The Tomb of Ligeia

Even on her wedding night she must share the man she loved with the "female thing" that lived in the Tomb of the Cat!

Some years after having buried his beloved wife Ligea, Verden Fell meets and eventually marries the lovely Lady Rowena. Fell is something of a recluse, living in a small part of a now ruined Abbey with his manservant Kenrick as the only other occupant. He remains infatuated with his late wife and is convinced that she will return to him. While all goes well when first married, he returns to his odd behavior when they return to the Abbey from their honeymoon. The memories of Ligea continue to haunt him as well as her promise that she would never die.

Direction

Roger Corman

Screenplay

Edgar Allan Poe

Robert Towne

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Paul Mayersberg