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A warlock burned at the stake comes back and takes over the body of his great grandson to take his revenge on the descendents of the villages that burned him.
Language
Budget--
Revenue $2,616,000
English
Budget--
Revenue $2,616,000
Keywords
monster
secret passage
descendant
possession
revenge
burned alive
murder
fireplace
curse
mansion
gothic horror
attempted rape
gothic
dungeon
based on song, poem or rhyme
grave robber
new england
occult
necronomicon
mutations
Casts

Vincent Price
Charles Dexter Ward / Joseph Curwen

Debra Paget
Ann Ward

Lon Chaney Jr.
Simon Orne

Frank Maxwell
Dr. Marinus Willet / Priam Willet

Leo Gordon
Edgar Weeden / Ezra Weeden

Elisha Cook Jr.
Gideon Smith / Micah Smith

John Dierkes
Benjamin West / Jacob West

Milton Parsons
Jabez Hutchinson
Cathie Merchant
Hester Tillinghast

Guy Wilkerson
Gideon Leach / Mr. Leach

Barboura Morris
Mrs. Weeden

I. Stanford Jolley
Carmody, Coachman

Harry Ellerbe
Minister
Darlene Lucht
Miss Fitch

Bruno VeSota
Bruno, the Bartender
Jack Tornek
Lynch Mob Member (uncredited)
Don Ames
Villager (uncredited)
Nina Borget
Villager (uncredited)
Albert Cavens
Villager (uncredited)
Charles Fogel
Villager (uncredited)
Crews

Roger Corman
Director

Charles Beaumont
Writer

Samuel Z. Arkoff
Executive Producer
Gene Corso
Sound Editor

Francis Ford Coppola
Additional Dialogue
James H. Nicholson
Executive Producer
John L. Bury
Sound
Lorraine Roberson
Hairdresser
Paul Rapp
Assistant Director

H.P. Lovecraft
Short Story

Edgar Allan Poe
Short Story

Francis Ford Coppola
Writer
Ronald Stein
Original Music Composer
Ted Coodley
Makeup Artist
Daniel Haller
Art Direction
Jack Bohrer
Production Manager

Floyd Crosby
Director of Photography

Ronald Sinclair
Editor

Ronald Sinclair
Associate Producer
Harry Reif
Set Decoration

Roger Corman
Producer
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