"A warlock burned at the stake comes back and takes over the body of his great grandson to take his revenge on the descendents of the villages that burned him."
Vincent Price
as Charles Dexter Ward / Joseph Curwen
Debra Paget
as Ann Ward
Lon Chaney Jr.
as Simon Orne
Frank Maxwell
as Dr. Marinus Willet / Priam Willet
Leo Gordon
as Edgar Weeden / Ezra Weeden
Elisha Cook Jr.
as Gideon Smith / Micah Smith
John Dierkes
as Benjamin West / Jacob West
Milton Parsons
as Jabez Hutchinson
Cathie Merchant
as Hester Tillinghast
Guy Wilkerson
as Gideon Leach / Mr. Leach
Barboura Morris
as Mrs. Weeden
I. Stanford Jolley
as Carmody, Coachman
Harry Ellerbe
as Minister
Darlene Lucht
as Miss Fitch
Bruno VeSota
as Bruno, the Bartender
Jack Tornek
as Lynch Mob Member (uncredited)
Nina Borget
as Villager (uncredited)
Albert Cavens
Charles Fogel
Roger Corman
Director
Charles Beaumont
Writer
Gene Corso
Sound Editor
Lorraine Roberson
Hairdresser
John L. Bury
Sound
Paul Rapp
Assistant Director
Francis Ford Coppola
Additional Dialogue
Samuel Z. Arkoff
Executive Producer
James H. Nicholson
H.P. Lovecraft
Short Story
Edgar Allan Poe
Harry Reif
Set Decoration
Ted Coodley
Makeup Artist
Ronald Stein
Original Music Composer
Daniel Haller
Art Direction
Ronald Sinclair
Associate Producer
Editor
Jack Bohrer
Production Manager
Producer
Floyd Crosby
Director of Photography