Leave to the likes of Roger Corman to turn one of Poe's epic poems about regret, loneliness and death into a slightly screwball comedy of terror starring Vincent Price, Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre, and even a young Jack Nicholson.
In this film, Olive Sturgess portrays Estelle Craven, daughter of magician Doctor Craven; she and her companions are captured so the evil Doctor Scarabus can wring the secrets of superior magical ability from her father. After being tied to a post in his dungeon, Estelle is taken and put in the stocks so a burning hot iron can be employed (ouch!!)
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