Storyline: Loosely based on H.P. Lovecraft's novel THE CASE OF CHARLES DEXTER WARD, this fright flick opens with a warlock placing a curse on a group of villagers about to burn him at the stake. Generations later, the warlock's descendant returns to the village to pick up where his ancestor left off.
Top Billing Cast: Vincent Price as Charles Dexter Ward or Joseph Curwen Debra Paget as Ann Ward Elisha Cook Jr. as Peter Smith or Micah Smith Lon Chaney Jr. as Simon Orne
