Verden Fell (Vincent Price) buries his beloved late wife Ligeia (Elizabeth Shepherd) but she is refused a Christian burial. Later, he finds beautiful Lady Rowena (Elizabeth Shepherd) thrown off her horse onto Ligeia's grave. A black cat happens to be at both incidences. He had become a recluse and his eyes are troubled by bright lights.
It's a Roger Corman film. It's the last of his Edgar Allan Poe films with his cohort Price. There is something here. The basic story has good horror potential but non of it gets to the point of being scary. I like the exterior ruins. The large mansion interior also has potential but again, it's not fully realized. I would let it be completely rundown and covered up when Verden first meet Rowena. As she cleans it up, it becomes a home again but that's when the cat can cause havoc. The cat is interesting and I can see a modern movie making more out of it. Vincent is over-acting for all he's worth. I can see the potential for a great horror here.
It's a Roger Corman film. It's the last of his Edgar Allan Poe films with his cohort Price. There is something here. The basic story has good horror potential but non of it gets to the point of being scary. I like the exterior ruins. The large mansion interior also has potential but again, it's not fully realized. I would let it be completely rundown and covered up when Verden first meet Rowena. As she cleans it up, it becomes a home again but that's when the cat can cause havoc. The cat is interesting and I can see a modern movie making more out of it. Vincent is over-acting for all he's worth. I can see the potential for a great horror here.