When Sir Edward murders Heidi the prostitute, the special effects knife clearly sprays blood onto the actresses' neck well before it actually touches her.
Like so many of the Poe films made in the 1960s, this one's only similarity to the original story is the title. Do NOT in any way expect Poe's story or you'll be very disappointed.
Película de terror donde se respira ese aire macabro y perverso tan característico de cualquier obra de Edgar Allan Poe.En este caso esta cinta nos ofrece horror bastante cruento (decapitaciones y estrangulamientos), donde el concepto más importante desarrollado es la venganza desplegada con malas intenciones a través de maleficios y algo de magia negra.
The Oblong Box is directed by Gordon Hessler and adapted to screenplay by Lawrence Huntington and Christopher Wicking from the short story written by Edgar Allan Poe. It stars Vincent price, Christopher Lee, Rupert Davies, Alister Williamson, Uta Levka, Sally Geeson and Peter Arne.
"The Oblong Box" (from 1969) is definitely one of those oldie-moldie horror movies (from the pre-CGI era in film-making) that has both its fair share of "OK" moments, as well as its not "OK" moments, too.Filmed in color on a measly budget of just $150,000 - This picture's story is loosely based on the Edgar Allan Poe tale about premature burial that (get this!
We have all kind of barbarities featuring in this dark and moody tale. Only the wicked pen of Edgar Allen Poe could have come up with a tale that blends voodoo, body snatching, medical experiments, brotherly betrayal and a taste of what most likely is the worst imaginable nightmare: being buried alive!
This was a film I actually never heard of. When I was loading it to watch for a horror movie challenge I'm doing, that's when I realized this is based on an Edgar Allan Poe story.
Only Edgar Alan Poe by virtue of using the name of one of his short stories, this American International horror film uses blood much more than previous entries, lacking in an engrossing story and real mystery and tension. A masked murderer, kept locked up in brother Vincent Price's attic, escapes and commits a series of violently gruesome murders, mostly on street walkers and working class poor folk.
'The Oblong Box' was one of a string of Edgar Allan Poe adaptations churned out by American International in the '50's/'60's, usually with Vincent Price in the leading role. By 1969, however, Roger Corman, the original producer/director, had moved on, along with production designer Daniel Haller, cinematographer Floyd Crosby, composer Les Baxter, and screenwriter Richard Matheson.
We tend to diminish some movies which doesn't fits in ours pre-established concepts, The Oblong Box is one of this case, an exotic picture mixing gothic horror and sorcery from Africa, however has many qualities to overcame a possible low points, the story is about two brothers from British aristocracy Julian Markham (Vincent Price) who maintain imprisoned at your room Edward (Alister Williamson), such fact took place at Africa where they had profitable business, actually Edward fortuitously killed a native child, by this his face was disfigured by voodoo's ritual, at England under order of Julian his lawyer brings from Africa a native sorcerer to try heal his brother, but he was misleading by the greed lawyer, Edward is hit by poison dart, he states as dead and buried alive, but the body snatchers unearth him to sell to Dr. Newhart (Lee) just for scientific purposes, somehow Edward wake up and made an agreement with the Doctor to stay there, in exchange of money to keep his research ongoing, to make his revenge Edward uses a scarlet hood, the producers put a mundane atmosphere on movie as at brothel's house, offering plenty of slight nudity scenes, spicy sequence, further has a twist on final that worthy waiting for, valuable and underrated!!
