The Haunted Palace

Did you notice?....... Edgar Allan Poe's name is spelled incorrectly twice in the opening credits, then spelled correctly at the end!

Vincent Price in a gothic horror movie will always appeal to me. That being said, the movie has one major problem: it has many dreadfully slow moments. Aside from the parts that drag, this is great. The acting, the sets, the costumes, the lighting, it's all fantastic. The story is very simple, and has been done to death - even when this was released - a "warlock" (who are we fooling? The guy's a Satanist) is attempting to bring people back from the dead, using black magic. Angry townsfolk - with torches in hand - kill him, but not before he can place a generational curse on them all. Over one-hundred years later, his spirit returns to exact revenge. The creep factor is in full force here: thunderstorms, castle on a hilltop, dense fog, cemeteries. I wanted to like this more, but the pacing issues held it back. That being said, it's still a must watch for fans of gothic horror. Price, Chaney jr., come on!