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The Oblong Box
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The Oblong Box (1969) -- A British aristocrat buries his disfigured brother alive, but the body is dug up by a local physician. Still alive, the brother begins a systematic search for vengeance.

Overview

User Rating:
5.8/10   874 votes
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Director:
Gordon Hessler
Writers:
Lawrence Huntington (screenplay)
Christopher Wicking (additional dialogue)
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Release Date:
11 June 1969 (USA) more
Genre:
Horror more
Tagline:
For the first time... the classic tale of the restless dead and their unspeakable hungers! more
Plot:
Aristocrat Julian Markham keeps his disfigured brother, Sir Edward, locked in a tower of his house.... more | add synopsis
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NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
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User Reviews:
Not one of Vincent's best more (25 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Vincent Price ... Julian

Christopher Lee ... Dr. Newhartt
Rupert Davies ... Kemp
Uta Levka ... Heidi
Sally Geeson ... Sally
Alister Williamson ... Edward
Peter Arne ... Trench
Hilary Heath ... Elizabeth (as Hilary Dwyer)
Maxwell Shaw ... Hackett
Carl Rigg ... Norton
Harry Baird ... N'Galo
Godfrey James ... Weller
James Mellor ... Holt
John Barrie ... Franklin
Ivor Dean ... Hawthorne
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Dance, Mephisto
Edgar Allan Poe's The Oblong Box (UK) (complete title)
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Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parents
Runtime:
USA:91 min | USA:97 min (DVD)
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Colour:
Colour (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
UK:15 (video rating) | UK:X (original rating) | Iceland:16 | Germany:16 (re-rating) | West Germany:18 (original rating) | Norway:18 (1972) | Sweden:15 | USA:M (original rating) | USA:PG | Australia:R
Filming Locations:
Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England, UK
Company:
American International Productions more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Michael Reeves was originally chosen to direct this movie, but died during the pre-production. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When Sir Edward murders Heidi the prostitute, the special effects knife clearly sprays blood onto the actresses' neck well before it actually touches her. more
Quotes:
Trench: Sir Edward. I thought you've been-
Sir Edward Markham: Buried. Yes. Waking up in that horrible oblong box, no air to breathe, trapped and no escape. Earth raining down on the lid, every shovel full burying you more deeply.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Fantastic Fantasy Fright-o-Rama Show Vol. 1 (1996) (V) more

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Is this movie actually based on a story by Edgar Allan Poe?
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3 out of 6 people found the following review useful.
Not one of Vincent's best, 4 November 1998
Author: William David Simmons from Newport, Rhode Island

I liked the story-line of this color film but the continuity guy/gal should have been fired. Long and not much happening.

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