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The Haunted Palace

1963 · 87 min

A suffocating descent into gothic dread where ancient curses twist the human psyche.

Tagline
A warlock's home is his castle...forever!
Overview
A man and his wife claim the mansion of his warlock ancestor burned alive in 1765.

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  • Amazon Prime Video
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • revenge
  • obsession
  • identity
  • power
  • death
Places
  • single country house
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • unreliable narrator
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror8
Humour1
Realism2
Romance3
Tension9
Darkness9
Complexity7
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
horror
Directed by
Roger Corman
Written by
Francis Ford Coppola, Charles Beaumont
Starring
Vincent Price, Debra Paget, Lon Chaney Jr., Frank Maxwell, Leo Gordon, Elisha Cook Jr., John Dierkes, Milton Parsons
Music
Ronald Stein
Cinematography
Floyd Crosby
Runtime
87 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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