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MPAA Rating: NR Content Advisory: Questionable for Children Movie Release: 1963 DVD Release: 08/28/2001 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Edition: Special Collection Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 2 hrs 0 mins Studio: MGM Members Wishing: 2 Genres: Thriller, Supernatural Horror

This three part horror story is taken from the writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Vincent Price stars in all three tales starting with Dr. Heidegger's Experiment". Heidegger (Sebastian Cabot) attempts to restore the youth of four elderly friends. In a ghastly and ghoulish scene, a bride in her wedding gown returns to life after being dead for forty years. Although her spirit is alive, her body is ravaged by forty years of grave rot. "Rappaccini's Daughter" finds Price as a demented, overprotective father inoculating his daughter with poison so she may never leave her garden of poisonous plants. Part three, "The House of the Seven Gables" has Beverly Garland, Richard Denning, and Jacqueline de Wit accompanying Price, who retains his horror hero status that alternates between villain and victim. The characters portrayed by Price are a natural continuation of the Edgar Allen Poe stories produced by Roger Cormam. Sidney Sallow directed this feature in which the cinematic apple falls far from the literary tree. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide

Vincent Price - Alex Medbourne/Rappaccini/Gerald Pyncheon
Sebastian Cabot - Dr. Carl Heidegger
Mari Blanchard - Sylvia Ward
Brett Halsey - Giovanni Guastconti [Rappaccini's Daughter]
Richard Denning - Jonathan Maulle [The House Of The Seven Gables]

This episode film contains three short adaptations of Nathaniel Hawthorne's stories, all starring the iconic Vincent Price. Twice-Told Tales comes to DVD with a widescreen transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.66:1. The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Mono. Spanish and French subtitles are accessible, and the soundtrack is closed-captioned. Supplemental materials include the original theatrical trailer. This MGM/UA release is a great disc for any Price enthusiast, or any fan of horror films from the period. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide