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Twice-Told Tales
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Twice-Told Tales

1963 · 120 min Horror Fantasy Science Fiction
6.3 / 10 · TMDB

3 horror stories based on the writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne. In the 1st story titled "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment", Heidegger attempts to restore the youth of three elderly friends. In "Rappaccini's Daughter", a demented father is innoculating his daughter with poison so she may never leave her garden of poisonous plants. In the final story "The House of the Seven Gables", The Pyncheon family suffers from a hundred year old curse and while in the midst of arguing over inheritance, a stranger arrives.

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🎬 MovieFinder's Take

The director builds tension not through shock, but through feeling — the viewer senses something is wrong long before it becomes obvious. Atmosphere matters more than any plot twist.

This isn't a film for the faint-hearted, nor for seasoned viewers who claim to fear nothing. It exists somewhere between — pressing psychologically rather than physically.

Ideal for fans of psychological horror. Slasher fans should look elsewhere.

Director: Sidney Salkow

— MovieFinder Editorial

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Viewing atmosphere: Late in the evening, with two people. Make tea, put away the phone, don't turn on the lights.

🎭 Cast

Vincent Price

Vincent Price

Alex Medbourne / Dr. Giacomo Rappaccini / Gerald Pyncheon

Sebastian Cabot

Sebastian Cabot

Dr. Carl Heidegger

Brett Halsey

Brett Halsey

Giovanni Guasconti

Beverly Garland

Beverly Garland

Alice Pyncheon

Richard Denning

Richard Denning

Jonathan Maulle

Mari Blanchard

Mari Blanchard

Sylvia Ward

Abraham Sofaer

Abraham Sofaer

Prof. Pietro Baglioni

Jacqueline deWit

Jacqueline deWit

Hannah Pyncheon, Gerald's Sister

Joyce Taylor

Joyce Taylor

Beatrice Rappaccini

Edith Evanson

Edith Evanson

Lisabetta, the landlady

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