Ligeia

"Her body, your soul."

Nov 13 2009 R 1h 29m
Horror, Thriller

Successful writer and scholar Jonathan Merrick falls under the spell of the irresistible, bewitchingly beautiful Ligeia. She's fighting a fatal illness and she will stop at nothing to defeat death, her one true enemy.

Plot

Successful writer and scholar Jonathan Merrick falls under the spell of the irresistible, bewitchingly beautiful Ligeia. She's fighting a fatal illness and she will stop at nothing to defeat death, her one true enemy. She steals other people's souls and on her quest to immortality she tricks Jonathan into supporting her work, breaking him apart from his fiancé Rowena and pulling him into her dark, mysterious world. They settle down in an old manor by the Black Sea where Ligeia's everlasting presence slowly drives Jonathan to madness...

Written by

John Shirley, Edgar Allan Poe

Directed by

Michael Staininger

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Lamplight Films, Jeff Most Productions, Poe Vision, Yalta Film Studio

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
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1,855
Average Rating
3.7 out of 10
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NA
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