Twice-Told Tales
Seen it?1963 | 120 min | Horror, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With middling reviews (57% on Rotten Tomatoes) and soft box office, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for horror fans, sci-fi fans and fantasy fans. If you loved Village of the Damned, start here.
- The mood
- Scary.
- The pace
- Moves along nicely, at 2 hr.
- What might put you off
- Made in 1963: an older pace and style.
3 horror stories based on the writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne. In the 1st story titled "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment", Heidegger attempts to restore the youth of three elderly friends. In "Rappaccini's Daughter", a demented father is inoculating his daughter with poison so she may never leave her garden of poisonous plants. In the final story "The House of the Seven Gables", The Pyncheon family suffers from a hundred year old curse and while in the midst of arguing over inheritance, a stranger arrives.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsBelow par
57% on Rotten Tomatoes
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 15K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Sidney Salkow
- Vincent PriceAlex Medbourne / Dr. Giacomo Rappaccini / Gerald Pyncheon
- Sebastian CabotDr. Carl Heidegger
- Brett HalseyGiovanni Guasconti
- Beverly GarlandAlice Pyncheon
- Richard DenningJonathan Maulle
- Mari BlanchardSylvia Ward
- Abraham SofaerProf. Pietro Baglioni
- Jacqueline deWitHannah Pyncheon, Gerald's Sister
- Joyce TaylorBeatrice Rappaccini
- Edith EvansonLisabetta, the landlady