YouTube reviews:
Trailer:
Choice dialogue:
Verden Fell: “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?”
Verden Fell: “The eyes, they confound me. There’s a blankness, a mindless sort of malice in some Egyptian eyes. They do not readily yield up the mystery they hold.”
Home viewing releases:
In the UK, Arrow Video released the film on Blu-ray on February 23, 2015.
High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation of the feature, transferred from original
film elements by MGM
Original uncompressed Mono PCM Audio
Optional isolated music and effects track
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Audio commentary by director and producer Roger Corman
Audio commentary by star Elizabeth Shepherd
All-new interviews with crew members including co-writer/production assistant Paul Mayersberg, first assistant director David Tringham, clapper loader Bob Jordan and composer Kenneth V. Jones
Original Theatrical Trailer
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by the Twins of Evil
Collector’s booklet containing new writing by Julian Upton illustrated with original production stills.
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Cast and characters:
Vincent Price … Verden Fell
Elizabeth Shepherd … The Lady Rowena Trevanion / The Lady Ligeia
John Westbrook … Christopher Gough
Derek Francis … Lord Trevanion
Oliver Johnston … Kenrick
Richard Vernon … Doctor Vivian
Frank Thornton … Peperel
Ronald Adam … Minister at Graveside
Denis Gilmore … Livery Boy
Penelope Lee … Lady Rowena’s Maidservant
Maxwell Craig … Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Anthony Lang … Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Del Watson … Footman (uncredited)
Fred Wood … Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Filming locations:
Castle Acre Priory, Swaffham, Norfolk, England
Polesden Lacey, Great Bookham, Dorking, Surrey, England (Lord Trevanion’s house)
Polzeath, Cornwall, England (beach scene)
Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England
St. John The Evangelist Church, Wotton, Surrey, England (wedding scene)
Stonehenge, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England, UK
Filming dates:
From 29 June 1964
Technical details:
1 hour 22 minutes
Aspect ratio: 2.35: 1
