The Haunting of Morella

The Haunting of Morella is a 1990 horror film directed by Jim Wynorski. The film involves a witch who put to death in Colonial America, leaving her husband and infant daughter behind. Seventeen years later, the daughter has grown up and stands to inherit money set up by her mother's family. Now that the stage is set, the mother wants to return to life by taking over her daughter's body. The film was began shooting on September 13, 1989 in Los Angeles. It was released sporadically through the Midwest United States in February 1990 where it performed poorly in the box office.

The Haunting of Morella
Directed byJim Wynorski
Produced byRoger Corman[1]
Screenplay by
  • R. J. Robertson
  • Jim Wynroski[1]
Based on"Morella"
by Edgar Allan Poe[1]
Starring
Music by
  • Fredric Ensign Teetsel
  • Chuck Cirino[1]
CinematographyZoran Hochstatter[1]
Edited byDiane Fingado[1]
Production
company
Concorde Pictures[1]
Distributed byConcorde Pictures[1]
Release date
  • 9 February 1990 (1990-02-09) (Detroit)
Running time
87 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States[1]
LanguageEnglish[1]

Plot

A witch is put to death in Colonial America, leaving her husband and infant daughter behind. Seventeen years later, the daughter has grown up and stands to inherit money set up by her mother's family. Now that the stage is set, the mother wants to return to life by taking over her daughter's body.

Cast

Production

Principal photography on The Haunting of Morella began on September 13, 1989 in Los Angeles, under the title The Haunting of Maurella.[1] Although director Jim Wynorski is not credited in the credits as the screenwriter, several sources (such as Variety) stated he was a screenwriter during production.[1] The character Miles Archer was invented for the film.[1]

Release

The Haunting of Morella was released on February 9, 1990 in Detroit.[2] In February 1990, Daily Variety noted the film opened "timidly" in only sixty theaters through the Midwest, where ticket sales were described as "weak," "tepid," and "dismal."[1]

Reception

Kyle Leonard wrote in the 1991 Motion Picture Guide that the film was "nothing more than an excuse for its female characters to take off their clothes and kill each other." The review went on to note that "Eggert shows some depth in her portrayal of the wholly innocent Lenora and the equally wicked Morella [...] one wonders how she got herself into this softcore horror film."[3][4]

References
  1. "The Haunting of Morella". American Film Institute. Retrieved January 11, 2020.
  2. "Movie Guide". Detroit Free Press. February 9, 1990. p. 2D.
  3. Leonard 1991, p. 75-76.
  4. Leonard 1991, p. 460.

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