The Haunted Palace

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The Haunted Palace

1963

1h 25m

Horror

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Condemned warlock Joseph Curwen curses a New England village just before being burned alive. More than a century later, Curwen's kindly great-great-grandson Charles Ward (also Price) arrives in town and moves into Curwen's old mansion. Caretaker Simon Orne helps Charles and his wife Ann adjust to their new home. The ancient curse, however, takes hold of Joseph, awakening inside him a long-dormant evil passed on through blood.

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Keith Phipps

The Dissolve

Oct 22, 2013

3.5/4

Though a fine movie in its own right, The Haunted Palace feels a bit too familiar for its own good at times.

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Jorge Loser

Espinof

May 16, 2024

4.5/5

The Haunted Palace stands as a hallucinatory cross between the worlds of Gothic curses and castles and the new sensibilities of cosmic science fiction... [Full review in Spanish]

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Alberto Abuín

Espinof

Apr 17, 2020

An elegance that unites Lovecraft with Poe, also marking it with Vincent Price's marvelous composition. [Full Review in Spanish]

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Oct 31, 2013

2.5/4

[NEW 2024 REVIEW] Slack storytelling and an unsatisfying ending make this the weakest picture in the Poe-Corman-Price series.

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Tim Brayton

Antagony & Ecstasy

Oct 31, 2011

8/10

The apex of Corman's skill for reworking AIP's standing Gothic sets to get the maximum possible bang for his buck.

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Jeremy Heilman

MovieMartyr.com

Jan 27, 2008

68/100

Corman's widescreen framing, the blazing Technicolor photography, and the effectively maximized production values created a convincing, if twisted, world.

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Robert P

@Superbad Sep 27, 2026

The Haunted Palace = a *3.5* star movie!

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Richard W

@RT65767935 Jun 13, 2024

I liked it,very atmospheric,great sets ,cool castle great acting very haunting , the ending could have been a little better ,but overall well done .that's if you like 1963 horror b movies

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Andrew L

@RT39837635 Aug 30, 2023

Price and Chaney are wonderful in this film, but once again, this movie was advertised as an Edgar Allan Poe adaptation, yet it has absolutely nothing to do with Poe. Much of this movie is taken from various works of HP Lovecraft strung together

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Oct 16, 2020

Posiblemente una de las mejores adaptaciones de la obra de Lovecraft (que no de Edgar Allan Poe), y que aunque quizás no alcanza la locura que las obras del americano tenían, si se hace un poco destacar en otras cintas de casas encantadas. Esto es mayoritariamente, claro está, por la presencia del siempre inigualable y divertidisimo, Vincent Price, que se come la pantalla con patatas en cada plano que aparece (que son practicament todos). Bastante recomendable sobretodo dentro del catálogo Cormaniano.

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Oct 10, 2019

beautiful sets new england - arkahm

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Jun 27, 2019

Vincent really plays at his best here. I also love the music. The entire movie is somehow like a dream. Some great cam-work!

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Synopsis

Condemned warlock Joseph Curwen curses a New England village just before being burned alive. More than a century later, Curwen's kindly great-great-grandson Charles Ward (also Price) arrives in town and moves into Curwen's old mansion. Caretaker Simon Orne helps Charles and his wife Ann adjust to their new home. The ancient curse, however, takes hold of Joseph, awakening inside him a long-dormant evil passed on through blood.

Director: Roger Corman
Producer: Roger Corman
Screenwriter: Charles Beaumont
Distributor: American International Pictures
Production Co: Alta Vista Productions, La Honda Productions
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 28, 1963, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 21, 2016
Runtime: 1h 25m

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