As I am a huge Vincent Price fan, I was eagerly looking forward to seeing another one of his anthology films: 'Twice Told Tales', but unfortunately this film didn't really live up to my expectations.
This British anthology film was released in 1963, was directed by Sidney Salkow, whom Vincent Price would work with again in 'The Last Man on Earth', and was retelling the stories of Nathaniel Hawthorne.
The three stories were 'Dr. Heidegger's Experiment, 'Rappacchini 's Daughter' and The House of the Seven Gables'. The first two stories really suffered from poor storytelling; director Sidney Salkow did a poor job presenting these stories as they were slow, dull and offered few genuine thrills. The third story was by no doubt the best of them all, it was much better directed, offering faster storytelling and genuine thrills, which better suited the acting capability of Vincent Price.
Though a bit disappointing as a whole, Vincent Price performance is definitely the biggest highlight of the film, so the film is more suited to Vincent Price fans.
Review of Twice-Told Tales
