The Oblong Box

The Oblong Box (1969, UK) is a Horror film directed by Gordon Hessler.

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Main Details

• Released in 1969
• Color
• Runtime: 92 min (uncut PAL) / 97 min (uncut NTSC)
• Aspect Ratio: (1.85:1)
• Rated: PG
• Production and Distribution Co: American International Pictures (1969) (USA) (theatrical)
• Directed by Gordon Hessler
• Written by Lawrence Huntington, Christopher Wicking, based on the story by Edgar Allan Poe
• Starring: Vincent Price, Rupert Davies, Christopher Lee
• Produced by Pat Green, Gordon Hessler, Louis M. Heyward
• Original Music by Harry Robertson (as Harry Robinson)
• Cinematography by John Coquillon
• Film Editing by Max Benedict

Plot Summary

• Aristocrat Julian Markham keeps his disfigured brother, Sir Edward, locked in a tower of his house. Sir Edward occasionally escapes and causes havoc around the town.

Also Known As

• Dance, Mephisto
• Die Todesmaske (Germany)
• Der Fluch des Dämon (Germany)
• Edgar Allan Poe's The Oblong Box
• Im Todesgriff der roten Maske (Germany)
• La Caja oblonga (Spain)
• Le Cercueil vivant (France)
• La Rossa maschera del terrore (Italy)

Taglines

• For the first time... the classic tale of the restless dead and their unspeakable hungers!
• Edgar Allan Poe's Classic Tale Of The Living Dead!
• Edgar Allan Poe's Horror Classic!
• Some things are better left buried.