Haunted Palace (1963)
by Roger Corman
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Actor: Debra Paget, Frank Maxwell, Leo Gordon, Lon Chaney Jr., Vincent PriceDirector: Roger Corman
Edition: VHS Tape
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC, Original recording reissued
Running Time: 87 minutes
Release Date: 2000-03-07
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
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Movie Review: The Dark Castle awaits...
Summary: 5 Stars
An American couple travel abroad to haunted olde England to claim an inheritance, which is a strikingly beautiful castle high up on a hill overlooking a gloomy peasant village.
When entering the town pub for some directions, the resident drunken peasants are rude, fearful, & stuporstitious, when finally, a doctor explains the peasants' actions, & guides them to their inheritance.
The castle carries a nefarious connotation, a veritable "place that god forsook", where a Warlock bearing a frightening resemblence to the visiting American once resided, & who in fact, is the ancestor, whose dark magic left freakish anomeles upon the descendants of those who murdered him by the stake's flame. And indeed, his "generational curse" is plainly evident upon the deformed peasants to this day, who ironically, resemble zombies themselves.
Arkham Palace is a magnificent lair, filled with what you would expect to see in a Warlock's abode - ornate furnishings, frescoes, tapestries, stark gothesque chambres, lit with candles, torches, fireplaces, & to add to its charm, veiled in cobwebs.
He is fixated - veritably mesmerized by the portrait of the excarnate Lord of the castle, which hangs {where else?}, above the main fireplace. Slowly but surely, the essence of the warlock takes possession of his mind, until he fully gains carnate composition again within the body of his descendant. Then he goes about to summon up 'The Old Ones' {from Lovecraftian Lore}, taking up the 'forbidden rites' of The Necronomicon, that he may resurrect his beloved wife, long since in necrotic catatonia. Of course, she is eventually revived, his companion sorceress, to aid him in his diabolical experimentations.
David's initial companion becomes very disturbed by his personality fluctuations, that she seeks out the doctor who helped them before - eventually, they both become prisoners, she is subsequently scheduled for sacrifice. A pit leading directly to Hell is opened, revealing a growling, demonic spechtre awaiting to take his prize.
The film concludes in the ubiquitous D.P. manner, as the peasants, drunken with liquid courage & fear, form a mob, eventually setting the castle ablaze, although David is spared the fate of his ancestor.
However, at the very ende, that sinister gleam returns once again to his eyes - the warlock prevails.
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