Réalisation:
Roger CormanScénario:
Charles BeaumontPhotographie:
Floyd CrosbyMusique:
Ronald SteinActeurs·trices:
Vincent Price, Debra Paget, Lon Chaney Jr., Elisha Cook Jr., Frank Maxwell, Leo Gordon, Bruno VeSota, Guy Wilkerson, Milton Parsons, Harry Ellerbe (plus)Résumés(1)
Charles Dexter Ward arrive avec sa femme au village d'Arkham pour visiter le manoir dont il vient d'hériter et qui était la propriété de son arrière-grand-père, sataniste convaincu qui jeta une malédiction sur les villageois qui l'avaient condamné au bucher. Charles doit faire face à l'hostilité des villageois sur lesquels la malédiction fait toujours des ravages. Désormais possédé par l'esprit de son ancêtre, Charles reprend la malédiction à son compte dans un esprit de vengeance maléfique. (Sidonis Calysta)
(plus)Critiques (2)
The first Lovecraft film adaptation and it’s so good. A forgotten town that for centuries has been under the curse of a wizard burned at the stake sees the return of a descendant of said wizard and things begin to happen. The atmosphere is great, but the story, unfortunately, doesn’t have much of an effect and the way it’s told is very naive for today’s standards. It didn’t blow my mind, but The Haunted Palace is still worth watching.
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Vincent Price teamed up with another legend, Lon Chaney Jr., in the film, but it's still Price who carries it. Thanks to him, you'll feel chills, even during the last scene you'll see in the film. Roger Corman once again proved that adaptations are his forte, among other things, because he can interpret them in his own way and doesn't strictly adhere to the source material. The Haunted Palace can give you chills.
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