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Watch: Twice-Told Tales 1963 123movies, Full Movie Online – Three horror stories based on the writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne. In the first story titled “Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment”, Heidegger attempts to restore the youth of himself, his fiancee and his best friend. In “Rappaccini’s Daughter”, Vincent Price plays a demented father inoculating 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 the Pyncheon brother returns to his home to search for a hidden vault..
Plot: 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.
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This is a compilation of three short films based on Nathaniel Hawthorne works–Heidegger’s Experiment, Rappaccini’s Daughter and The House of Seven Gables. All feature Vincent Price in a lead role. In Heidegger’s Experiment, Dr. Carl Heidegger (Sebastian Cabot), obsessed with his deceased fiancée for 38 years, discovers a possible fountain of youth. But will restored youth bring happiness? In Rappaccini’s Daughter, Professor Rappaccini (Price) discovers a “treatment” that will prevent his daughter from committing or being subjected to the same evils as his wife. And in The House of Seven Gables, a 150-year-old injustice leads to a unshakable curse.

First, a “warning” of sorts to potential viewers who are not acclimated to films of bygone eras. When compared to modern horror such as Saw (2004), Twice-Told Tales is relatively slow, talky, stagy, and uneventful. It may even be relatively slow, talky, stagy and uneventful compared to many films of its era. That doesn’t mean it isn’t a good film. But if you’re not acclimated to the style, it takes some getting used to.

It’s definitely worth getting used to, because these three short films by director Sidney Salkow are atmospheric, captivating stories, full of horror if you are able to slow yourself down and be absorbed by them. The film’s fine technical elements–the sets, costumes, cinematography, lighting, music and so on–help draw one in to the proceedings.

As with most Hawthorne, the stories have strong moral subtexts, often hinging on just deserts for questionable ethical decisions, which are often themselves made with an aim of protecting ethical “purity” in some way. Or in other words, a few bad decisions combined with trying to do the “right thing” often leads to horrifying situations due to a kind of karmic retribution–basically kicking oneself in the bum. There are occasionally innocent parties–such as Rappaccini’s daughter, but they tend to be few and far between. Speaking of Rappaccini’s Daughter, it’s interesting to note that this could easily count as an early sci-fi tale from Hawthorne.

For horror fans, the most important aspect of the film is that Twice-Told Tales’ scenarios are macabre and frequently terrifying. Although you certainly shouldn’t expect gore in a film like this, there are a few skeletons, crispy critters and a surprising amount of blood in one segment. But gore in itself doesn’t necessarily produce the feeling of being horrified, which is more a sinking feeling in the pit of one’s stomach at the realization that everything has suddenly gone to hell. Although I agree that gore wouldn’t hurt (I’m a big Fangoria fan, too), what creates the horrific in Twice-Told Tales are the impeccably established characters and relationships followed by tragic changes in their relationships. Salkow and the cast slowly but flawlessly build tension in this way, and all of the segments have wonderfully nihilistic endings. Only the House of Seven Gables offers a slight glimpse of hope at the end.

Twice-Told Tales isn’t the first compilation film or even the first horror compilation film, but it is one of the earlier, better and influential examples. Salkow’s impact on horror wasn’t to end here, as he went on to co-direct the excellent Price vehicle The Last Man on Earth in 1964, which was a big influence on subsequent films such as 28 Days Later (2002). He also directed a few episodes of “The Addams Family”, before finishing out his career with a few westerns.

For Price Fans
Trio of horror stories based on works of Nathaniel Hawthorne. The first story is “Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment,” about two elderly friends, Dr. Carl Heidegger (Sebastian Cabot) and Alex Medbourne (Vincent Price) who discover magical water that they use to become young again. Heidegger decides to use the water on the corpse of his long-dead love Sylvia (Mari Blanchard), with surprising results. The second story is “Rappaccini’s Daughter.” Giovanni Guasconti (Brett Halsey) falls in love with beautiful Beatrice Rappaccini (Joyce Taylor) at first sight. Beatrice is the daughter of scientist Giacomo Rappaccini (Vincent Price) and, much to Giovanni’s horror, her father has injected her with plant toxins that make her deadly to touch. The third, and most famous, story is “The House of the Seven Gables.” Gerald Pyncheon (Vincent Price) returns to his ancestral home with his new bride (Beverly Garland). Ignoring warnings of a family curse he scours the house looking for a treasure reportedly buried somewhere inside.

All of these stories are loosely adapted from Nathaniel Hawthorne stories. The segments are of varying quality but they are all watchable and enjoyable enough. The first story is probably my favorite, helped in large part by Sebastian Cabot’s sensitive portrayal of Heidegger. The second is my least favorite and the third is OK. Price is in all three and, as usual, is excellent. Price was also in the 1940 film adaptation of “The House of Seven Gables.” It was far superior to this version so please check it out if you can. Twice-Told Tales is an enjoyable time-killer but nothing exceptional. Vincent Price fans will love it more than most.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 2 hr (120 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Approved
Genre Horror, Mystery, Romance
Director Sidney Salkow
Writer Nathaniel Hawthorne, Robert E. Kent
Actors Vincent Price, Sebastian Cabot, Brett Halsey
Country United States
Awards 1 nomination
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Aspect Ratio 1.66 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory Technicolor
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm