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<div class="large-6 columns">'''[[/Review|The Oblong Box]]''' ([[:Category:1969|1969]], [[:Category:UK|UK]]) is a [[:Category:Horror/Thrillers|Horror]] film directed by Gordon Hessler. | <div class="large-6 columns">'''[[/Review|The Oblong Box]]''' ([[:Category:1969|1969]], [[:Category:UK|UK]]) is a [[:Category:Horror/Thrillers|Horror]] film directed by Gordon Hessler. | ||
*'''Contents''': [[/Trailer|Watch Trailer]] | [[/Review|Film Review | *'''Contents''': [[/Trailer|Watch Trailer]] | [[/Review|Film Review]] | [[/BluRay|Blu Ray]] | [[/Press Kit|Press Kit]] | [[The Oblong Box (1969)|Poster Art]] | [[/Fun Facts|Fun Facts]] | [[The Oblong Box/Scream and Scream Again|Double-Feature DVD]] | [[/DVD|DVD]] | ||
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===Main Details=== | |||
* Released in 1969 | * Released in 1969 | ||
* Color | * Color | ||
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* Aspect Ratio: (1.85:1) | * Aspect Ratio: (1.85:1) | ||
* Rated: PG | * Rated: PG | ||
* Production | * Production and Distribution Co: [[:Category: American International Pictures|American International Pictures]] (1969) (USA) (theatrical) | ||
* Directed by Gordon Hessler | * Directed by Gordon Hessler | ||
* Written by Lawrence Huntington, Christopher Wicking | * Written by Lawrence Huntington, Christopher Wicking, based on the story by [[:Category:Edgar Allan Poe|Edgar Allan Poe]] | ||
* Starring: [[:Category: Vincent Price|Vincent Price]], Rupert Davies, [[:Category: Christopher Lee|Christopher Lee]] | * Starring: [[:Category: Vincent Price|Vincent Price]], Rupert Davies, [[:Category: Christopher Lee|Christopher Lee]] | ||
* Produced by Pat Green, Gordon Hessler, Louis M. Heyward | * Produced by Pat Green, Gordon Hessler, Louis M. Heyward | ||
* Original Music by Harry Robertson (as Harry Robinson) | * Original Music by Harry Robertson (as Harry Robinson) | ||
* Cinematography by John Coquillon | * Cinematography by John Coquillon | ||
* Film Editing by Max Benedict | * Film Editing by Max Benedict | ||
====Also Known As | |||
* Dance, Mephisto | ===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. | |||
* For the first time... the classic tale of the restless dead and their unspeakable hungers! | ===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. | |||
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Latest revision as of 03:29, 2 September 2023
The Oblong Box (1969, UK) is a Horror film directed by Gordon Hessler.
- Contents: Watch Trailer | Film Review | Blu Ray | Press Kit | Poster Art | Fun Facts | Double-Feature DVD | DVD
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.
