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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.
Director(s): Roger Corman
Production: American International Picture
 
IMDB:
6.6
Rotten Tomatoes:
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NOT RATED
Year:
1964
82 min
323 Views


Why did you come here?

To deliver Christopher's reply to your note.

Really to see you. Sugar?

I have nothing to offer.

- You make me want to offer you something.

- Pity prompts you.

There are people one pities

without being drawn to them.

I even pity Christopher.

o ooo oo, o o,

o o g o og c o o o oo

The beauty of such a life lies in its limitations

and accepting them.

Oh, I know.

I suppose I'm spoilt and terribly wilful.

Wilful? You don't even know

the meaning of the word.

No, oo oo go

Why?

Why must I go?

M g o o coo oxocoo

Very good, sir.

You don't understand.

- I can welcome no one here.

- Even in the kitchen of all places?

- Wait. Wait.

- Let me go

I'm sorry.

Please, let me go.

Yes. Yes, that is, after all what I want too, isn't it?

To be let go.

Yes, of course, of course.

Pale and cold and...

...and yet, so much life...

It was her longing for life...

...only for life, that haunts me.

o o o oooo o o o,

o o o o oo o

M oo oo o oo g o o o

Seeing you

and seeing her.

Yet, when you thought I was Ligeia,

you tried to attack me.

I don't remember.

No o oc g,

M ooo, ooo

I stagger about like some drunken lord

in some...

(cat yowhs)

It seems you're always looking after my wounds.

eg pardon, sir, Mr Christopher Gough wishes

to be announced. He's in the refectory.

- Can I be helping, sir?

- Yes. Yes, Kenrick, please.

o co o og o o,

oo C oo

Of course.

Kenrick, bring Lady Rowena to the great hall

when you've finished.

And fetch my glasses.

I believe you'll find them by the portal.

Oh, and Kenrick...

...I want that animal destroyed.

- (door opErns)

- (VErdErn) It's wax.

It's a reproduction.

I managed to make it myself.

You see, I'm loath to open ancient tombs...

...rob a nation of its treasure

and call it archaeology.

It's quite good, really. Twenty... first dynasty?

No, o o, Do o,

o o o o ooooo

You can tell by the eyes.

The eyes...

...they confound me.

There is a blankness,

a mindless sort of malice

in some Egyptian eyes.

They do not readily yield up

the mystery they hold.

Verden... Verden

Hmm?

- You were saying?

- Oh.

Oh, yes, yes. Of course.

Forgive me.

Forgive my reverie.

Lately, I...

I seem to slip into reveries.

The Lady Rowena will join us presently.

And I have much to say to you before she does.

Christopher...

...not ten minutes ago, I...

...I tried to kill a stray cat with a cabbage,

and all but made love to the Lady Rowena.

I succeeded in squashing the cabbage,

and badly frightening the lady.

If only I could lay open my own brain

as easily as I did that vegetable,

what rot would be freed from its grey leaves?

- Let's go for a stroll.

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Robert Towne

Robert Towne (born Robert Bertram Schwartz; November 23, 1934) is an American screenwriter, producer, director and actor. He was part of the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking. His most notable work was his Academy Award-winning original screenplay for Roman Polanski's Chinatown (1974), which is widely considered one of the greatest movie screenplays ever written. He also wrote its sequel The Two Jakes in 1990, and wrote the Hal Ashby comedy-dramas The Last Detail (1973), and Shampoo (1975), as well as the first two Mission Impossible films (1996, 2000). more…

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