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Twice-Told Tales
“A trio of terror!”
6.2 / 10• 1963• 2h 0m•NR• English
HorrorFantasyScience Fiction
Storyline
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 inoculating 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.
Cast & Crew
Vincent Price
Alex Medbourne / Dr. Giacomo Rappaccini / Gerald Pyncheon
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Sidney Salkow's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Twice-Told Tales is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
