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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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.
Vincent Price
Alex Medbourne / Dr. Giacomo Rappaccini / Gerald Pyncheon
Sebastian Cabot
Dr. Carl Heidegger
Brett Halsey
Giovanni Guasconti
Beverly Garland
Alice Pyncheon
Richard Denning
Jonathan Maulle
Mari Blanchard
Sylvia Ward
Abraham Sofaer
Prof. Pietro Baglioni
Jacqueline deWit
Hannah Pyncheon, Gerald's Sister
Joyce Taylor
Beatrice Rappaccini
Edith Evanson
Lisabetta, the landlady
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