Edgar Allan Poe Collection - 5-DVD Box Set ( The Tomb of Ligeia / House of Usher / Tales of Terror / The Masque of the Red Death / The Raven )

Edgar Allan Poe Collection - 5-DVD Box Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: The Tomb of Ligeia / House of Usher / Tales of Terror / The Masque of the Red Death / The Raven
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Golden Globes
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Mono )
French ( Mono )
French ( Subtitles )
German ( Mono )

Product Origin/Format:
Netherlands ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
414 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Box Set
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1960 - 1964 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Roger Corman
R. Wright Campbell

Written By:
Edgar Allan Poe
Robert Towne
Richard Matheson
Charles Beaumont

Actors:
Vincent Price ..... Verden Fell
Elizabeth Shepherd ..... The Lady Rowena Trevanion
The Lady Ligeia ..... Christopher Gough
John Westbrook ..... Lord Trevanion
Derek Francis ..... Kenrick
Oliver Johnston ..... Dr. Vivian
Richard Vernon ..... Peperel
Frank Thornton ..... Minister at Graveside
Ronald Adam ..... Livery Boy
Denis Gilmore ..... Lady Rowena's Maidservant
Penelope Lee
Vincent Price ..... Roderick Usher
Mark Damon ..... Philip Winthrop
Myrna Fahey ..... Madeline Usher
Harry Ellerbe ..... Bristol
Vincent Price ..... Locke
Fortunato Luchresi ..... Lenora (segment 'Morella')
Ernest Valdemar ..... Morella (segment 'Morella')
Maggie Pierce ..... Montresor (segment 'The Black Cat')
Leona Gage ..... Annabel (segment 'The Black Cat')
Peter Lorre ..... Carmichael (segment 'The Case of M. Valdemar')
Joyce Jameson ..... Helene (segment 'The Case of M. Valdemar')
Basil Rathbone ..... Dr. James (segment 'The Case of M. Valdemar')
Debra Paget ..... Policeman (segment 'The Black Cat')
David Frankham ..... Barman Wilkins (segment 'The Black Cat')
Lennie Weinrib ..... Chairman of Wine Society (segment 'The Black Cat')
Wally Campo ..... Policeman (segment 'The Black Cat')
Alan DeWitt ..... Driver (segment 'Morella')
John Hackett ..... Servant (segment 'The Case of M. Valdemar')
Edmund Cobb
Scott Brown
Vincent Price ..... Prince Prospero
Hazel Court ..... Juliana
Jane Asher ..... Francesca
David Weston ..... Gino
Nigel Green ..... Ludovico
Patrick Magee ..... Alfredo
Paul Whitsun-Jones ..... Scarlatti
Skip Martin ..... Hop Toad
Robert Brown ..... Guard
Julian Burton ..... Señor Veronese
David Davies ..... Lead Villager
Gaye Brown ..... Señora Escobar
Verina Greenlaw ..... Esmeralda
Doreen Dawn ..... Anna-Marie
Brian Hewlett ..... Senor Lampredi
Vincent Price ..... Dr. Erasmus Craven
Peter Lorre ..... Dr. Adolphus Bedlo
Boris Karloff ..... Dr. Scarabus
Hazel Court ..... Lenore Craven
Olive Sturgess ..... Estelle Craven
Jack Nicholson ..... Rexford Bedlo
Connie Wallace ..... Maid
William Baskin ..... Grimes
Aaron Saxon ..... Gort

Synopsis:

The Tomb of Ligeia (1964)
A man's obsession with his dead wife drives a wedge between him and his new bride.
House of Usher (1960)
A man, upon entering his fiancées's family mansion, discovers a savage family curse and fears that his future brother-in-law has entombed his bride-to-be prematurely.
Tales of Terror (1962)
Three tales of terror involve a grieving widower and the daughter he abandoned; a drunkard and his wife's black cat; and a hypnotist who prolongs the moment of a man's death.
The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
A European prince terrorizes the local peasantry while using his castle as a refuge against the 'Red Death' plague that stalks the land.
The Raven (1963)
A magician who has been turned into a raven turns to a former sorcerer for help in this film loosely based on the Edgar Allan Poe poem.

The Tomb of Ligeia (1964)
Erudite recluse Verden Fell is truck by a meeting with lady Rowena, daughter of country lord Trevanion, who reminds him of his late wife, Ligeia, both being somehow associated with a black cat and the wild fox the lord loves hunting. They fall in love, marry and resolve he leave the ruined abbey where he buried Ligeia. However Rowena's devoted gentleman friend Christopher Gough discovers it cannot be sold as Ligeia was never declared legally dead, making Rowena's marriage involuntarily bigamous. After a hypnotic session shows Ligeia possesses Rowena, strange things keep happening. Verden relapses in gloom and seclusion, but Christopher gets his loyal old manservant Kenrick to assist in an exhumation. In the abbey, things turn to a spectacular, dramatical conclusion for all concerned, yet not quite.
House of Usher (1960)
After a long journey, Philip arrives at the Usher mansion seeking his loved one, Madeline. Upon arriving, however, he discovers that Madeline and her brother Roderick Usher have been afflicted with a mysterious malady: Roderick's senses have become painfully acute, while Madeline has become catatonic. That evening, Roderick tells his guest of an old Usher family curse: any time there has been more than one Usher child, all of the siblings have gone insane and died horrible deaths. As the days wear on, the effects of the curse reach their terrifying climax.
Tales of Terror (1962)
Three stories adapted from the work of Edgar Allen Poe. A man and his daughter are reunited, but the blame for the death of his wife hangs over them, unresolved. A derelict challenges the local wine-tasting champion to a competition, but finds the man's attention to his wife worthy of more dramatic action. A man dying and in great pain agrees to be hypnotized at the moment of death, with unexpected consequences.
The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
The evil Prince Prospero is riding through the Catania village when he sees that the peasants are dying of Red Death plague. Prospero asks to burn down the village and he is offended by the villagers Gino and his father-in-law Ludovico. He decides to kill them, but Gino's wife, the young and beautiful Francesca, begs for the lives of her husband and her father and Prospero brings them alive to his castle expecting to corrupt Francesca. Propero worships Satan and invites his noble friends to stay in his castle that is a shelter of depravity against the plague. When Prospero invites his guests to attend a masked ball, he sees a red hooded stranger and he believes that Satan himself has attended his party. But soon he learns who his mysterious guest is.
The Raven (1963)
The magician Dr. Erasmus Craven, who does not belong to the brotherhood of magicians, grieves the loss of his beloved wife Lenore and lives in a castle with his daughter Estelle. One day, a raven knocks on his window and Dr. Craven learns that the bird is actually the magician Dr. Adolphus Bedlo that was turned into a raven after challenging the powerful magician Dr. Scarabus that was an enemy of his father. Dr. Craven makes a potion to turn Dr. Bedlo back to the human form and Dr. Bedlo tells that he has seen Lenore in the castle of Dr. Scarabus. Dr. Craven decides to go in his coach with Dr. Bedlo to visit Dr. Scarabus but Estella and Dr. Bedlo's son Rexford decide to go with them. They find an amicable Dr. Scarabus that invite them to stay for the night. Was Dr. Craven's father wrong about Dr. Scarabus?

The Tomb of Ligeia (1964)
Some years after having buried his beloved wife Ligea, Verden Fell meets and eventually marries the lovely Lady Rowena. Fell is something of a recluse, living in a small part of a now ruined Abbey with his manservant Kenrick as the only other occupant. He remains infatuated with his late wife and is convinced that she will return to him. While all goes well when first married, he returns to his odd behavior when they return to the Abbey from their honeymoon. The memories of Ligea continue to haunt him as well as her promise that she would never die.
House of Usher (1960)
Based on the classic story 'The Fall of the House of Usher' by Edgar Allen Poe and directed by legendary filmmaker Roger Corman, this thriller features Vincent Price as Roderick Usher, a man who believes his family to be cursed by incurable madness. So sure is he of his family's doom, that when his sister Madeline (Myrna Fahey) announces her engagement to Philip Winthrop (Mark Damon), Roderick will stop at nothing to prevent their marriage and keep the Usher bloodline from continuing.
Tales of Terror (1962)
Locke (Vincent Price) mourns his late wife, Morella (Leona Gage), but has resentment toward his daughter that manifests itself in terrible ways; Fortunato Luchresi (also Price) is challenged to a wine tasting by his rival, Montresor (Peter Lorre), who has deadly fantasies about Fortunato's wife (Joyce Jameson) ; and Ernest Valdemar (also Price) is dying and, with the help of a duplicitous hypnotist (Basil Rathbone), finds a way to cheat death. Based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe.
The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
Satan-worshiper Prince Prospero invites several dozen of the local nobility to his castle for protection against an oncoming plague, the Red Death. Prospero orders his guests to attend a masked ball and, amidst a general atmosphere of debauchery and depravity, notices the entry of a mysterious hooded stranger dressed all in red. Believing the figure to be his master, Satan, Prospero is horrified at the revelation of his true identity.
The Raven (1963)
In this tongue-in-cheek movie inspired by Poe's poem, Dr. Craven is the son of a great sorcerer (now dead) who was once himself quite skilled at that profession, but has since abandoned it. One evening, a cowardly fool of a magician named Bedlo comes to Craven for help - the evil Scarabus has turned him into a raven and he needs someone to change him back. He also tells the reluctant wizard that Craven's long-lost wife Lenore, whom he loved greatly and thought dead, is living with the despised Scarabus.

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