England 1865. Two brothers share the same house but one has the freedom to walk about, the other is confined to an upstairs room, shackled. He has “fits” which come and go. With the help of a disreputable barrister (Peter Arne as Trench), the fitful brother fakes his death and is soon confined to a coffin. Said coffin is quickly buried. Happy is the brother (Vincent Price as Julian) who can now marry a much younger woman (Hilary Dwyer as Elizabeth). He is finally free of the thankless duty of caring for his “disabled” brother (played by one actor, voiced by another). All was expected to end well for Julian and his new bride but for some pesky grave robbers who dug up the not quite dead brother, bringing him to a ghoulish doctor (Christopher Lee) for experiments. The poor doctor soon finds himself blackmailed into housing a homicidal maniac. This cantankerous plot also involves a certain amount of revenge murders and an inside/out voodoo curse.The original script was written so that Vincent Price could play twins, making the curse aspect of the story more understandable. But, that was scrapped in favor of what ended up on the screen. Price’s role was scaled down in favor of the wronged brother. Poor Christopher Lee got stuck with a bit part that didn’t allow him to do much of anything. Still, it is a fun little thriller of sorts. I bought it for my Vincent Price collection.