Wuchak
Lovecraft-ian tale of a dark castle with Vincent Price and Debra Paget
During the Victorian era, a man and his wife (Price & Paget) inherit an ominous chateau on the coast of New England, but its sorcerous history seems to cast a spell on him and this provokes the leery populace to hostile action (Leo Gordon, Elisha Cook Jr., etc.). Lon Chaney Jr. and Frank Maxwell are also on hand.
"The Haunted Palace" (1963) takes its title from Poes poem, and quotes it, but the story hails from HP Lovecrafts yarn "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward." AIP insisted on the Poe-connection to capitalize on the recent success of Roger Cormans Poe movies.
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