The Tomb of Ligeia (1964)

Directed by

Roger Corman

Genre

drama film, horror film, Z movie, ghost film

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

1h 18m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 185 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A widower marries a new woman but his first wife's ghostly presence disrupts their relationship. The story follows the conflict between his past love and his new chance at happiness.

gothicatmospherichauntingmelancholicsuspensefulvisually richslow-burnbrooding

What happens

The Tomb of Ligeia is a 1964 American-British horror film directed by Roger Corman. Starring Vincent Price and Elizabeth Shepherd, it tells of a man haunted by the spirit of his dead wife and her effect on his second marriage. The screenplay by Robert Towne was based upon the short story "Ligeia" by American author Edgar Allan Poe and was the last of Corman's series of films loosely based on the works of Poe. Tomb of Ligeia was filmed at Castle Acre Priory and other locations with a mostly British cast. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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