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
