Short Story:
The Oblong Box (1844)
Film:
The Oblong Box (1969)
The 1969 British horror film is directed by Gordon Hessler and starring Vincent Price and Christopher Lee. This is the first film that stars together these two icons.
Initially as a follow-up from the team that brought Michael Reeves and Vincent Price together for the Witchfinder General, Reeves became ill and Hessler stepped in to take over direction making some changes within the script.
Set as a satire of the detective story, Poe delivers through the narrator's grotesque misinterpretations, a clever satiric version of the detective hero.
Although the film was a box office success, it is known as one of the lesser Poe projects released around this time.
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Opening Credits; Introduction (1.32); Story Geeks – What to Watch This Week (02.14); Forming the Plot (5.39); Film Trailer (24.29); Time Slingers Book Release – Death of a Bounty of Hunter (27.18); Lights, Camera, Action (28.52); Epilogue (49.41); End Credits (52.59); Closing Credits (1:02.13)
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