ReaderKenka Let's be realistic.

GarnettTeenage The film was still a fun one that will make you laugh and have you leaving the theater feeling like you just stole something valuable and got away with it.

Sarita Rafferty There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

Walter Sloane Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

Paul Magne Haakonsen This was another one of Vincent Price's movies that I just only now have had the fortune chance of watching."The Tomb of Ligeia" was a very slow paced story that seemed somewhat incoherent. Granted, I haven't read the Poe story, so how true the movie was to the book I have no idea.The characters were somewhat devoid of characteristics, personalities and appeal, and most were ones that you hardly took a liking to."The Tomb of Ligeia" is definitely not the best of movies that rose in the horror genre in the mid 1960s, and it is hardly one of the more outstanding of Vincent Price movies.

tapio_hietamaki These Vincent Price movies based on Edgar Allan Poe stories are charming, much in the same way as Hammer Horror movies but less campy. The Price movies take themselves more seriously, they're more aristocratic and more subdued in a sense. There's always some ancient mansion, and Vincent Price's character harbors some dark mystery, and the end is bloody and tragic.'The Tomb of Ligeia' is remembered as the one with the cat. A socialite lady falls in love with a brooding, light-sensitive widower and they marry, but she feels unwelcome in his house and is haunted by the ghost of her previous wife in the form of a black cat. What a premise! Beautiful Technicolor, landscapes, ruins, white marble tombs and ancient Egypt artifacts are aplenty, there's always something interesting to look at on the screen, and though Vincent Price always seems to deliver the exact same performance, his voice is pleasant to the ears every time.

Johan Louwet This being the last adaptation by Corman of one of Poe's stories it surely wasn't a memorable closure. For me it remained way below the level of the first two adaptations "The House of Usher" and "Pit and the Pendulum". Still it was better than "The Raven" and I would say on the same level as "The Haunting Palace". Yes The tomb of Ligeia is actually more about visuals and a few nightmarish scenes starring a black cat than telling an interesting story. Also the characters remained largely underdeveloped. Vincent Price as noble man Verden Fell not being able to forget his deceased wife Ligeia also fell quite flat. With him wearing dark glasses in most of the scenes it almost seemed he was someone from the future having traveled through a time machine. Elizabeth Shepherd beautiful as she was playing both deceased (Ligeia) and new wife (Rowena) of Verden, does not do much else than running and screaming in here. The way Rowena fell in 'love' with Verden was one of the most unconvincing I have ever seen.

gkeith_1 10/10, although my favorite movies are song and dance. I was watching this movie to see Vincent's creepy clothes for Halloween costuming ideas for a friend, plus I like to hear Vincent's creepy voice. I watched him as an ambitious, worldly priest in the Keys to the Kingdom (starring that awesome Gregory Peck -- yummmm). Price did not always act the horror master.Another horror master was Roger Corman, whom I hear was a renowned expert filmmaker and director. I am studying filmmaking coursework at university, presently.Enjoyed watching Elizabeth Shephard/Shepherd? in her dual role as Ligeia and Rowena. Elizabeth has quite a few emotions and theatrical shadings in her presentation. That takes quite a lot of talent and dedicated concentration.Also liked seeing Frank Thornton (RIP) as household staff, he of future Captain Peacock in Are You Being Served.The cat totally stole the show. This trained animal actor was very talented, and so cool when stealing the dark glasses and running off.Questions: Vincent had no British accent, so I find that a flaw. The description said Verden was a Victorian widower, but Queen Victoria did not reign until 1837. Ligeia died in 1821, so this is bogus. George IV and William IV reigned from 1820 to 1837. Was Verdell a widower past 1837? I don't think so. Victoria is infamous for architecture and lingerie. Some people still act post-Victorian in their mores and supposedly strait-laced attitudes. Verden's widowhood must have actually been pre-Victorian. I can't imagine he was widowed 1821-1837 (16 years). I am still watching the film, and via DVR have not been able to get quite finished.Costuming, props, makeup, hair, etc.: superb. Dark glasses: Look almost mid-1960s mod-London (out of time frame, but what the heck?). Mise-en-scenes: creepy graveyard among ruins; old mansions; fox and hounds. Good-looking cobwebbing in Verdell's abode. Fake-looking dead fox or bad taxidermy job. Elegant women's costuming. Vincent looks old and angry -- mentally disturbed at the beginning, wearing dark and gloomy widower's "weeds". On his wedding day to Rowena, he looks younger and happier, plus wears a light grey suit and looks years younger.I have read some of Edgar Allan Poe's works. IMHO he was alcoholic and a loser with women, plus he only lived to age 40. Still, he was a master writer whose works are still read and enjoyed. I am familiar with The Cask of Amontillado and The Raven. In my university history coursework, I find that his picture looks a lot like that of John Wilkes Booth.Vincent was also known as a famous gourmet chef and renowned art collector.