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Tomb of Ligeia, The

Alphabetical Listing of Movie Reviews

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Tomb of Ligeia, The -- Moody chills from the Edgar Allan Poe story in which a morose widower (Vincent Price) in Victorian England leaves off mourning his late wife (Elizabeth Shepherd) to wed a bright young lady (also Shepherd) who soon fears the first wife's unearthly presence in the form of a black cat. Directed by Roger Corman, the eerie tale of hypnotism and the undead doesn't quite hold together but the nighttime antics in the widower's creepy old abbey certainly hold attention. Supernatural menace. (A-II) (br) ( 1965 )

These movies have been evaluated for artistic merit and moral suitability by the media reviewing division of Catholic News Service. The reviews include the CNS rating, the Motion Picture Association of America rating, and a brief synopsis of the movie.

The classifications are as follows:

A-I -- general patronage;
A-II -- adults and adolescents;
A-III -- adults;
L -- limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. L replaces the previous classification, A-IV.
O -- morally offensive.

Note: Some movies previously were designated A-IV. Older films with this classification should be regarded as classified L.