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

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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