Twice-Told Tales (1963)

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A trio of terror!

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 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 while in the midst of arguing over inheritance, a stranger arrives.

• Released: 1963-09-01
• Genres: Horror, Fantasy, Science Fiction
• Runtime: 2h 0m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.2/10 from 85 votes

Directed by Sidney Salkow.

Top cast

• Vincent Price as Alex Medbourne / Dr. Giacomo Rappaccini / Gerald Pyncheon
• Sebastian Cabot as Dr. Carl Heidegger
• Brett Halsey as Giovanni Guasconti
• Beverly Garland as Alice Pyncheon
• Richard Denning as Jonathan Maulle
• Mari Blanchard as Sylvia Ward
• Abraham Sofaer as Prof. Pietro Baglioni
• Jacqueline deWit as Hannah Pyncheon, Gerald's Sister
• Joyce Taylor as Beatrice Rappaccini
• Edith Evanson as Lisabetta, the landlady

Full cast & crew

Where to watch Twice-Told Tales

• United States: stream on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Philo, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, MGM Plus, ScreenPix Apple TV channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, ScreenPix Amazon Channel ; watch free on YouTube Free; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store
• United Kingdom: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads; rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video
• Canada: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads; rent on Apple TV Store; buy on Apple TV Store
• Australia: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads; rent on Apple TV Store; buy on Apple TV Store

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