Twice-Told Tales
A trio of terror!
Directed by Sidney Salkow
Produced by Robert E. Kent Productions, United Artists
A Gothic anthology of three Hawthorne-inspired tales exploring the dark consequences of obsession, corruption, and family curses.
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 innoculating 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.
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