Fresh
[Toby Dammit] is marvelous: a short movie but a major one. The Vadim is as overdecorated and shrill as a drag ball, but still quite fun, and the Malle, based on one of Poe's best stories, is simply tedious.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
Spirits of the Dead
The ultimate orgy of evil.
1968 · 2h 2m · R
Drama, Horror, Mystery
Directed by
Federico Fellini
,
Louis Malle
,
Roger Vadim
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Spirits of the Dead
Overview
Anthology film from three European directors based on stories by Edgar Allan Poe: a cruel countess haunted by a ghostly horse, a sadistic young man haunted by his double, and an alcoholic actor haunted by the Devil.
Director and cast
- Federico Fellini Director
- Louis Malle Director
- Roger Vadim Director
- Brigitte Bardot as Giuseppina (segment "William Wilson")
- Alain Delon as William Wilson and his double (segment "William Wilson")
- Jane Fonda as Contessa Frederique de Metzengerstein (segment "Metzengerstein")
- Terence Stamp as Toby Dammit (segment "Toby Dammit")
- Peter Fonda as Baron Wilhelm Berlifitzing (segment "Metzengerstein")
- James Robertson Justice as Countess' Advisor (segment "Metzengerstein")
- Salvo Randone as Priest (segment "Toby Dammit")
- Françoise Prévost as Friend of Countess (segment "Metzengerstein")
- Katia Christine as Girl on Dissection Table
- Philippe Lemaire as Philippe
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
86%
Tomatometer
Fresh
It offers pleasures above and beyond its status as a relic of a groovier and exponentially more swinging era.
Nathan Rabin, AV Club
Rotten
Only Fellini (Toby Dammit) really manages to make much of his source.
Time Out
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