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Tower of London

Tower of London

History · Horror · 1962

The twisted Richard III is haunted by the ghosts of those he has murdered in his attempt to become the King of England.

Movie details

Tower of London

“Do you have the courage to spend 83 minutes in the Tower of London?”

1962 History · Horror 1h 20m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

6.3 / 10

2.7K votes

TMDB

5.9 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

The twisted Richard III is haunted by the ghosts of those he has murdered in his attempt to become the King of England.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Tower of London?

The split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Roger Corman

Written by

Leo Gordon · F. Amos Powell · Robert E. Kent

Vincent Price

Vincent Price

Richard of Gloucester

Michael Pate

Michael Pate

Sir Ratcliffe

Joan Freeman

Joan Freeman

Lady Margaret

Robert Brown

Robert Brown

Sir Justin

Bruce Gordon

Bruce Gordon

Earl of Buckingham

Joan Camden

Joan Camden

Anne

Richard Hale

Richard Hale

Tyrus

Court is in session

Put Tower of London on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.