The Oblong Box (film)

The Oblong Box is a 1969 film about an aristocrat who keeps his disfigured brother locked in a tower of his house, until he escapes and causes havoc around the town.
 * Directed by Gordon Hessler. Written by Lawrence Huntington and Christopher Wicking, based on the short story by Edgar Allan Poe.

Some things are better left buried. (taglines)

Dialogue

 * Trench: Sir Edward. I thought you've been-
 * Sir Edward Markham: Buried. Yes. Waking up in that horrible oblong box, no air to breathe, trapped and no escape. Earth raining down on the lid, every shovel full burying you more deeply.

Taglines

 * For the first time... the classic tale of the restless dead and their unspeakable hungers!
 * Edgar Allan Poe's Classic Tale Of The Living Dead!
 * Edgar Allan Poe's Horror Classic!
 * Some things are better left buried.

Cast

 * Vincent Price — Julian
 * Christopher Lee — Dr. Newhartt
 * Rupert Davies — Kemp
 * Uta Levka — Heidi
 * Sally Geeson — Sally
 * Alister Williamson — Edward
 * Peter Arne — Trench
 * Hilary Dwyer — Elizabeth
 * Maxwell Shaw — Hackett
 * Carl Rigg — Norton
 * Harry Baird — N'Galo
 * Godfrey James — Weller
 * John Barrie — Franklin
 * Ivor Dean — Hawthorne