The Tomb of Ligeia
United Kingdom
1964
81 Min
Color
English
Synopsis
Some years after having buried his beloved wife Ligea, Verden Fell meets and eventually marries the lovely Lady Rowena. Fell is something of a recluse, living in a small part of a now ruined Abbey with his manservant Kenrick as the only other occupant. He remains infatuated with his late wife and is convinced that she will return to him. While all goes well when first married, he returns to his odd behavior when they return to the Abbey from their honeymoon. The memories of Ligea continue to haunt him as well as her promise that she would never die. –IMDb
Director
Roger Corman
Roger William Corman (born April 5, 1926), sometimes nicknamed “King of the Bs” for his output of B-movies (though he himself rejects this as inaccurate), is an Academy Award-winning American producer and director of low-budget movies, some of which have an established critical reputation: his cycle of films derived from the tales of Edgar Allan Poe for example. Corman is also a sometime actor, taking minor roles in such films as The Silence of the Lambs, The Godfather Part II, Apollo 13 and Philadelphia.
Corman has apprenticed many now-famous directors, stressing the importance of budgeting and resourcefulness; Corman once joked he could make a film about the fall of the Roman Empire with two extras and a sagebrush. One of the most expensive films he produced was Battle Beyond the Stars. —Wikipedia
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Konrad Szlendak
23Nov11
This flick really worked for me, it's one of the best flicks Corman has made ever! It's true that Bava directed this genre better than Corman, but it's still pretty spooky :)
Spencer Draper
15Jul11
The most intricate of the Corman Poe series. After the excess of Masque of the Red Death, everything was scaled down to this intimate tale of repression and madness. While the earlier films were Poe crossed with great entertainment, Masque showed a desire to be something more. Tomb of Ligeia is a further movement toward the delicacy of the silent version of House of Usher and the emotive quality of Poe's work.
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