Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes63%
86 audience votes
Key crew
- Sidney SalkowDirector
- Robert E. KentWriter
- Richard LaSalleOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Vincent PriceAlex Medbourne / Dr. Giacomo Rappaccini / Gerald Pyncheon
- Sebastian CabotDr. Carl Heidegger
- Brett HalseyGiovanni Guasconti
- Beverly GarlandAlice Pyncheon
- Richard DenningJonathan Maulle
- Mari BlanchardSylvia Ward
- Abraham SofaerProf. Pietro Baglioni
- Jacqueline deWitHannah Pyncheon, Gerald's Sister
- Joyce TaylorBeatrice Rappaccini
- Edith EvansonLisabetta, the landlady
- Floyd SimmonsGhost of Matthew Maulle
- Gene RothCabman