Haeckel's Tale (2006) on Netflix
A widower asks a necromancer to bring his dead wife back. She refuses, then offers the tale of Ernst Haeckel, who hoped to create life as Victor Frankenstein did.
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Plot summary
Ernst Haeckel, in the late 19th century, tries to create life the way Victor Frankenstein did, and every attempt fails. He hears of Montesquino, a necromancer he takes for a fraud. Word that his father is ill sends him traveling, and on the road he meets Walter Wolfram and Wolfram's wife, Elise. Haeckel feels drawn to Elise, and she to him; Wolfram does not object, though he has sold everything he owns for her care. Shrieks sound outside, and something in them draws Elise from the house. She also tends a baby, Haeckel sees. The account is the one Miz Carnation gives a widower at her cabin in upstate New York, who has asked her to restore his dead wife.
Cast
- Micki Maunsellas Miz Carnation
- Pablo Coffeyas Chester
- Warren Kimmelas Faron
- Elizabeth McQuadeas Young Woman
- Christopher DeLisleas Elise's Dead Husband
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Haeckel's Tale (2006)
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- George A. Romero was originally set to direct this Masters of Horror episode, but John McNaughton took over because Romero had a scheduling conflict.
