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Creepy Classics Spotlight Movie Last Weekend - TOMB OF LIGEIA (1964) Every week, readers here are selecting a movie to view...then we all try to watch it together utilizing our DVD/video library. This past Saturday night, many of us watched TOMB OF LIGEIA (1964). This was suggested by John Pace, Miami, FL. Details about movie nights to come are HERE. Please include your name and location after your comments, so we can see how we're all joining together from diffeent locals around the globe! Let's all Synch-Up Saturday nights at 7:30PM, or catch this week's movie sometime over the weekend!
Hey Bash Synchers, I think this will be the first time I have seen this movie, I have no memories of it. So here we go with The Tomb of Ligeia with the great Vincent Price. -Ken Blose
I always love the Poe-Price-Corman films so I was glad to see this one on
Bravo to former
This is where the film succeeds I think. It's a -Kevin Slick, Colorado
I thought I had seen this before, but now I see that I never have. Good mix of Corman production value and Vincent Price and the amalgam of Poe stories.. I must have missed any explanation of the sunglasses because I'm not sure there was one other than Price saying he had some sort of horrible condition. Ligeia..Rowena...Ligeia...Rowena.. pick a body and stick with it. Les Zuckerman
Hi Ron, Here are my thoughts on TOMB OF LIGEIA “She will not rest because she is not dead…to me.” Steven Thornton
The 8th and one of the biggest of the Roger Corman/Vincent Price pitures based on the writing of Poe, this film is about an evil woman whose spirit has inhabited that of a black cat in order to get revenge on her husband Price plays it to the hilt but is a little laid back, which is a good thing. Elizabeth Shepherd plays his new wife who battle the ghost for his affections. Well made, full of atmosphere and just a darn good time. Kevin Coon
Hi Ron, I had Sunday off, so I figured I’d grab the opportunity to finally see Ligeia--and Vincent Price in action once again. I also wanted to finally see what the deal was with those cool shades. It’s not one of my all time favorites, but, like Karloff and Lugosi, Mr. Price is always a pleasure to watch —“Witchfinder General” is another film of his that’s on my list. Mike Zielski
Hey All Fellow Poe Addicts, Just Watched "The Tomb Of Ligeia" FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME today-- ("Tuesday Afternoon" -to take a page {err. TITLE} from a very famous and popular Moody Blues song! ---much like our fellow wonderful commentator above Ken Blose-- I also do not ever remember have`n seen this moody, nightmarish Roger Corman production before! I remember watching "The Raven" and "The Pit And The Pendulum" along with "The Premature Burial" many times when I was an impressionable kid growing up in good ol` Parma, Ohio BUT I don`t remember the old Channel 43 televising this one. Anyway, getting to the movie- This is one HAUNTING and DISTURBING film! Once again Vincent Price plays a man (Verden Fell) who is tormented by his past (this time over losing his wife (The Lady Ligeia) a few years before quite tragically) Unfortunately for him, he cannot quite get over her loss, and is constantly haunted by her death {He actually believes that she has come to life in the form of a black cat early on in the film) Ironically, through (circumstance?) The Lady Rowena Trevanion (played wonderfully by Elizabeth Shepherd) falls from her horse among the starking ruins of an ancient English castle and meets up with the haunting figure of Mr. Fell.
It was a distinct pleasure for me to meet Elizabeth back at the Spring 2008 Cinema Wasteland Show and to talk to her at length about the making of this Edgar Allen Poe classic! (as well as working with Vincent Price and on "Damien: Omen II" with William Holden and Lee Grant) Later on that same year, she appeared at the Monster Bash and thrilled all her fans with stories of working with the "Master Of Menace"- Vincent Price! TIMELESS MEMORIES! ---All in all, this film is a interesting delight (albeit a little slow-paced)- My rating: 3.5/5 stars.- Dan Brenneis- Monster Bash Staff Member And LifeTime FilmFan Extroadinairre.
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Not AIP? Strange Atlas figure for the studio. I wonder if that is why I haven't seen this earlier. 
With all this Egyptian stuff, it is almost as if Ligiea is a mummy. 
As always Vincent Price
The dead? wife kept in the upper room,
I’ve had my Tomb of Ligeia comic book since the 60’s, but I never actually saw the movie until last weekend, when it was the pick of the week for a group viewing. I’ve had the DVD for a while, too—a Midnight Movies double-feature, which we originally bought to see Mr. Price’s performance in “An Evening of Edgar Allan Poe,” which is a solo tour-de-force for the actor, highly recommended. Truthfully, I’ve never been a huge fan of Roger Corman’s Poe films—I guess I just like the tales of the master delivered in his own words. The only one I ever saw in the theater at the time of release was “The Masque of the Red Death,” which Dad took me to see at the old Loew’s Poli in Bridgeport, Connecticut; the building is still there, but sadly, boarded up and ear-marked for the Twilight Zone. 
Nice production designs (the castle sets and ruins) Neat Cinematography (the fox chase in the beginning of the movie) and Beautiful Costume/Wardrobe Designs by Mary Gibson (the red and black dress worn by Elizabeth is a highlight!) enhance this film shot at Shepperton Studios in England. As far as the performances go- Vincent Price is actually decently restrained in this one (as opposed to his more over-the-top performances in "The Pit And The Pendulum" and "The Masque of The Red Death") and Monster Bash alum Elizabeth Shepherd does a nice job with her tough "dual" role! 
