Spirits of The Dead

– Three directors each adapt a Poe short story to the screen: "Toby Dammit" features a disheveled drug..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.60 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours and One Minute
Release Year:
1968
Original Name:
Histoires extraordinaires
Spirits of The Dead
Spirits of the Dead (1968) - Also known as Histoires extraordinaires

Three directors each adapt a Poe short story to the screen: "Toby Dammit" features a disheveled drugged and drunk English movie star who nods acceptance in the Italian press and his producers fawn over him. "Metzengerstein" features a Mediveal countess who has a love-hate relationship with a black stallion - who it turns out is really her dead lover. "William Wilson" tells the story of a sadistic Austrian student with an exact double whom he later kills.

Spirits of the Dead (1968) - Trailer

Release Date:

23 Jul 1969

Language:

French, Italian, English

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Plot:

Three directors each adapt a Poe short story to the screen: "Toby Dammit" features a disheveled drugged and drunk English movie star who nods acceptance in the Italian press and his producers fawn over him. "Metzengerstein" features a Mediveal countess who has a love-hate relationship with a black stallion - who, it turns out is really her dead lover. "William Wilson" tells the story of a sadistic Austrian student with an exact double whom he later kills.

Awards:

1 nomination.

Production Company:
Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
90%

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