The Tomb (2009 film)
The Tomb, also known as Edgar Allan Poe's Ligeia, is a 2009 horror film directed by Michael Staininger and starring Wes Bentley, Sofya Skya, Kaitlin Doubleday, Michael Madsen, and Eric Roberts. It is based on the short story "Ligeia" by Edgar Allan Poe.
| The Tomb | |
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| Directed by | Michael Staininger |
| Produced by | Donald P. Borchers Jeff Most |
| Written by | Jeff Most |
| Based on | "Ligeia" by Edgar Allan Poe |
| Starring | Wes Bentley Sofya Skya Kaitlin Doubleday Michael Madsen Eric Roberts |
| Music by | Patrick Cassidy |
| Cinematography | Jamie Thompson |
| Edited by | Danny Saphire |
Production company | Most Films Saphire-Borchers Aberto Entertainment |
| Distributed by | Universal Studios |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The film premiered at the 2009 St. Louis International Film Festival.[1]
Plot
Jonathan Merrick, a best-seller author, falls in love with a fascinating girl named Ligeia. But she keeps a deadly secret, she is ill and she needs to steal souls to survive. In her quest to immortality she will do anything to keep the death away. Jonathan, haunted by her beauty, breaks up with his girlfriend Rowena. Ligeia and Merrick take a house on the shores of Black Sea and he enters in a dark and hopeless world.
Cast
- Wes Bentley as Jonathan Merrick
- Sofya Skya as Ligeia
- Kaitlin Doubleday as Rowena
- Mackenzie Rosman as Lorelei
- Christa Campbell as Mrs. Burris
- Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as Mr. Burris
- Eric Roberts
- Michael Madsen
gollark: Mine will hatch tomorrow, so we shall see.
gollark: They're not worth much, unfortunately.
gollark: More logins, more ad revenue...
gollark: It wouldn't change the numbers much, really.
gollark: It's hardly *that*, it's just that, well, get enough people and stuff like this happens.
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