"He's as dangerous as an insane beast."Sir Edward Markham (Alister Williamson) has been horribly disfigured by a voodoo curse and is consequently locked up by his brother Julian (Vincent Price) in their stately home. Then Edward with some help plans an escape, by feigning death using some powerful drugs. He is immediately nailed into a coffin and buried. When he is dug up, it's not by his co-conspiritors, but by the devious doctor Dr. Newhartt (Christopher Lee). Edward then hits on a plan of revenge, forcing the doctor to help and hide him.
Having toned down his usual over the top and camp performances in Witchfinder General, Price again tones it down to give a sterling performance in this standard Gothic horror. The film was to be a re-union between Price and the Witchfinder director Micheal Reeves. Unfortunately Reeves was overtaken by depression and replaced. Think what this would have been if Reeves had made this his own.
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