"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)
Don Ames
as Villager (uncredited)
Nina Borget
Albert Cavens
Charles Fogel
Roger Corman
Director
Charles Beaumont
Writer
Samuel Z. Arkoff
Executive Producer
Gene Corso
Sound Editor
Francis Ford Coppola
Additional Dialogue
James H. Nicholson
John L. Bury
Sound
Lorraine Roberson
Hairdresser
Paul Rapp
Assistant Director
H.P. Lovecraft
Short Story
Edgar Allan Poe
Ronald Stein
Original Music Composer
Ted Coodley
Makeup Artist
Daniel Haller
Art Direction
Jack Bohrer
Production Manager
Floyd Crosby
Director of Photography
Ronald Sinclair
Editor
Associate Producer
Harry Reif
Set Decoration
Producer