The Haunted Palace

Aug 28, 1963

1h 27m

★ 6.6

A warlock's home is his castle...forever!

Overview

A warlock burned at the stake comes back and takes over the body of his great grandson to take his revenge on the descendents of the villages that burned him.

Genres

Horror

Production Companies

Alta Vista Productions

American International Pictures

The Haunted Palace Trailers

Cast

Charles Dexter Ward / Joseph Curwen

Vincent Price

Ann Ward

Debra Paget

Simon Orne

Lon Chaney Jr.

Dr. Marinus Willet / Priam Willet

Frank Maxwell

Edgar Weeden / Ezra Weeden

Leo Gordon

Gideon Smith / Micah Smith

Elisha Cook Jr.

Benjamin West / Jacob West

John Dierkes

Jabez Hutchinson

Milton Parsons

Hester Tillinghast

Cathie Merchant

Gideon Leach / Mr. Leach

Guy Wilkerson

Mrs. Weeden

Barboura Morris

Carmody, Coachman

I. Stanford Jolley

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