A. H. Originally, The Oblong Box was intended to be directed by Michael Reeves but, owing to his untimely death at the age of 25 a substitute had to be found. Beyond a title and a few fleeting moments of plot, the film bares little to no resemblance to the Edgar Alan Poe classic story, and is a better movie for it. The dialogue is dopey, often laughably bad, and the acting is as wooden as that oblong box. 101 customer ratings. The Oblong Box is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1844.The narrator of The Oblong Box, while on a packet-ship journey from Charleston, South Carolina, to New York City, becomes unusually curious about an oblong pine box that is kept in the state room of … The Oblong Box MGM Home Entertainment 1969 / Color / 1:78 anamorphic 16:9 / 91 m. / Double billed with Scream and Scream Again / Street Date August 27, 2002 / $14.95 Starring Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, Rupert Davies, Uta Levka, Sally Geeson, Alister Williamson, Peter Arne Cinematography John Coquillon Production Designer George Provis Film Editor Max Benedict Review by Travis Lytle ★★★ Gordon Hessler's "The Oblong Box" is a certainly dry and liberties-taking adaptation of the Edgar Allan Poe title, but it is a narratively dense and visually appealing piece of work.

Critical. By James Clayton | March 12, 2009 | … Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, reports that 57% of seven surveyed critics gave the film a positive review; the average rating was 4.6/10. The Oblong Box DVD review. Starring greats, Vincent Price and Christopher Lee, the film weaves grave-robbing, curses, and the resurrected dead into an engaging horror film. 5 star 49% 4 star 12% 3 star 20% 2 star 9% 1 star 10% The Oblong Box. The Oblong Box › Customer reviews; Customer reviews. How does Amazon calculate star ratings? For one, "The Oblong Box" while being a fine bit of short story writing and a Poe Classic, doesn't exactly translate well to film. Price and Lee have one brief scene together, and it isn’t memorable. Box office. Starring Vincent Price and Christopher Lee, James checks out the new DVD release of The Oblong Box. Write a review. Hessler does a good job and would go on to distinguish himself in several modestly successful genre films, but one can’t help but imagine what this movie could have been with Reeve at the helm. According to Hessler, the film was very successful and ushered in a series of follow up horror movies for AIP including Scream and Scream Again and Cry of the Banshee. 'The Oblong Box' is the best kind of "Inspired By" type of film adaptations. by Vincent Price. 3.8 out of 5 stars. 3.8 out of 5.