A warlock burned at the stake comes back and takes over the body of his great grandson to take his revenge on the descendents of the villages that burned him.
Cast
Vincent Price
Charles Dexter Ward / Joseph Curwen
Debra Paget
Ann Ward
Lon Chaney Jr.
Simon Orne
Frank Maxwell
Dr. Marinus Willet / Priam Willet
Leo Gordon
Edgar Weeden / Ezra Weeden
Elisha Cook Jr.
Gideon Smith / Micah Smith
John Dierkes
Benjamin West / Jacob West
Milton Parsons
Jabez Hutchinson
Cathie Merchant
Hester Tillinghast
Guy Wilkerson
Gideon Leach / Mr. Leach
Barboura Morris
Mrs. Weeden
I. Stanford Jolley
Carmody, Coachman
Harry Ellerbe
Minister
Darlene Lucht
Miss Fitch
Bruno VeSota
Bruno, the Bartender
Jack Tornek
Lynch Mob Member (uncredited)
Nina Borget
Villager (uncredited)
Albert Cavens
Villager (uncredited)
Charles Fogel
Villager (uncredited)
Crew
Roger Corman
Director, Producer
Charles Beaumont
Writer
Francis Ford Coppola
Writer, Additional Dialogue
H.P. Lovecraft
Short Story
Edgar Allan Poe
Short Story
Ronald Sinclair
Editor, Associate Producer
Floyd Crosby
Director of Photography
Paul Rapp
Assistant Director
Samuel Z. Arkoff
Executive Producer
James H. Nicholson
Executive Producer
Lorraine Roberson
Hairdresser
Ted Coodley
Makeup Artist
Gene Corso
Sound Editor
John L. Bury
Sound
Ronald Stein
Original Music Composer
Harry Reif
Set Decoration
Jack Bohrer
Production Manager
Daniel Haller
Art Direction
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