Das Gift des Bösen (1963)
Die Trilogie beinhaltet eine Zusammenstellung von drei Gruselstorys aus der Feder von Nathaniel Hawthorne. Zwei Freunde entdecken ein Lebenselixier in “Dr. Heideggers Experiment”. In " Rappacinis Tochter" leidet eine junge Frau, weil ihr Vater sie zu einem todbringenden Geschöpf macht. Die dritte Geschichte “Das Haus der sieben Giebel” handelt von einem Fluch belasteten Haus.
Der Regisseur: Sidney Salkow
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Vincent Price as Alex Medbourne / Dr. Giacomo Rappaccini / Gerald Pyncheon |
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Sebastian Cabot as Dr. Carl Heidegger |
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Brett Halsey as Giovanni Guasconti |
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Beverly Garland as Alice Pyncheon |
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Richard Denning as Jonathan Maulle |
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Mari Blanchard as Sylvia Ward |
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Abraham Sofaer as Prof. Pietro Baglioni |
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Jacqueline deWit as Hannah Pyncheon, Gerald's Sister |
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Joyce Taylor as Beatrice Rappaccini |
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Edith Evanson as Lisabetta, the landlady |
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Floyd Simmons as Ghost of Matthew Maulle |
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Gene Roth as Cabman |
| Directing | Sidney Salkow | Director |
| Writing | Robert E. Kent | Writer |
| Sound | Alfred R. Bird | Sound Effects Editor |
| Art | Franz Bachelin | Art Direction |
| Sound | Richard LaSalle | Original Music Composer |
| Crew | Milton Olsen | Special Effects |
| Writing | Nathaniel Hawthorne | Story |
| Camera | Ellis W. Carter | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jane Shugrue | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gene Hibbs | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Charles S. Thompson | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marjorie Corso | Costume Designer |
| Production | Robert E. Kent | Producer |
| Directing | Jean Downing | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | Edna Bullock | Music Editor |
| Production | Joseph Small | Production Manager |
| Art | Irving W. Sindler | Property Master |
| Directing | Al Westen | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Lambert E. Day | Sound |
| Editing | Grant Whytock | Supervising Editor |