The Tomb of Ligeia (1964) on Netflix
NR19641h 22mDramaHorrorThriller
Widower Verden Fell shuts himself away in a ruined abbey, convinced his dead wife Ligeia has never left him. He marries the headstrong Rowena, and a black cat prowls the house.
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Plot summary
At Ligeia's burial a black cat leaps onto the coffin, and Verden Fell is left a widower, troubled by an eye condition that keeps dark glasses on his face and by the certainty that his wife's spirit did not consent to die. He shuns the world in a ruined medieval abbey, with only his manservant Kenrick for company. At the graveside he meets the headstrong Rowena, who is betrothed to his old friend Christopher Gough, and she pursues him; against his better judgment he marries her. Ligeia's presence hangs over the abbey, and Rowena is troubled by nocturnal visions and by the black cat that roams the house.
Cast
- Denis Gilmoreas Livery Boy
- Penelope Leeas Lady Rowena's Maidservant
- Maxwell Craigas Wedding Guest
- Anthony Langas Wedding Guest
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Tomb of Ligeia (1964)
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- Vincent Price only got the lead because his casting was a condition of AIP investing in the film, even though screenwriter Robert Towne had specifically asked that he not be cast. Corman gave Price a wig and more makeup than usual to make him look younger.
- Roger Corman was initially reluctant to cast Vincent Price in the lead role, worrying that the actor was too old for a character who was 25 to 30 years old; his own preference for the part was Richard Chamberlain.
- Because Poe's original story was so short, screenwriter Robert Towne read all of Poe's work and expanded on themes of mesmerism and necrophilia, writing a film about a woman who hypnotises a man into making love to her dead body.
