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Denton Foxx (story)
Kenneth Hartford (original story and treatment)
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May 1974 (USA) more
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What drove him down into a bizarre world of madness and murder?
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Poe's fiance, Lenore, falls into a coma and is taken for dead. She is rescued at the last possible moment from being buried alive... more | add synopsis
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saga of the lost Lenore more (1 total)
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Robert Walker Jr. | ... | Edgar Allan Poe | |
| Cesar Romero | ... | Dr. Richard Grimaldi | |
| Tom Drake | ... | Dr. Adam Forrest | |
| Carol Ohmart | ... | Lisa Grimaldi | |
| Mary Grover | ... | Lenore | |
| Mario Milano | ... | Joseph (Grimaldi's assistant) | |
| Karen Hartford | ... | The Night Nurse | |
| Frank Packard | ... | Jonah | |
| Marcia Mae Jones | ... | Sarah | |
| Dennis Fimple | ... | Farron (Lisa's brother) | |
| Paul Bryar | ... | Thomas W. White | |
| Robert Pearson | ... | Mourner #1 | |
| Jean Estes | ... | Mourner #2 | |
| Dawn Krespi | ... | Mourner #3 | |
| Tanya Mamalis | ... | Mourner #4 |
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89 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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USA:PG | Norway:(Banned) (1973-2003) (cinema release)
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"The Spectre of Edgar Allan Poe"(1972),released by Cinerama in 1974,remains the sole credit for writer-producer-director Mohy I. Quandour.Not to be confused with 1942's "The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe," this is an extremely low-budget fiction dramatizing the breakdown of Poe's wife Lenore(circa 1835),who awakens from a cataleptic state in her coffin just before the burial,and must then be confined to a mental hospital run by Dr.Richard Grimaldi(Cesar Romero).Fresh off a starring role in Larry Hagman's "Son of Blob"(1971),Robert Walker Jr. is well cast,bearing a striking resemblance to the young Poe,with Tom Drake as the narrator-friend who recommends the good doctor's clinic,unaware of the strange behavioral experiments being conducted secretly during the evenings.Unfortunately,while the script seems to depict Romero's character as a greedy,dastardly villain,his performance seems merely misguided while much of the running time is spent wandering through hallways until the climactic bloodbath(which,alas,features PG-rated gore).You'll either love or hate the "Lenore" theme song,it's played throughout the film.Playing Grimaldi's demented wife Lisa is ice-cool blonde starlet Carol Ohmart(1958's "House on Haunted Hill" and 1964's "Spider Baby")whose career ended with this film,while Drake was relegated to TV roles for his final decade(he died in 1982).This was one of the very last releases for Cinerama,a company that distributed many horror films from 1969-1974,such as "Willard," its sequel "Ben," "Tales from the Crypt", and "--And Now the Screaming Starts!" Overall,considering the lack of a tighter script and some amateurish performances,a commendable effort for the early 70's,which I first saw on Saturday night's Chiller Theater(channel 11,Pittsburgh)on my birthday in 1977.