Morella


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If she blamed the baby for her death why did she kill him too?

The penguins are calling and I can't find my way out of the labyrinth.

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I was watching this again last night and I was wondering the same thing. Maybe she wanted to kill him because he made her pregnant?

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Oooo good point!

The penguins are calling and I can't find my way out of the labyrinth.

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I think she killed him because he wasn't happy to see her...he was horrified and disgusted at her return and obviously upset about Lenora's death...I think she felt betrayed by that and decided no one was going to get out of there alive....





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I thought this was the weakest of the three stories. There didn't seem to be much of a point to it. It was mainly an excuse to have a lot of shots of an old house burning down, which might look good in the trailer but isn't all that exciting in the movie.

"The Black Cat" was the best story.

I wish "The Case of M. Valdemar" had been a little longer.

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I was hoping for this story to be longer when I first saw it.

"When you're slapped you'll take it and like it."

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I think that house burning down is stock footage left over from Corman's earlier 'House of Usher.' It was a weak excuse in this film. But Vincent Price great as usual.

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Lenora killed him. Not Morella. He confused the two in his mind. At least if you apply common Corman logic, cf. Tomb Of Ligeia.

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This one segment is a disappointment;

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Personally, watching it now on Amazon Prime, I think Morella was just a cold-hearted, spoiled woman and I can't figure out why he grieved for her for so long. I mean, come on, she blamed her innocent baby for killing her! Then, she murders her daughter, as an adult, out of revenge -- then kills her long suffering spouse just because he dared to grieve for the daughter and was shaken when Morella showed herself to him again.

Just wretched!

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I couldn't figure out why both mother and father blamed the baby for anything. And then the father comes around after seeing her again, but still... I just didn't understand the hatred.
And what's the deal with the daughter saying she only has a short time to live, with no further explanation offered or asked for? All she did was barely cough, and the dad is like "You're dying."

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I had a couple of theories, until I remembered the final shot of the daughter with her hands on her dad's neck. Obviously it was meant to shock by showing us that the mom used the daughter's body to kill him. But then I started to think more about it. Maybe the dad lied and killed the mom. Let's face it: He's kinda crazy, and maybe it wasn't because of grief. If so, the mom saw a way for her to get revenge and give the daughter revenge for being abandoned as a child. Why did the mom let her die during the fire? Well, she was gonna die anyway.

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here's my theory about "Morella." locke knocked up Morella BEFORE they were married. (I know. this is an early sixties film, and one aimed at a fourteen year old audience at that. yet one can't rule out a bit of pre-marital hanky-panky on the part of a Vincent Price character, even one living in early nineteenth century New England). the "party" that lead to Morella's death was actually her wedding. the cake on the table, after all, is a WEDDING cake. for some reason the nuptuals were postponed until six months after the baby was born. weird, yes, yet remember that her groom is a character played by Vincent Price, and the rules that apply to a Vincent Price character aren't necessarily those that apply to the rest of humanity. it was very important that Morella go through with the "party" because the "party" was her wedding. in any case, Morella blames her death on both Vincent Price, for knocking her up, and on the baby.

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Fascinating theory! I've seen it multiple times, and this never crossd my mind.

Anyone notice that the first FOUR movies in a row all start with someone arriving at a big house at the end of a long trip, only to receive a less-than-friendly greeting?

1 - USHER - man arrives to see his fiancee
2 - PIT - man arrives to find out how his sister died
3 - BURIAL - woman arrives to see her finance
4 - MORELLA - woman arrives to see her father

"Variations on a theme"!

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I think Poe's short story provides the answer: Morella blamed her husband for wishing her be dead and eternal peace for her because she was sick (instead of wish her to be well/healthy and to have a long life with him).

A quote from the wiki: "Eventually, Morella dies in childbirth proclaiming: "I am dying. But within me is a pledge of that affection... which thou didst feel for me, Morella. And when my spirit departs shall the child live.""

The father never gave the daughter a name and at the age of 10 her father a had her baptized in order to drive out any evil spirits in the child (for you see she looked exactly like her mother).

From the wiki: "At the ceremony, the priest asks the daughter's name, to which the narrator replies "Morella". Immediately, the daughter calls out, "I am here!" and dies. The narrator himself bears her body to the tomb and finds no trace of the first Morella where he lays the second."


Basically it seems Morella blamed her husband for getting her pregnant while she was sick making her more ill - causing her to die more quickly (which he wished upon her) and it seems Morella used her daughter's body as an instrument to get her revenge.

IN THE FILM: Why was Lenora sick? My idea (which could be wrong): it was the mother causing her the unknown sickness, knowing the daughter would return one day to the home and Morella used her daughter's body as a vehicle to get revenge - very similar to, but not exactly like, Poe's short story.

Some people that has analyzed the short story says that Morella is a Vampire.

This is simply what I *think* happened in the film - but I am really unsure.


"I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me." ~ The Invisible Man

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Oddly enough, 2 different comic-book adaptations of the movie version of "Morella" appeared in Brazil, and in both, Lenore's terminal illness was not mentioned, but instead, she speaks of somehow being "called" to the house by the spirit of her dead mother.

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the bit where it first appears as a painting to be filled out in reality to waves from the sea was a neat shot, the house remained looking like a painting though becoming quite the strange vision. price alone with a painting seem to be a re occurring theme of his roles as well as to have him narrating many of his roles, i've always liked movies with narration, and then watching price act is a thrill, it's easy to see why he could have been a regular movie star (but choice to go into horror), and there also seem to be quite a number of movies where they have different horror stories as different segments of the same movie, i can only recall one of them i didn't like, french made i think it was, where several english actors had parts. the first segment of this seemed a bit dragged out considering the amount of time the lady is walking around the house, then suddenly it feels rushed... i found the cutting between scenes in this appeared as that of a tv movie. these monster icon gatherings continued all the way to the 1980s with price joining others in "monster club" and cannon productions "house of the long shadows".



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if time could stood still,
where good times used to be,
the pause button press,
way back where i got my mindset,
my wish would come true,
as for now i have to stay in gloom.

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