies about with buried alive, vengeance, obsession, danger, crimes, supernatural and murder themes of horror genre shot in uk.
En this service does not allow download watch movies online, only offers information about movies around the world text and poster for tv and internet users. The oblong box 1969 pg 06111969 us horror 1h 31m user score. The setting of the story is charleston south carolina and nyc. Poe, whose cloudy personal life is a virtual legend, considered himself primarily a poet. The oblong box frequently likes to emphasize the baser things in life, and coquillon keeps the photography properly sordid in those scenes. The oblong box is a 1969 british horror film directed by gordon hessler, starring vincent price.
Movie and tv subtitles in multiple languages, thousands of translated subtitles uploaded daily. Lost somewhere in the slew of poe adaptations from roger corman and jacques tourneur, hessler who would reunite with price several times, as. Check here english if you are not a hdcenter premium member, you cannot see premium links. Instead it turns out that its the weakest vincent price film i think ive seen yet. Based very loosely on an 1844 short story from edgar allan poe, gordon hesslers 1969 version of the oblong box isnt a very unique endeavor other than its distinction as the first onscreen pairing of horror icons vincent price and christopher lee. The oblong box 1969 ganzer film deutsch hd posted on 02. I determined to commence a series of covert insinuations, or inuendoes innuendoes, about the oblong box just by way of letting him perceive, gradually, that i was not altogether the butt, or victim, of his little bit of pleasant mystification.
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