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Twice-Told Tales (1963)

Twice-Told Tales poster
Directed by
Sidney Salkow
Genre
fantasy film, horror film
Country
United States
Runtime
2h
Rated
NR
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 82 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Vincent Price appears in three separate horror stories, each based on writings from Nathaniel Hawthorne. In the first, a man tries to revive his dead fiancee using electricity. The second story follows two friends who discover a strange powder that stops aging. The third involves a cursed family and a killer tree.

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What happens

Twice-Told Tales is a 1963 American horror anthology film directed by Sidney Salkow and starring Vincent Price. It consists of three segments, all loosely adapted by producer/screenwriter Robert E. Kent from works by Nathaniel Hawthorne. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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