The Oblong Box (1969)
- Directed by
- Gordon Hessler
- Genre
- horror film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Rated
- PG
- Rating
- 5.8 of 10 from 105 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A man returns from Africa with a mysterious oblong box that contains a horrifying secret. The story involves premature burial, a masked figure, and voodoo rituals that lead to a series of killings.
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What happens
The Oblong Box is a 1969 British gothic horror film directed by Gordon Hessler, starring Vincent Price, Christopher Lee and Alister Williamson. This was the first film to star both Price and Lee. Taking its title from the 1844 short story "The Oblong Box", it explores and combines several themes typical to the work of Edgar Allan Poe, such as premature burial and masked figures, with the non-Poe theme of voodoo ritual killings. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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