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Twice-Told Tales

Twice-Told Tales

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 1, 1963

Runtime

2h 0m

Genres

Horror, Fantasy, Science Fiction

User Score

62%

Original Title

Twice-Told Tales

Production Companies

Robert E. Kent Productions, United Artists

Director

Sidney Salkow

Description

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.