Successful writer and scholar Jonathan Merrick falls under the spell of the irresistible, bewitchingly beautiful Ligeia. She's fighting a fatal illness and she will stop at nothing to defeat death, her one true enemy. She steals other people's souls and on her quest to immortality she tricks Jonathan into supporting her work, breaking him apart from his fiance Rowena and pulling him into her dark, mysterious world. They settle down in an old manor by the Black Sea where Ligeia's everlasting presence slowly drives Jonathan to madness...
Also Known As:
Edgar Allan Poe's Ligeia
Title: Ligeia
Release Date: November , 2009
Genre: Horror
All Genres: Horror, Thriller
Languages: English
Country: USA
Colors: Color
IMDB Rating: 6.9
Brimstone Pit Rating: 7.9 - (Rate This Horror Movie)
Category: Horror Movies Starting With L
MPAA Rating: R
MPAA Rating Reason:
Rated R for some sexual content, language, violence and brief drug use.
Director(s):
Michael Staininger
Cast:
Wes Bentley ...Jonathan
Kaitlin Doubleday ...Rowena
Sofya Skya ...Ligeia Romanova
Michael Madsen ...George
Eric Roberts ...Vaslov
Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa ...Len Burris
Mackenzie Rosman ...Loreli
Joel Lewis ...Eddie
Christa Campbell ...Mrs. Burris
Lydia Hull ...Waitress
Jeff Most ...Russian Priest
Doug Fesler ...Goth Party Goer
Susan L. Fry ...Teacher at Party
Matthew Gowan ...Club Goer
Richard Hoffman Jr. ...Wedding Guest
Kristy Schires ...Restaurant Patron
Mallory Scott ...Goth Party Goer
Shawn I. Chevalier ...Woman in Restaurant
Carlos Michael Hagene ...Goth Party Goer
Joe Hammerstone ...Bartender
Ted LeBlang ...College Professor
Sandi D. Leicht ...Faculty Member
Matthew Nagle ...College Student
Aleh Neliubin ...Russian Bartender
Greg Reynolds ...Russian Club Patron / Goth Club Patron
Jared Sanz Agero ...EMT #2
Allison Shadwick ...Clubber
Malik Simmons ...College Student
Jaxon Stanford ...Loving Husband at Restaurant
Dave Wassilak ...Addict
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Producer(s):
Chris Benson
Wes Bentley
Donald P. Borchers
Robert Crombie
Randall Emmett
George Furla
Van Johnson
Jeff Most
Artur Novikov
Jeff Rice
Naz Tliachev
Sergey Veremeenko
Writer(s):
John Shirley
Edgar Allan Poe
Composer(s):
Patrick Cassidy
Michael Edwards
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Rating: 7.9 out of 10.0 - 66 votes cast total
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