I had always thought that "Plan Nine from Outer Space" was the worst movie I had ever seen...well, "Tomb of Ligea" would be a close second....totally boring, with a dry script and Vincent Price running around the whole movie wearing a silly looking pair of sunglasses and wincing in the light when his glasses are taken off. Typical Roger Corman low budget dullsville.......Price runs around the whole movie trying to resurrect his dead wife Ligea while Lady Rowena his new wife tries to figure out what is going on.....guess what, who is the star of this film, Price, his wife or an ever present screetching black cat who attacks Price and his wife and puts wounds on their faces.... This black cat gets almost as much attention as Price and his wife in the film.....somehow I don't think that cat is very scary. The rest of the film is fox chases and totally boring conversations inside Price's castle in England. Price acts insane throughout the whole film and you can never figure out what he is going to do next....Elizabeth Shepard plays a dual role as Ligea and Lady Rowena....totally laughable part in the beginning of the film when Ligea suddenly awakens in her casket in the cemetery with a humorous smile on her face.....Price cracks: "only a momentary nervous reaction" yikes!!!!! No one ever did explain why the church elders did not want Ligea buried in the church cemetery....ugh!!! typical ending with castle in flames and Price and Rowena running around trying to escape. For my money the black cat was the star of the film with that loud and hissing screetch!!! Probably the worst film Price ever made....
Review of The Tomb of Ligeia
