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Actors: Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, Rupert Davies, Peter Ame, Hilary Heath,
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Oblong Box |
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Based on a short story by E.A. Poe, THE OBLONG BOX is a movie produced and directed by Gordon Hessler in 1969.
Vincent Price is hiding in his mansion his brother Edward who's been savagely disfigured in Africa by his employees. Edward, with the help of a lawyer and an african doctor, escapes from captivity by dropping for a few hours in a coma. But his partners don't fetch him before his burial. He's accidentally saved by a body snatcher working for the doctor Christopher Lee. Edward will take revenge on those who abandoned him.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Oblong Box |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 19th century
Inner struggle or disability
Yes
Crime & Scandal
Yes
Vigilante/Revenge?
Yes
Brain/Body not working?
- physical disability
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- simply wealthy
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric:
- obsessed
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- irritated
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- white/grey
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average build
How much in movie?
- 20%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 80%
Body type
- (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- physically sick
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
Africa
Yes
Kind of Africa:
- Black Africa
Forest?
Yes
Water?
Yes
Water:
- river
Misc setting
- scientific labs
- bar
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- very explicit references to deaths and torture
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- seeing breasts
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- English
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
Is this movie based on a
- book
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