El ataúd (La caja oblonga)
1969 • 96 min • Horror
Our family guide
Best from age 13- 67 Reviewers · 3 · 53%
- 58 Audience · 106 · 47%
En la Inglaterra del siglo XIX, un hombre desfigurado, dado por muerto, busca venganza contra quienes culpa de su condición. Su hermano intenta encubrir los asesinatos como si fueran obra de un brujo.
- Violence & peril
- 6/10
- Language
- 1/10
- Drinking, drugs & smoking
- 2/10
- Romance & sensuality
- 2/10
- Scary moments
- 5/10
Heads up
- Un hombre es severamente desfigurado y usa una capucha para ocultar su rostro.
- Un personaje es drogado para que parezca muerto y es enterrado vivo.
What it models well
- Consecuencias de la crueldad
- Búsqueda de justicia
Talk about it after
- La naturaleza de la venganza y su camino destructivo.
- Lidiar con la desfiguración y las reacciones sociales.
- Contexto histórico de las normas sociales.
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Top billed cast
Director: Gordon Hessler • Crew: Lawrence Huntington
Trailers & clips
The Oblong Box ≣ 1969 ≣ Trailer
The oblong box (trailer) 1969
Reviewer notes
RecommendedUpon return from a mysterious trip to Africa, "Julian" (Vincent Price) has to keep his elder brother "Sir Edward" (Alister Williamson) locked in a suite at the top of their country pile. A visit from "Trench" (Peter Arne) gives us some idea of just how dangerous the man is, but also suggests that the two may be colluding on the man's escape.…
RecommendedTrusted family reviewers_**Vincent Price, Hilary Dwyer, Gothic horror and Voodoo in 19th century London**_ In 1865 England, an aristocrat (Vincent Price) locks his brother (Alister Williamson) in the attic because he was hideously scarred by a Voodoo revenge ritual in Africa.…
Not recommendedTrusted family reviewersCurse of the Crimson Hood. the Oblong Box is directed by Gordon Hessler and adapted to screenplay by Lawrence Huntington and Christopher Wicking from the short story written by Edgar Allan Poe. It stars Vincent price, Christopher Lee, Rupert Davies, Alister Williamson, Uta Levka, Sally Geeson and Peter Arne. Music is by Harry Robertson and cinematography is by John Coquillon.…
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Details
- TMDB audience
- 5.8/10 (106)
- Age rating
- PG
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $175,000
- IMDb
- tt0064747
